Wikimedia Commons Social History Photo Initiative

2009 Queensland Museum Strategic Learning

M&GSQ Networking Event

David MilneManager Strategic Learning

4th December 2009

Wikimedia Commons Social History Photo Initiative

Museums Australia Education Network ‘NING’ site

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GLAM/Wikimedia Commons Initiative

First steps taken to upload a selection of plate glass negative digitised photographs.

Photos depict life in Ipswich Queensland at the beginning of the 20th century.

QM has over 1000 photos in its collection taken by Bert Roberts.


How do I find this social history photograph resource?


Google ‘Bert Roberts Wikimedia Commons’


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Wikimedia Commons Site





Quick ‘Wikimedia’ Facts

Wikimedia is the largest, most consulted and most accessible information sources available on the internet. Wikipedia has thirteen-million articles accessible and is now the biggest world-wide encyclopaedia. Wikimedia is a not-for-profit, non-hierarchical organisation which is dependent on skilled volunteer writers and editors to disseminate world knowledge. There are only 28 full-time employees world-wide.There is a global writing community of over 100,000 contributorsWikimedia Commons is a repository of nearly 5 million useable media files with free to use Creative Commons licensesEnglish is the main language medium for the encyclopaedia but there are articles in 200 other languagesArticles can only be published if they meet ‘notability’ criteria, are ‘unbiased’ and cite ‘authoritative published articles’. No original research can be published.


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The Photos are:

High resolution images (3-4 MB)

Suitable for repurposing

Primarily to support student projects

Promote historical inquiry skills


Five Women on Queenslander

Steps


Historical Inquiry Questions

Study the clothes the five women are wearing.

Use the Wikimedia magnifying glass to highlight the dress designs and motifs.

Why do you think this photograph was taken?

Where do you think the women might be going?

During what era do you think this photograph was taken?

Who do you think these women might be?

What rules about dress and fashion do you think these women followed?

Why do you think the girl is wearing a short dress, while the women are wearing longer dresses?

Make a list of the similarities and differences between the clothes worn today and those in the photograph

Describe the hairstyles of the four older women.


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Ipswich Photo Society

What clues help to inform you of the time period when this photo was taken?Look closely. What season do you think this is? How many people are wearing hats?What reasons would hats be worn other than protection from the sun?Did men and women have different or similar hobbies during this period?List as many differences as you can between the cameras in this photo and modern day digital cameras.Can identify the model of early motor-car in the background.Can you spot Bert Roberts?

Historical Inquiry Questions


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Feedback


Comment by Liam Wyatt on November 17, 2009 at 2:09pm Thanks for this and I can say that from the Wikipedia

perspective we're very happy to have these images to be available as this represents Australia's first cultural content donation to Wikimedia.

I personally announced this collaboration to the Wikimedia Multimedia Usability meeting in Paris last week and requests such as better reporting metrics (on usage, click-throughs etc.) is definitely on the agenda.Once again, thanks!



Your GLAM Institution Can

Add photographic content to Wikimedia Commons (objects, artefacts, artwork etc)

Learn about Copyright and Creative Commons licensing

Take small steps towards digitising your collections

Improve public accessibility

Extend curatorial knowledge about collection items

Use social media to share your initiative and gather feedback


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‘NING’ site


What’s Ning all about?

Ning is a social media tool that enables ‘communities of interest’ or ‘ special interest groups’ to interact, share ideas, highlight events and discuss emerging issues on-line.

Think of a ‘Professional Facebook’

Museums Australia have adopted Ning as their new communication platform


So what does the Museums Australia (MANEXUS) site look like?

http://manexus.ning.com/


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