Category Archives: Wikimedia

From Sausages to Freedom

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

Recently I was invited to make two presentations, about the nature of the GLAM sector’s relationship to Wikimedia, one day apart – the first in London and the second in Stockholm. [The imposing looking Nordiska Museet, Stockholm. Photo by Elephi … Continue reading →

Posted in chapters, museums, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Backstage Pass and its achievements

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

[This is part of a series of posts from my time at the British Museum. If you would like to assist in this project (or just eavesdrop), please contact me to join the regular mailout list and receive news first. … Continue reading →

Posted in British Museum, chapters, education, museums | 2 Comments

Empire state of mind

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

After the conference in Denver and adventures in Indianapolis I moved onwards to New York City to make some presentations for Columbia university law school (discussed in the next blog post), meetings at various GLAMs (the subsequent blog post) and … Continue reading →

Posted in chapters, misc

Flickr Commons is Full

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

If you are a GLAM looking to make your photographic collection more widely available online, for the last couple of years your first choice would have been to head over to “Flickr Commons”. And you would be in good company … Continue reading →

Posted in chapters, copyright, History, museums | 4 Comments

Storytelling

Posted on September 20, 2009 by

A couple of days ago I spent some time talking with the good people at Fenton Communication who were selected to help the Wikimedia Foundation in the Credibility Campaign. The purpose of this campaign relates somewhat to a post I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, wikimedia foundation | 8 Comments

Fundraising Structure

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

Questions: Should Wikimedia Chapters fundraise? How should the money raised be distributed between and amongst the Wikimedia Foundation and the Chapters? Assuming that running this thing we call the Wikimedia Movement costs money, lots of money, the question follows – … Continue reading →

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silly little vision things

Posted on September 8, 2009 by

Whilst I try to pull my thoughts together post-wikimania here are a couple of silly little things I picked up. 1) I was trying to work out what the minimum standard is of what everyone in the Wikimedia world agrees … Continue reading →

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