Wikipedia:GLAM/SLIC/Notes on reporting

This page offers background information & notes on the SLIC residency regular reports

Strategic goal one: Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects

Notes on progress narrative

Descriptive summary of main activities in the field:

• Partnerships with content-holders such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums, working with these organisations to unlock cultural heritage assets and other content, and increase public engagement with these collections
• Projects that specifically address inequality on the Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on the gender gap and on geographical bias, both within the UK and globally
• Engage with volunteers regularly and effectively, supporting the development of a thriving volunteer and editor community in order to maximise the reach and impact of our work, and our ability to address content gaps
• Ensure that we are working to diversify content producers by widening our volunteer and editor community, including actively encouraging women and other underrepresented groups to participate

Notes on Events

• Public Wikipedia editing/Wikidata/Wiki Commons
• Workshops on GLAM related content
• Editathons at universities, GLAM Institutions

Notes on Partnership Interactions

• Meetings with institutions discussing content releases and mass uploads
• Meeting about visiting scholars and volunteer programs induction
• Presentations on the visiting scholar and volunteer program systems facilitating mass uploads

Notes on Data and/or description of Other Projects under SG1

• Volunteer Programs (e.g. Wicipop, WiciMon, and similar larger scale volunteer programs) related to content generation
• Mass Uploads: e.g. audio tracks or media files to Commons, WikiData uploads,
• Digitisation projects
• Wiki Loves Monuments and similar contest related, if any
• Other minority language programs: e.g. Wicinatur in the past, WiciHealth, etc.
• Other gender gap related programs

Strategic goal two: Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for the change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level

Notes on progress narrative

Descriptive summary of main activities in the field - Any activities focused primarily on advocacy, raising awareness, spreading information, and creating policy/behaviour change at institutions:

• Develop the identity and increase the profile of Wikimedia UK in order to engage with as wide a range of volunteers, editors and participants as possible, connect with potential partners and supporters, and increase public awareness of open knowledge
• Support and encourage long-term, sustainable change in policy and practice within individual organisations in the GLAM sector and beyond, through a combination of staff training and development, engagement events for volunteers, visitors and online audiences, the release and distribution of content (including text, media and data), policy development, internal and external advocacy and education initiatives
• Advocate for change across the cultural sector by showcasing the benefits of working with Wikimedia UK and open knowledge at events and conferences; facilitating dialogue amongst key institutions; and leading or participating in joint open knowledge initiatives
• Engage with other Wikimedia and open knowledge communities by working in an open way to facilitate, and contribute to, shared learning across the global movement
• Contribute to initiatives that seek to influence public policy and legislation affecting open knowledge - both within the UK and at an EU level - for example by supporting the work of the EU Free Knowledge Advocacy Group (a partnership of Wikimedia chapters), and playing a lead role in the WMUK Advocacy Working Group

Notes on Events

• Talks/presentations
• Staff awareness training at institutions
• Presentations on Wiki Projects and on open knowledge
• Radio and TV interviews, articles, blogs
• Meetings involving other Wikimedia chapters
• Regular open knowledge advocacy meetings

Notes on partnership interactions

• Work with specific organisations aimed at advocacy
• Interactions with potential partners

Notes on media

• Videos
• Infographics
• Presentations
• Photos from events, if any

Notes on social media

e.g. Welsh Twitter account, blog views, channel views, webpage views.

Strategic goal three: To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK

Notes on progress narrative

Descriptive summary of main activities in the field:

• Engagement with Wikimedia volunteers and advocates and partners from the education sector in the development and delivery of this programme, to ensure that we are directing our resources appropriately and responding to needs, issues and opportunities
• Connections with the education and OER sector through speaking at conferences and events about the work of Wikimedia UK, the wikimedia projects more broadly and how open knowledge can support and enrich their work with learners
• Further develop work within the higher education sector using the Wikipedia in the Classroom tool, and exploring other models that could lead to online impact
• Facilitating pilot activities within a range of educational settings that support the use of Wikimedia projects as a tool for teaching and learning, with a focus on digital literacy, and advocate for the inclusion of Wikimedia in curriculum, syllabus and course development
• Developing appropriate content for learners and educators. This could include video, downloadable materials for teachers such as lesson plans, or online learning tools and platforms; investing in the development of software support or other technological innovation as appropriate.

Notes on events

• Wikipedia in the Classroom and Wikipedia summer courses
• Wikipedia assignments
• Wikipedia/Wikidata/Commons courses/workshops/presentations in an educational institution setting e.g. research networks, university departments
• Digital skill development incl. Wiki training for staff

Notes on partnership interactions

• Meetings to introduce Wiki courses and course assignments
• Interactions with educational institutions
• Presentations and meetings at OER conferences and institutions on Wikimedia projects as a tool for teaching and learning

Notes on other projects under education

• Individual/unique Wikimedia projects that serve as a tool for teaching and learning
• Development of teaching tools
• Online learning/teaching platforms
• Software development in support of using Wiki in educational courses
• Books, publications, blog posts targeting the promotion/use of WIKI projects in educational settings