User:Jason.nlw/12 Month Report

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WiR at the National Library of Wales. 12 Month Report

NOTE: This reporting period includes the Christmas break. The resident was on leave for 2 weeks during this 4 week period.

Projects delivered[edit]

Metrics[edit]

Accounts created[edit]

10 new accounts were created this month as part of a Authors of Wales Editathon held on the 15th of January.

Image statistics[edit]

BaGLAMa (page views for Wikipedia articles containing images from National Library of Wales)

2015

  • February- Page Views - 51,330
  • March- Page Views - 70,996
  • April- Page Views - 186,973
  • May- Page Views - 178,917
  • Jun- Page Views - 697,704
  • Jul- Page Views - 2,306,570
  • Aug- Page Views - 2,437,248
  • Sept- Page Views - 4,075,081
  • October- Page Views - 4,698,284
  • November- Page Views - 6,588,820
  • December- Page Views - 11,644,987



GLAMorous (Percentage of Commons files used on Wikimedia projects)
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (March 19th) - 7.29%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (April 20th) - 10.2%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (May 19th) - 11.7%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (June 22nd) - 11.61%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (July 17th) - 11.21%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (August 19th) - 6.34%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (September 17th) - 7.62%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (October 20th) - 11.43%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (November 18th) - 12.58%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (December 17th) - 17.29%
  • Percentage of images used in a Wiki (January 18th) - 12.89%

Objectives and outcomes[edit]

Public Outreach[edit]

The objective is to hold a minimum of 6 public events or workshops (Edit-a-thons) during the course of the residency (12 months). Each event will have a target audience and a well-defined subject for editors to work within.

12th month Outcomes:

Media Coverage

  • The event was filmed for ‘Heno’ on S4C, for their feature on Wikipedia’s Birthday
  • I spoke about the event, and the Welsh Wikipedia on ‘Post Cyntaf’, BBC Radio Cymru
  • I wrote a blog for the Welsh language news website ‘Y Golwg’
  • The event and the Welsh Wikipedia were featured on BBC Cymru Fyw – online Welsh magazine

Participants

  • I am currently working on a proposal to invite Wikipedia Visiting Scholars to work with the Library, following discussions with Alex Stinson of the Wikipedia Library.
  • On the 17th of March I will lecture on ‘Wikipedia and the natural sciences’ at Aberystwyth University for the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Discussions are underway with the NLW Education department about holding a Wikipedia event at the National Eisteddfod 2016
  • Contact has been made with The Learned Society of Wales – an all Wales educational Charity – who are interested in collaborating on Wikipedia based projects in 2016.

Volunteer projects[edit]

More information about projects held with the NLW volunteer team can be found here

Upcoming events[edit]

  • 30 January - Wales for Peace Edit-a-thon. I will be hosting an edit-a-thon in two sessions as part of the launch event for the Wales for Peace project, with the possibility of embedding Wikipedia editing into their program of events across Wales during 2016.
  • March 5 – Global Art and Feminism Edit-a-thon

Staff Workshops and Events[edit]

The objective is to engage with staff and to promote digital connections by inviting staff to learn more about Wikipedia and how to edit.

12th month Outcomes:

  • 8 members of staff attended the Authors of Wales edit-a-thon on 15 January.
  • 1 member of staff received training – which will allow him to provide support to new editors at events.

Planned events:

  • Staff Edit-a-thon. (Autumn 2015) Under review . Trying to find the best way of engaging staff with editing Wiki All staff who take part in training will be encouraged to attend an Edit-a-thon, to edit topics of their choosing. The event will follow the conclusion of initial training workshops.

Digital collections for release[edit]

The objective is to identify and release digital archives to Wiki-commons, primarily for use in Wikipedia articles.

12th month Outcomes:

  • 2194 images of Thomas Pennants 1782 ‘a tour in Wales’ were uploaded to Commons. This constitutes the entire collection, including about 500 cropped and categorized images. Images were uploaded at 300DPI You can see the collection here
  • About 1800 images from the P. B Abery photographic collection will be uploaded to Commons in the coming weeks using the GLAM Wiki toolset
  • 920 NLW images from Commons were successfully copied to the Peoples Collection Wales website, as part of the strategy to strengthen the partnership between Peoples Collection, the NLW and Wikimedia UK. More uploads are planned soon.
  • The Library has agreed that all pre 1880 works of art shared with the Public Catalogue Foundation (c.700 ) as part of the BBC Your Paintings project can be shared with Wiki Commons. The NLW systems team hope to have the collection ready for upload before April 1 2016

Collections identified for future upload:

A revised list of collections identified for upload has been approved by Library management. Over 140,000 images have now been identified for Upload to Wikimedia commons. It has been agreed to use the Glam Wiki toolset to upload further collections.

Although 120,000 images have been cleared for upload to Commons it is unlikely that all the collections will be available for upload before the end of the residency. Collections are being prioritized accordingly and the list constantly reviewed.


  • Geoff Charles Collection – 100,000 images taken by Photojournalist Geoff Charles c.1940-70 mainly in Mid and North Wales. The upload of this collection has been set out as a target in the operational plan of the new Digital Access department. This will require a significant amount of work by the NLW systems team and uploading the entire collection may extend beyond the end of the Residency in January 2016
  • Martin Ridley collection - 800 images (needs to be ingested first). Mostly South Wales streets and industry. Late 19th – early 20th century
  • Welsh Portraits - 15,000 images (needs to be ingested first). This is the largest single Welsh portrait collection including examples of framed works, etchings and photographs. The collection includes portraits from the middle ages to modern times. (Preparing this collection for upload has now become a priority for the NLW, and it is hoped we can upload before the end of the year – UPDATE : Although this collection remains a NLW priority, the Systems department have confirmed that no work will begin on this collection until at least April 2016)

Building bridges[edit]

The objective is to affect changes to NLW culture, guidelines, policy and procedure in order to create a sustainable relationship with Wikimedia UK and Wikipedia and to promote the open knowledge ethos.

12th month Outcomes:

  • Myself and Dr Dafydd Tudur (head of Digital Access) have begun writing a business case with a strong case for adopting an open access approach similar to the Rijksmuseum. Once completed the document will be made available to Wikimedia UK and presented to the National Library management team


Media Coverage[edit]

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