Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Wikimedia Nederland/201910

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Newsletter

We sent out our newsletter of October.

Media

• Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed Leer hoe je erfgoed kunt delen via Wikimedia | Learn how to share heritage through Wikimedia
• Dagblad van het Noorden Wikipedia, hou je vast: de grote Groninger vrouwen komen eraan | Wikipedia, hold on: The great Groninger women are on their way
• Stad Buren.nl Wiki Café

GLAM:Share Your Data workshops for GLAM employees

This fall Wikimedia Netherlands hosts four workshops for information specialists, data-analists and digital collection managers from GLAM-institution who are interested in Linked Open Data and want to learn more about sharing their collections with the Wikimedia projects. The classes prepare the participants for the Wikimedia Tech Storm which takes place on 22 and 23 November in Amsterdam, and for collaboration with Wikimedia-projects in general. The attendees can either participate in this tech storm too start working on sharing their collections, or donate their data for the other participants of the tech storm.

The topics of the masterclasses are the following:

• Copyright on Wikimedia
• General introduction to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata
• Sharing media on Wikimedia Commons with Pattypan
• Sharing data on Wikidata with Openrefine

The classes are attended by a group of approximately 15 GLAM professionals, and their first reactions are positive. After evaluation of the classes, WMNL will see if the track can be repeated next year. Course materials can be found on Wikimedia Commons. For more information or questions about the program, please contact Michelle (vanlanschotwikimedia.nl).

Introducing: Michelle van Lanschot

From the 1st of October onwards Michelle van Lanschot started working as project manager for Wikimedia Netherlands. She has been a Wikimedia-volunteer since 2015, and has been working as an information specialist in the GLAM-sector and also as a Wikipedia in Residence working with small regional heritage institutions. She will take on several GLAM-related projects together with Denise Jansen, and also the education programme and the Netherlands and the Worl project. You can reach her by e-mail (vanlanschotwikimedia.nl).