There’s been quite a lot of discussion of this on the cultural-partners mailing list (https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners). As a result of that, Tom Morris has set up a working page on Commons at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection
Thanks, Mike On 15 Dec 2013, at 17:37, Jens Best <[email protected]> wrote: > Just discovered a short note of Andrew Gray, why Flickr was preferred > instead of Commons. > http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2013/mechanical-curator-on-commons/ > > > 2013/12/15 Jens Best <[email protected]> > >> Thanks for the news. >> >> A question comes to my mind when I read this article: Why did the British >> Library use Flickr instead of Wikimedia Commons? Maybe it has to do >> something with a better usability of Flickr? - >> >> The usability of Wikimedia Commons most be increased to make it more >> attractive to individual and institutional users. Don't you think so? >> >> The next steps mentioned in the article indicates good opportunities for >> us to get involved and show the potential of an experienced platform for >> crowdsourcing information and knowledge: >> >> "We are looking for new, inventive ways to navigate, find and display >> these 'unseen illustrations'. and furtheron in the blogpost, "We plan to >> launch a crowdsourcing application at the beginning of next year, to help >> describe what the images portray. Our intention is to use this data to >> train automated classifiers that will run against the whole of the content." >> >> >> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jens >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2013/12/15 Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada <[email protected]> >> >> Quote from full announcement >>> >>> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html >>> >>> We have released over a million >>> images<http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary>onto Flickr Commons >>> for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images >>>> were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised >>>> by Microsoft< >>> http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/The-British-Library-19th-Century-Book-Digitisation-Project-343.aspx>who >>> then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release >>>> them back into the Public Domain. The images themselves cover a >>> startling >>>> mix of subjects: There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful >>>> illustrations, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, >>>> colourful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and so much more >>> that >>>> even we are not aware of. >>> >>> >>> Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary >>> Example of image http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11307195524/ >>> Example of all images from a book >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum002660292 >>> Stuff for coders https://github.com/BL-Labs/imagedirectory >>> >>> So... :-) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >>> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Jens Best >> Präsidium >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. >> web: http://www.wikimedia.de >> mail: jens.best <http://goog_17221883>@wikimedia.de >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts >> Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig >> anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, >> Steuernummer 27/681/51985. >> > > > > -- > -- > Jens Best > Präsidium > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > web: http://www.wikimedia.de > mail: jens.best <http://goog_17221883>@wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts > Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig > anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, > Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
