Volunteer Support Germany-Austria-Switzerland/Collaboration with institutions
| This page is a translation of de:WP:Förderung/Zusammenarbeit mit Institutionen. It gives an overview of the support programs for volunteers residing in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol. The translation is for information purposes only. Addressed volunteers may use the original page. Last update: March 2019 |
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Collaboration with institutions
Today, museums, libraries, and archives not only have to preserve our cultural heritage, but to bring it to life digitally. There are Wikipedia articles about many collections and exhibits. Frequently, however, they are missing the corresponding photos. Important potential partners and multipliers work in educational institutions. Collaborating with institutions in the collection and provision of open knowledge is therefore essential. |
Whether you’re conducting an edit-a-thon in a museum, photographically documenting a collection, giving a Wikipedia workshop in a school, or would like to persuade an archive to make its content freely available, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Österreich, and Wikimedia CH are happy to assist you with, among other things, the
- Organization of GLAM-on-Tour events
- Establishing of contacts with institutions
- Campaigning for the release of data
- Provision of official Wikipedia e-mail addresses and business cards
- Furnishing of editorial acknowledgments
- Systematic uploading of data donations
Along with cultural institutions, the German-language Wikimedia organizations encourage Wikimedia project volunteers to make collections accessible photographically. The acronym GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) denotes the activities of volunteers worldwide around culture. To this end, the GLAM on Tour event format was one of the activities developed in German-speaking countries: over a weekend, Wikimedia contributors in your area meet at a museum, an archive, or a library. The staff guide you through the collections, where the objects may be photographed. Afterwards, the pictures can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. When furnished with appropriate categories, entire collections can be procured in this way for Wikimedia projects and made accessible to the public. On a smaller scale, there is also the KulTour format. In recent years, volunteers have produced more than 10,000 photos for Wikimedia Commons relating to culture, adding them to open knowledge. Don’t hesitate to get involved yourself!
If you would like to work with an institution, write an e-mail to the Wikimedia organization of the country where the institution is based, explaining your project and the exact form of support you require.
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If you are interested or have further questions, please write to community@wikimedia.de. Files produced in the context of a collaboration with an institution should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with the template {{Supported by Wikimedia Deutschland}} on the respective file description pages. The support guidelines of Wikimedia Deutschland apply. |
Please send an e-mail to verein@wikimedia.at. We will either assist you directly or put you in contact with an appropriate partner. The support guidelines of Wikimedia Österreich apply. |
If you are interested or have further questions, please write to info@wikimedia.ch The reimbursement guidelines of Wikimedia CH apply. |
