Post on 21-Jan-2018
Tim de Haan, Nationaal Archief tim.de.haan@nationaalarchief.nl
@timmietovenaar
Olaf Janssen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek olaf.janssen@kb.nl @ookgezellig slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL
Joining forces with Wikipedia reasons, experiences and impact
Sharing is Caring, 20-7-2017, Brussels
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What we want to share with you today
1. Why KB and NA set up structural collaborations with Wikipedia
2. How this fits in our “open” strategies
3. Their impact & added values
Source: NRC
Before 2030
KB aims to digitise all Dutch
books, newspapers & magazines since 1470
100.000 pages per day
http://www.allposters.co.uk/-sp/Man-Wiping-Forehead-Posters_i8018953_.htm
(that’s
for 20 years)
http://www.pregamemagazine.com/pastpresent-73/
And of course, once digitised, we want to make people (and machines)
happy with our content
http://www.pregamemagazine.com/pastpresent-73/
Two strategies beyond our own websites…
OPEN data formats
OPEN data formats
OPEN data formats APIs
OPEN data formats APIs content
OPEN data formats APIs content licenses
BE WERE THE PEOPLE ARE
BE WERE THE PEOPLE ARE
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Who are the users of Dutch Wikipedia? (2015) https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Rapportage_Motivaction_Lezers.pdf
“Which sources do you use most for finding factual information?”
• 62% Google • 30% Wikipedia • ??% libraries, books and archives
“Which sources do you use most for finding factual information?”
• 62% Google • 30% Wikipedia • 2% libraries, books and archives
Onderzoek onder lezers Wikipedia 2015 https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Rapportage_Motivaction_Lezers.pdf
“8 out of 10 Dutch citizens use Wikipedia”
KB Themes
Background information on selected topics based on the KB collection
www.kb.nl/themas
Anne Frank
117 views (6 months period)
95.228 views (6 months period)
KB decided to discontinue this page
“In order to increase visibility and findability …. It has become necessary to offer scholarly and historic materials not only via the home webiste, but also through other channels on the internet.
To this end, cooperation is sought with external parties…”
(KB annual report 2012, pag 12)
Early 2013
“In order to increase visibility and findability …. It has become necessary to offer scholarly and historic materials not only via the home webiste, but also through other channels on the internet.
To this end, cooperation is sought with external parties…”
(KB annual report 2012, pag 12)
Let’s collaborate!!!
(“set up a GLAM-wiki partnership”)
Let’s collaborate!!!
(“set up a GLAM-wiki partnership”)
Let’s collaborate!!!
(“set up a
GLAM-wiki partnership”)
But we had a lot of questions!
• How does Wikipedia work?
• How do we get our content on Wikipedia?
• How do we collaborate with the Wiki-community?
We could use some help!!
NRC, 9 oktober 2013
October 2013
NRC, 9 oktober 2013
October 2013
Wikipedian-in-Residence Hay Kranen
1st in the Netherlands 1 year inhouse (oct. 2013 - 14)
Some results & impact 2013-2017
15 workshops introducing Wikipedia & Commons
150+ students
1. More awareness, knowledge & skills inhouse
2. Structural liaison for Wiki community
Active in online community life discussion pages, Village Pump, newsletters, mailing lists
Active in offline community life attend writing & photo events, conferences, training events
Host for community events
GLAM-WIKI 2015 @ KB + NA
3. Content distribution
Impact case study
Birds from the Netherlands
Nederlandsche Vogelen on kb.nl
https://www.kb.nl/themas/boekkunst-en-geillustreerde-boeken/nederlandsche-vogelen-van-nozeman-en-sepp
Highlight of the KB collection
Birds from the Netherlands
(±1800)
Nederlandsche Vogelen on kb.nl
Hi-res image viewer
Nederlandsche Vogelen on kb.nl - # page views 2016
On the KB website, Nederlandsche Vogelen
were viewed
34K times in 2016
(Google Analytics)
Nederlandsche Vogelen on Wikimedia Commons
In 2015 we uploaded all 264 images from this
book to Commons…
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nederlandsche_vogelen_van_Nozeman_en_Sepp
.. and sought collaboration with Wikipedia volunteers
By Ter-burg (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons By Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1969661) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anseriformes
Reuse on English Wikipedia
Reuse on English Wikipedia
Source Reuse on Russian Wikipedia
Source Reuse on Tamil Wikipedia
Nederlandsche Vogelen on Wikipedia
Reuse stats
• 56 out ouf 264 uploaded images were actually used on WP
• These 56 images illustrate 190 distinct WP articles in 50 languages
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Koninklijke_Bibliotheek_en_Nationaal_Archief/Resultaten/ImpactBeelddonatieNederlandscheVogelen
Nederlandsche Vogelen on WP – # page views 2016
On Wikipeda these 190 articles were viewed
3.7M times in 2016
Nederlandsche Vogelen on WP – # page views 2016
x 107
AND ON THAT BOMBSHELL…