Well done. Really great work! Michael
On 13 Jun 2014, at 15:28, Crockford, Ally <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am very happy to announce that the first three batches of digital content > from the National Library of Scotland’s collections have been successfully > uploaded to Wikimedia Commons this week! This follows the acceptance in March > 2014 of a library-wide policy that places all NLS-generated metadata under a > CC-0 licence; digital content will be released under either a CC-0 or > CC-BY-NC-SA licence (unfortunately for the time being the NLS has chosen to > licence its master .tiff files as CC-BY-NC-SA but the policy will be reviewed > annually so we can only hope this is temporary). The Library will be issuing > an official press release early next week and the policy itself will be > available on our website. > > Although it’s a small batch yet, this is still extremely exciting and is the > result of a combined effort from the NLS and Wikimedia UK; hopefully it is > just the first in many projects of this type both at the NLS and at other > Scottish organisations! > > See the released content here: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tay_Bridge_disaster > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Construction_of_the_Forth_Bridge > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scotia_Depicta > > Cheers, > Ally > > > > > Ally Crockford > Wikimedian-In-Residence > National Library of Scotland > George IV Bridge > Edinburgh EH1 1EW > Scotland, UK > > e: [email protected] > t: (0) 131 623 3797 > w: http://www.nls.uk > > > > Follow us on Twitter and Facebook > > > > National Library of Scotland, Scottish Charity, No: SCO11086 > > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the > addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your system. The > statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and > do not necessarily reflect those of National Library of Scotland. This > message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information > (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for any harm that may be caused > to your systems or data by this message. > > > > www.nls.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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