Hello all,
My name is Pavlo Kostin, I am an advocacy manager of Wikimedia Ukraine, responsible for freedom of panorama advocacy efforts. Due to the start of the full-fledged invasion of the Russian Federation, we had to suspend our advocacy efforts regarding freedom of panorama in Ukraine. As you can imagine, a copyright reform is not the main focus of legislators now, as there are more urgent issues related to the ongoing war. Wikimedia Ukraine is currently working on making more systemic outreach efforts to get the content distributed online by Ukrainian state institutions, museums and cultural institutions published under free licenses.
We are sure that such efforts were done by others in the Movement before, so we wanted to check if any of them are available to be used as inspiration, or maybe only a translation is needed. We would be grateful if you can share any materials used for facilitating the transfer of the above-listed institutions and partner organizations to free licenses.
Among such materials, there might be the instructions outlining steps these institutions should undertake to switch to a relevant license; infographics and presentations for representatives of these institutions to explain the benefits of free licensing for them; explanatory notes etc.
We would be glad for any piece of information or advice shared so that we can use it in our advocacy efforts.
If you want to contact me privately, reach out to [email protected]
Thank you!
Best regards,
Pavlo Kostin
Advocacy Manager
Wikimedia Ukraine
Hi Pavlo,
This was not directly related to open licenses, but we had some discussion on uploading Ukrainian images to Ajapaik.ee f(tagging people on photos, geotagging, and rephotography website) from Commons and Europeana for documenting how war changes places and eventually rebuilding after the war. Ajapaik is not strictly free license as there are a huge number of photos that are either under CC-ND/CC-ND or under copyright, but the crowdsourced data is open, and also rephotographed images are CC-BY.
However, I think that getting images on use and getting crowdsourced metadata could be reasons for cultural institutions for opening their content.
Here is folder from WMCEE meeting 2018 - https://ajapaik.ee/?album=397&order1=time&order2=rephotos&page=1
It has also mobile app for taking photos (and working on iOS version) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ee.ajapaik.android&hl=fi&a...
If you need more info, feel free to contact me.
Br, -- Kimmo Virtanen, Zache
On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 7:38 PM Павло Костін [email protected] wrote:
Hello all,
My name is Pavlo Kostin, I am an advocacy manager of Wikimedia Ukraine, responsible for freedom of panorama advocacy efforts. Due to the start of the full-fledged invasion of the Russian Federation, we had to suspend our advocacy efforts regarding freedom of panorama in Ukraine. As you can imagine, a copyright reform is not the main focus of legislators now, as there are more urgent issues related to the ongoing war. Wikimedia Ukraine is currently working on making more systemic outreach efforts to get the content distributed online by Ukrainian state institutions, museums and cultural institutions published under free licenses.
We are sure that such efforts were done by others in the Movement before, so we wanted to check if any of them are available to be used as inspiration, or maybe only a translation is needed. We would be grateful if you can share any materials used for facilitating the transfer of the above-listed institutions and partner organizations to free licenses.
Among such materials, there might be the instructions outlining steps these institutions should undertake to switch to a relevant license; infographics and presentations for representatives of these institutions to explain the benefits of free licensing for them; explanatory notes etc.
We would be glad for any piece of information or advice shared so that we can use it in our advocacy efforts.
If you want to contact me privately, reach out to [email protected]
Thank you!
Best regards,
Pavlo Kostin
Advocacy Manager
Wikimedia Ukraine
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Hi, Pavlo!
Have you looked at the materials here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Bookshelf
Also, the GLAM Newsletter, archived at the link below, has a lot of links to project descriptions and materials. Scanning it for relevant topics or kinds of institutions can probably help you find additional resources, beyond those already curated at the link above. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Newsletter
Cheers,
A.
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 7:38 PM Павло Костін [email protected] wrote:
Hello all,
My name is Pavlo Kostin, I am an advocacy manager of Wikimedia Ukraine, responsible for freedom of panorama advocacy efforts. Due to the start of the full-fledged invasion of the Russian Federation, we had to suspend our advocacy efforts regarding freedom of panorama in Ukraine. As you can imagine, a copyright reform is not the main focus of legislators now, as there are more urgent issues related to the ongoing war. Wikimedia Ukraine is currently working on making more systemic outreach efforts to get the content distributed online by Ukrainian state institutions, museums and cultural institutions published under free licenses.
We are sure that such efforts were done by others in the Movement before, so we wanted to check if any of them are available to be used as inspiration, or maybe only a translation is needed. We would be grateful if you can share any materials used for facilitating the transfer of the above-listed institutions and partner organizations to free licenses.
Among such materials, there might be the instructions outlining steps these institutions should undertake to switch to a relevant license; infographics and presentations for representatives of these institutions to explain the benefits of free licensing for them; explanatory notes etc.
We would be glad for any piece of information or advice shared so that we can use it in our advocacy efforts.
If you want to contact me privately, reach out to [email protected]
Thank you!
Best regards,
Pavlo Kostin
Advocacy Manager
Wikimedia Ukraine
Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/... To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
Dear Pavlo,
I hope you are well, considering.
I will follow up directly to discuss how my team can support you but, for the benefit of this list, I wanted to share a compilation of articles arguing for open access in museums - see below. Many of them are written by museum staff so they have cut-through with that audience.
I think your strongest arguments are 1. cultural heritage preservation ("Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe") and 2. harmonization with the EU. As you likely know, the adoption of Article 14 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive says that works in the public domain should remain in the public domain once digitised: https://pro.europeana.eu/post/keeping-digitised-works-in-the-public-domain-h...
I'm sure you're already familiar with Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). A selection of their international press coverage would be a good addition to an advocacy pack: https://www.sucho.org/press
A Diff article by João Alexandre Peschanski considers the role of Wikimedia Commons in crisis response: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2018/09/10/national-museum-brazil-fire/
*Greatest hits of open GLAM advocacy:*
- Democratising the Rijksmuseum: Why did the Rijksmuseum make available their highest quality material without restrictions, and what are the results? by Joris Pekel in 2014 (pdf), https://pro.europeana.eu/files/Europeana_Professional/Publications/Democrati... - The Impact of Open Access on Galleries, Libraries, Museums, & Archives by Effie Kapsalis of The Smithsonian Institution, in 2016 (pdf), https://siarchives.si.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/2016_03_10_OpenCollection... - Open access can never be bad news by Merete Sanderhoff of Statens Museum for Kunst, in 2017, https://medium.com/smk-open/open-access-can-never-be-bad-news-d33336aad382 - Creating Access beyond http://metmuseum.org: The Met Collection on Wikipedia by Loic Tallon in 2018, https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2018/open-access-at-the-met-y... - Open access to collections is a no-brainer – it’s a clear-cut extension of any museum’s mission by Doug McCarthy and Dr Andrea Wallace in 2020, https://www.apollo-magazine.com/open-access-images-museum-mission-open-glam/
- Inside the Museum is Outside the Museum — Thoughts on Open Access and Organisational Culture by Karin Glasemann of Nationalmuseum Sweden, in 2020, https://medium.com/open-glam/inside-the-museum-is-outside-the-museum-thought... - The First Anniversary of CMA Open Access: Benefiting People Now and Forever by Jane Alexander of Cleveland Musuem of Art, in 2020, https://medium.com/cma-thinker/the-first-anniversary-of-cma-open-access-bene... - Images from Wellcome Collection pass 1.5 billion views on Wikipedia by Dr Alice White in 2021, https://stacks.wellcomecollection.org/images-from-wellcome-collection-pass-1...
Speak soon, Fiona
On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 at 17:38, Павло Костін [email protected] wrote:
Hello all,
My name is Pavlo Kostin, I am an advocacy manager of Wikimedia Ukraine, responsible for freedom of panorama advocacy efforts. Due to the start of the full-fledged invasion of the Russian Federation, we had to suspend our advocacy efforts regarding freedom of panorama in Ukraine. As you can imagine, a copyright reform is not the main focus of legislators now, as there are more urgent issues related to the ongoing war. Wikimedia Ukraine is currently working on making more systemic outreach efforts to get the content distributed online by Ukrainian state institutions, museums and cultural institutions published under free licenses.
We are sure that such efforts were done by others in the Movement before, so we wanted to check if any of them are available to be used as inspiration, or maybe only a translation is needed. We would be grateful if you can share any materials used for facilitating the transfer of the above-listed institutions and partner organizations to free licenses.
Among such materials, there might be the instructions outlining steps these institutions should undertake to switch to a relevant license; infographics and presentations for representatives of these institutions to explain the benefits of free licensing for them; explanatory notes etc.
We would be glad for any piece of information or advice shared so that we can use it in our advocacy efforts.
If you want to contact me privately, reach out to [email protected]
Thank you!
Best regards,
Pavlo Kostin
Advocacy Manager
Wikimedia Ukraine
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Hi Pavlo!
I hope you're doing ok given the circumstances. To the list that Fiona has shared, I'd add the Open GLAM survey by Douglas McCarthy & Andrea Wallace too: https://medium.com/open-glam/survey/home
That gives a sense of how many GLAMs have adopted open access policies.
Also, I'd suggest you get in touch with Iolanda Pensa from the Wikimedia Italy chapter: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Italia. They took the CC GLAM Certificate course and their whole team produced a ton of wonderful visual materials (slides & infographics) that explain the benefits of open access for GLAM institutions in a very straightforward way. Most of them are uploaded here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Creative_Commons_GLAM_Certificat...
cheers, scann