Grants:Project/Rapid/THL Open GLAM/Report
- Report accepted
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Goals
[edit]Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
Yes, the goals were met in terms of engaging new editors and improving the GLAM content related to India on Commons. In, fact we had more uploads than the set target. However, the resource building activity was challenging. While we appreciate the suggestions given by the grant review committee, and were eager to work towards it, we did not have the capacity for the same and feedback from scholars was contrary to our expectations.
Outcome
[edit]Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.
| Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
| 1 event | 1 event | Event summary |
| 20 participants | 15 participants | |
| 15 new editors | 15 new editors | |
| 5 videos | 2 videos | Bhavnagar's Historic Structures (video 1) and Calcutta Cityscapes on Postcards (video 2) |
| more than 200 commons uploads | 1728 commons uploads | Event dashboard |
Learning
[edit]Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:
- What worked well?
The new editors were enthusiastic about the edit-a-thon event which resulted in a more number of quality uploads than expected.
- What did not work so well?
The subject experts were a bit reluctant to record lectures based on the images that were uploaded on Wikimedia Commons.
- What would you do differently next time?
We will reach out to external resources before hand so that there's no delay in the execution of the goals.
Finances
[edit]Grant funds spent
[edit]Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.
Out total expenditure is INR 38,400
The breakdown is as follows:
Food & Beverage : INR 2400/-
Best Team Prize : INR 10,000/-
First Runner Up : INR 6,000/-
Resource building : INR 20,000/-
Remaining funds
[edit]Do you have any remaining grant funds?
Yes, INR 67,200 remain from the grant fund. We would like to use the remaining funds towards the following:
- Hosting a similar GLAM content upload contest again during the Wiki Asian Month in November 2023. The prizes would be the same as previous i.e. 10,000 for 1st place and 6,000 for 2nd place.
- Conducting a writing competition focusing on GLAMs in Asia. The formats could be illustrated or written blogs featuring any of the below mentioned topics as examples
- interview of a curator
- walk-through of a GLAM (specific collection / highlights)
- GLAM building architecture
- history of the GLAM
This information will be published under CC BY SA license and added to Wiki by our team.
Prizes : 10,000 x 4 winners = 40,000
Admin cost and resource building: 11,000
Anything else
[edit]Anything else you want to share about your project?