Submissions/Wikimedia and Open Access

After careful consideration, the programme committee has decided not to accept the below submission at this time. Thank you to the author(s) for participating in the Wikimania 2013 programme submission, we hope to still see you at Wikimania this August.

Submission no.: 2077
Subject no.: C1

One of the files uploaded by the Open Access Media Importer - an experiment to quantify the contribution of road traffic to seed dispersal.

Topic Pages - scholarly articles from PLOS Computational Biology move on to Wikipedia under the auspices of WikiProject Computational Biology.

The calling song of a cicada, Magicicada cassini - also uploaded by the bot

Title of the submission: Wikimedia and Open Access

Type of submission: presentation

Author of the submission: Daniel Mietchen

Country of origin: Germany

Affiliation: Open Knowledge Foundation Germany

E-mail address: daniel.mietchenokfn.org

Username: User:Daniel Mietchen

Personal homepage or blog: http://wir.okfn.org

Abstract

The Wikimedian and Open Access communities share the goal of making knowledge freely available as widely as possible, and while their respective approaches tend to differ, there is ample room for interaction. This session will provide an overview of these interactions.

Detailed proposal

This session will provide an overview of these interactions, focusing on

the coverage of Open Access and related topics across Wikimedia projects
the reuse of materials from Open Access sources across Wikimedia projects
off-wiki activities pertaining to both the Wikimedia and Open Access communities

Much of the material to be presented here has been covered (or will have been so by then) in the This Month in GLAM Open Access reports, so the purpose of this session is mainly to provide a synthesis, to point out highlights and to discuss how to move forward.

Track: Cultural and Educational Outreach, WikiCulture and Community

Length of presentation/talk: 25 minutes

Language of presentation/talk: English

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?

Yes

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This presentation would be given on-wiki, making use of video and sound

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