Andy Mabbett

@pigsonthewing

User:Pigsonthewing

Andy Mabbett

• Wikimedian in Residence, Royal Society of Chemistry

• Wikipedian in Residence, Thinktank Science Museum, Birmingham

• Wikipedian in Residence, ORCID

• …etc.

Mission

• “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”

GLAM

• Galleries

• Libraries

• Archives

• Museums

Also…

• Zoos

• Botanic gardens

• Learned societies

• Research institutions

• …etc.

Wikipedian in Residence

• Strategy

• Staff training

• Public engagement

• Image uploads

Strategy

• Why

• Shared goals

• Risks & mitigation

Staff training

• How to edit

• Open licences – what are they?

• How to upload images

• How to talk to Wikipedians

Public engagement

• Editathons/ Backstage passes

– Talks

– Sources

– Photography

– Food & drink

Image uploads

• Mass uploads

• Best resolution

• Categories & metadata

Wikimedian in Residence

• Commons

• Wikidata

• Wikisource

• Wikiquote

• Wiktionary

• …etc.

International/ multi-lingual

• Relevance to target audience

• Use in education

– motivation

– Translate to the student’s first language

QRpedia

QRpedia

QRpedia

QRpedia

Small Museums

• Local interest but national/ global significance

• Specialist

Image credits

• Shugborough Hall - Richard Styles, CC-by-SA 2.0

• Police badge – Sasha Taylor , CC-by-SA 2.0

• Fish & Chips – Andy Mabbett, CC-by-SA 3.0

• QRpedia at Derby Museum – Roger Bamkin, CC-by-SA 2.0

• Lori at TCMI - Lori Byrd Phillips on behalf of Angie McNew, CC-by-SA 3.0

• Monmouthpedia plaque - Monmouthshire County Council, CC-by 2.0

• All other images PD.

Andy Mabbett

• @pigsonthewing

• pigsonthewing.org.uk

• andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk

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