AvoinGLAM

The event in May after the Wikimedia hackathon in Tallinn brings together two topics:

• The strategic discussion about the role of GLAM contributions in Wikimedia projects and the technology that enables them. Let's have sauna and sort it out!
• What does AI mean for GLAMs? We are inviting Finnish GLAMs, AI research projects and companies to learn & experiment together with the international Open Culture community.

Coordinator: Susanna Ånäs

AvoinGLAM commemorates the work of Minna Tarkka (1960–2023) by celebrating the Media Art History in Finland (MEHI) project. MEHI is a major effort by Finnish arts organizations to record and publish the history of Finnish media art and to build information infrastructures for its documentation. The project uses Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons for open sharing of results.

Together with the Finnish network of organizations, we collaborate on a tribute, and with international experts on archiving media art we create a blueprint for archiving media art on Wikimedia projects in an expert meeting in October. We wish to ensure that the knowledge of media art in Wikidata continues to grow by inviting artists and organizations to contribute their knowledge directly to Wikidata.

Coordinators: Andrew Paterson and Susanna Ånäs

We have created Wikidocumentaries for exploring the global cultural commons and contributing to it. In our view, the Commons is the knowledge that the institutions, individuals and the open projects together make available and Wikidocumentaries can bring them together. We propose to further develop Wikidocumentaries as a platform for making use of the creative possibilities of the audiovisual, intelligent linked open ecosystem. Coordinators: Susanna Ånäs and Tuukka Hastrup

The GLAM-Wiki community pages are a central resource for people working in the intersection of the Wikimedia platforms and the cultural heritage resources, whether they reside in institutions or within communities.

The project brings together initiatives from across the Wikimedia GLAM community, where our input is focused on the page design and functionality on Meta. Other initiatives include the initiative by Wikimedistas de Uruguay, the Metabase project and hopefully also the This Month in GLAM newsletter.

Coordinated by Susanna Ånäs.