Wikipedia:GLAM/Bodleian
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The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and Wikimedia UK collaborated on a project from April 2015 to March 2016. Dr Martin Poulter was employed as a Wikimedian in Residence for this period. The WIR engaged with librarians, members of the public, researchers and members of the University to improve Wikipedia articles and to make the Libraries' digitised content more publicly accessible.
For the related residency at the University beginning in 2016 see Wikipedia:GLAM/Oxford
The final report provides an overview of what was achieved in the one-year placement.
The WIR's goals were:
- Work with staff to identify areas of Wikimedia projects that can be enriched by knowledge from the Libraries' collections
- Add digitized resources to Wikimedia Commons
- Develop a policy and workflow for adding digital content to Wikipedia and sister projects in a sustainable and ongoing fashion
- Organise and host Wikimedia-related events
- and other activities that come up (the above is just a summarised extract from the full list).
The project was an opportunity to make progress on diversity and in countering Systemic bias; including by training women editors, by encouraging improvement of Wikipedia's coverage of under-represented topics or groups, and by sharing knowledge about geographical areas or periods of history that are under-represented on Wikipedia.
There are 127 libraries and four museums in Oxford University. This placement built relationships with some of them, delivered workshops for their staff and invited them to host events or share files.
The university's IT Innovation Challenge, funded by the university's Academic IT Services, has funded an extra year's placement which has a separate project page at WP:GLAM/Oxford.
Templates and categories
- commons:Template:Bodleian Libraries
- commons:Category:Files uploaded by the Bodleian Libraries' Wikimedian In Residence (will include some non-Bodleian files)
- commons:Category:Files from the Bodleian Libraries (including some uploaded outside this project)
- commons:Commons:Bodleian is a gallery highlighting some of the images I've uploaded.
GLAM Dashboard (from tools created by Fæ)
Link check
In September 2019 I wrote a PHP script that scans Wikimedia sites for external links related to the Bodleian Library and suggests replacements for dead links. This is the report, which is being used to fix broken links across many languages.
Events
- 23 March 2016. Women in Wikipedia editathon
- 2 March 2016. Open Knowledge Ambassador training, session 4
- 25 February 2016. "Working with the Open Culture Movement". Workshop for staff at the Voltaire Foundation.
- 17 February 2016. Open Knowledge Ambassador training, session 3
- 5 February 2016. Tudor Music editathon hosted by Oxford University IT Services/ Music Faculty
- 3 February 2016. Open Knowledge Ambassador training, session 2
- 27 January 2016. "Bias on Wikipedia" Short talk at Oxford Geek Night
- 20 January 2016. Open Knowledge Ambassador training, session 1
- 15 January 2016. Wikipedia 15th Birthday Editathon: The Social Internet hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute
- 8 January 2016. Martin speaking at DIY Digitisation conference
- 3 December 2015. Free Speech on Wikipedia training event
- 25 November 2015. Presentation for social media staff across the University. Around 50 staff in audience (mainly women but I didn't get precise figures) whom I urged to create Wikipedia accounts so as to interact with the community.
- 19 November 2015. Working with the Open Culture movement: Workshop for library staff
- 10 November 2015. World War I editathon: Oxford at War
- 4 November 2015. "Under the Bonnet of Wikipedia" Training workshop for Oxford University staff
- 21 October 2015. "Some attempts to address bias on Wikipedia". One-hour lunchtime talk for researchers at Oxford Internet Institute (OII) 24 attendees, mainly researchers and graduate students.
- 12-15 October 2015. Four Women in Science editathons to celebrate Ada Lovelace's bicentennial
- 21 July 2015. Session at Oxford Library Staff Conference
- 7 July 2015. Workshop for staff from the Vatican Library and the Bodleian Libraries
- 2 July 2015. Working with the Open Culture movement: Workshop for museum staff
- 6 May 2015. Working with the Open Culture movement: Workshop for library staff
Monthly reporting
Throughout the Residency, all monthly reports submitted to the Bodleian and Wikimedia UK will be posted here to allow those interested to track its progress.
| 1st Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 April-30 April 2015 | 12 May 2015 | Read full |
| 2nd Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 May-31 May 2015 | 3 June 2015 | Read full |
| 3rd Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 June-30 June 2015 | 8 July 2015 | Read full |
| 4th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 July-30 July 2015 | 4 August 2015 | Read full |
| 5th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 August-31 August 2015 | 17 September 2015 | Read full |
| 6th & 7th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 September-31 October 2015 | 5 November 2015 | Read full |
| 8th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 November-30 November 2015 | 9 December 2015 | Read full |
| 9th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 December-31 December 2015 | 7 January 2016 | Read full |
| 10th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 January-3 February 2016 | 10 February 2016 | Read full |
| 11th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 4 February-29 February 2016 | 3 March 2016 | Read full |
| 12th Month Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Resident's Name | Period Covered | Date of Report | Full Report |
| The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 1 March - 5 April 2016 | 6 April 2016 | Read full |
A final report to sum up the impact of the whole project, 13 May 2016.
Coverage
- "Dr Poulter of the Bodleian presents a tremendous Upload" notice in Outline (Bodleian Libraries Staff Newsletter), 7 April 2016
- Ninth report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, March 2016
- "How we got to the front page of Wikipedia" short article in Outline (Bodleian Libraries Staff Newsletter) early March 2016
- Eighth report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, February 2016
- "Editing Tudor Music Articles on Wikipedia" blog post by Dr Katherine Butler
- Guest post for Bodleian's 23 Things blog. Book now for a Women in Wikipedia edit-a-thon, 23 March
- Seventh report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, January 2016
- Marianne Spring (22 January 2016) "Editathon held to celebrate Wikipedia" Cherwell [Oxford University student newspaper]
- TV interview on Sky News' Digital View programme, 16 January 2016
- Radio interview on Radio Five Live's Drive programme, 15 January 2016
- Wikipedia’s "Ongoing Search for the Sum of All Human Knowledge" Blog post by the Oxford Internet Institute, 20 January 2016
- TV interview on ITV regional news (shown on several different regions at different times), 15 January 2016
- "Oxford Internet Institute marks 15 years of Wikipedia", Oxford University news site
- Guest post for Open Access at Oxford blog: Wikipedia and Open Access: making research as useful as it can be January 2016
- Item in Outline (Bodleian Libraries Staff Newsletter) mentions the Open Knowledge Ambassador course, 14 January 2016
- Sixth report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, December 2015
- Blog post: "Oxford University to train Open Knowledge Ambassadors" On Bodleian "23 Things" blog; On Wikimedia UK blog
- Fifth report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, November 2015
- "Shiver-inducing contacts with the past" Article in November 2015 edition of CILIP Update, pp.42-43.
- "Somerville, Science and Wikipedia" guest blog post for the Bodleian's Ada Lovelace blog and for Wikimedia UK, 11 November 2015
- Skepticality podcast 27 October 2015
- "Lovelace letters revealed for first time in Oxford ahead of 200th birthday" Oxfordshire Guardian 15 October 2015. Mentions Wikipedia editathons
- Write-up in Anybooks Conference handbook, October 2015. See wmuk:Bodleian staff conference 2015
- Mentions in Nature and in Scientific American, September 2015: see wmuk:Wikipedia Science Conference#Coverage
- Fourth report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, July 2015
- Digital.Bodleian + Wikipedia in the Archives and Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library blog, July 2015, posted on Wikimedia UK blog as "Wikimedia projects benefit from Bodleian Libraries residency", summarised on Library Stuff blog as "Wikimedia projects benefit from Bodleian Libraries residency"
- Third report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, June 2015
- Second report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, May 2015
- First report in This Month in GLAM newsletter, April 2015
- "Meet our new Wikimedian In Residence" Outline (Bodleian Libraries Staff Newsletter) 16 April
- Mentioned in "brief notes" section of Wikipedia Signpost, 8 April
- "Bodleian Libraries joins with Wikimedia UK to share historic collections" - 26 March announcement posted by Bodleian Libraries; by Research Libraries UK
Past activity hosted by the Bodleian Libraries
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Ada Lovelace day editathon | 14 October 2014 |
| Rediscovering Rycote Wikipedia editathon | 15 November 2013 |
| Ada Lovelace day editathon (with support from Jisc & Wikimedia UK) | 15 October 2013 |
| Queen Victoria's Journals editathon | 24 May 2013 |
| Ada Lovelace day editathon (with support from the British Library's Wikipedian In Residence) | October 2012 |
In July 2012, Neil Jeffries, the research and development project manager at the Bodleian Libraries, wrote an op-ed for the Signpost describing best practice in knowledge representation for projects such as Wikidata.