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===German Federal Archives won't extend collaboration with Wikimedia=== |
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 144-400-05, Koblenz, Bundesarchiv, Hauptgebäude.jpg|thumb|240px|The |
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 144-400-05, Koblenz, Bundesarchiv, Hauptgebäude.jpg|thumb|240px|The Bundesarchiv's main building in [[Koblenz]], 1999 (photo from the donated collection)]]Earlier this month, it was announced that after its 2008 donation of around 100,000 photos via Wikimedia Commons, the [[Bundesarchiv]] (German Federal Archives) will release no more images as part of its collaboration with Wikimedia. |
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The donation of the images from the institution's archive of 10 million photographs under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license had been negotiated from 2007 to 2008 by members of the German Wikimedia chapter. As described in a [[outreach:German Federal Archives case study|case study on the Foundation's Outreach wiki]], the Wikimedia side of the collaboration involved the improvement by Wikimedia volunteers of the Bundesarchiv's |
The donation of the images from the institution's archive of 10 million photographs under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license had been negotiated from 2007 to 2008 by members of the German Wikimedia chapter. As described in a [[outreach:German Federal Archives case study|case study on the Foundation's Outreach wiki]], the Wikimedia side of the collaboration involved the improvement by Wikimedia volunteers of the Bundesarchiv's |
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[http://toolserver.org/~apper/ba/statistik.php metadata set of 59,000 person data]; this was done by connecting it with biographies on the German Wikipedia and with the [[Personennamendatei]] authority file of the [[German National Library]]. |
[http://toolserver.org/~apper/ba/statistik.php metadata set of 59,000 person data]; this was done by connecting it with biographies on the German Wikipedia and with the [[Personennamendatei]] authority file of the [[German National Library]]. |
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In an [http://www.archive.nrw.de/archivar/hefte/2010/ausgabe2/Archivar_2_10.pdf article] about the collaboration for "Archivar" (the most important German archivist journal) some months ago, Dr Oliver Sander from the Bundesarchiv had taken a largely positive view towards the collaboration. Apart from the improved person metadata, he noted the following benefits for the Bundesarchiv |
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According to Archivalia, Dr Sander named two reasons for the about-turn at a conference earlier this month: |
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*The (still ongoing) [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports|error reports]] by Wikimedians, leading to corrections in the image descriptions ("The high quality of the notices by 'Wikipedians' is surprising: Over 95% of the notices are correct!") |
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*A vast increase in public awareness for the institution and in the page views for its website, as well as in the revenue from image licensing (197% according to Archivalia – however, licensing revenue apparently still forms [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-07-13/Open_letter&diff=302689540&oldid=302683227 much less than 1%] of the overall budget). |
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⚫ | *disregard of the CC license in re-use outside Wikimedia projects, with increasingly "criminal traits", such as a sale of more than 3,000 images from Commons on eBay. (In his "Archivar" article, he had already described such license violations as one of the problems of the project, noting that the Bundesarchiv had sent invoices to several re-users who had violated the license by not naming the photographer. In the case of a vendor who had offered 104 of the images as "vintage postcards" in a militaria marketplace, the Bundesarchiv had him excluded from that marketplace and charged him 4,000 euros in fees.) |
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*He also remarked that "interestingly, for many photographers and rights holders, the cooperation of the Bundesarchiv with Wikimedia is a positive, sometimes even decisive criterion when signing a contract with the Bundesarchiv!". |
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In an [http://www.archive.nrw.de/archivar/hefte/2010/ausgabe2/Archivar_2_10.pdf article] about the collaboration for "Archivar" (the most important German archivist journal) some months ago, Dr Oliver Sander from the Bundesarchiv had taken a largely positive view towards the collaboration. Apart from the improved person metadata, he noted, among the benefits for the Bundesarchiv are the still ongoing [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports|error reports]] by Wikimedians, leading to corrections in the image descriptions ("The high quality of the notices by 'Wikipedians' is surprising: Over 95% of the notices are correct!"). He noted a vast increase in public awareness for the institution and in the page views for its website, as well as in the revenue from image licensing (197% according to Archivalia – however, licensing revenue apparently still forms [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-07-13/Open_letter&diff=302689540&oldid=302683227 much less than 1%] of the overall budget). He also noted that "interestingly, for many photographers and rights holders, the cooperation of the Bundesarchiv with Wikimedia is a positive, sometimes even decisive criterion when signing a contract with the Bundesarchiv!". |
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In the [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv|announcement two years ago]], Wikimedians had expressed their hope "that this is only the start of a long lasting relationship that might serve as an example to other archives and image databases". Indeed, many other [[WP:GLAM|institutions and organizations in the cultural sector]] have followed suit with similar large-scale image donations, such as the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-30/News and notes|Deutsche Fotothek]], [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-09/News and notes|Antweb]], the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-28/News and notes|Mary Rose Trust]], the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-04-19/News_and_notes#Brooklyn_Museum_uploads_to_Wikimedia_Commons|Brooklyn Museum]], and the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-30/News and notes|Tropenmuseum]] ([[outreach:Tropenmuseum case study|case study]]) and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-09-20/News_and_notes#Dutch_National_Archives_donate_images|National Archives]] from the Netherlands. |
In the [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv|announcement two years ago]], Wikimedians had expressed their hope "that this is only the start of a long lasting relationship that might serve as an example to other archives and image databases". Indeed, many other [[WP:GLAM|institutions and organizations in the cultural sector]] have followed suit with similar large-scale image donations, such as the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-30/News and notes|Deutsche Fotothek]], [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-09/News and notes|Antweb]], the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-12-28/News and notes|Mary Rose Trust]], the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-04-19/News_and_notes#Brooklyn_Museum_uploads_to_Wikimedia_Commons|Brooklyn Museum]], and the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-30/News and notes|Tropenmuseum]] ([[outreach:Tropenmuseum case study|case study]]) and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-09-20/News_and_notes#Dutch_National_Archives_donate_images|National Archives]] from the Netherlands. |
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However, [http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/8427530/ according to] the German archivist blog "Archivalia"), Dr Sander announced at a conference earlier this month that the Bundesarchiv won't donate more images as part of the collaborations, citing two main reasons: |
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Criticism by Wikimedians had included the low resolution of the donated image versions (at maximum 800 pixels on the longer side), the unclear licensing status of [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv/Questionable licensing|some images]] (a few had to be deleted) and the attachment of metadata inside each image itself, as a small strip of text on one side (which was often removed, according to [[commons:Commons:Watermarks|Commons:Watermarks]]. Sander acknowledged that this was allowed under the CC-BY-SA license, but claimed it contributed to the problems of missing attribution and an increase in time-consuming research requests to the archive). |
Criticism by Wikimedians had included the low resolution of the donated image versions (at maximum 800 pixels on the longer side), the unclear licensing status of [[commons:Commons:Bundesarchiv/Questionable licensing|some images]] (a few had to be deleted) and the attachment of metadata inside each image itself, as a small strip of text on one side (which was often removed, according to [[commons:Commons:Watermarks|Commons:Watermarks]]. Sander acknowledged that this was allowed under the CC-BY-SA license, but claimed it contributed to the problems of missing attribution and an increase in time-consuming research requests to the archive). |
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Last week, Archivalia [http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/8445523/ interviewed] [[User:Mathias Schindler|Mathias Schindler]] about the subject, the Wikipedian who had been involved in the 2008 negotiations and is now employed as project manager for "content liberation" at the German Wikimedia chapter. Schindler emphasized that the |
Last week, Archivalia [http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/8445523/ interviewed] [[User:Mathias Schindler|Mathias Schindler]] about the subject, the Wikipedian who had been involved in the 2008 negotiations and is now employed as project manager for "content liberation" at the German Wikimedia chapter. Schindler emphasized that the Bundesarchiv had put a lot of effort into proper rights clearance, but noted that the release of material from the collection without sufficient rights under a free license was a frequent and fundamental problem. He expressed regret at the Bundesarchiv's decision, but hoped that changing conditions would enable further Bundesarchiv donations in the future. |
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===In brief=== |
===In brief=== |