Wikimedia Argentina/GLAM Program 2017

GLAM Program

Program Manager

Anna Torres (WMAR)
Giselle Bordoy (WMAR)

Social Media

Facebook: WMAR's Facebook page
Twitter: WMAR's twitter account
Instagram: WMAR's instagram account

Strategic approaches

GLAM program is framed through the following strategic approaches:

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• Digitize, liberalization and creation of content : Activities driven by WMAR, Wikimedia community and cultural institutions in order to promote the release and designed of quality content to improve Wikimedia projects.Among the activities within this project we include photography contests and editing challenges.
  
• Strengthening cultural institutions : Project aimed to strengthen the cultural institutions we work with, through activities to improve theirs skills in the field of free culture.
  
• Construction of the local culture : Project which aims to promote the construction of the local culture and identity in Argentina
  

Main projects 2017

Activity	Public and audience	Strategic approach involved	Comments	Institutions involved 2016	2017 institutions involved
Editing online challenges	Active editors and new editors	This activity responds to WMAR’s strategic approach for the GLAM program: Construction of the local culture	To support Wikipedia editors’ interests. This initiative is currently being implemented with very satisfactory results. We are approaching the community to assess their needs	Spanish Wikipedia More information regarding our editing project here	The woman you never meet 2017 with the Iberocoop network Editing challenge may 2017 First quality challenge Translating Ibero America Wikisource 2017.
Editing photo contest	Active editors, new editors and new users registered	This activity responds to WMAR’s strategic approach for the GLAM program: Construction of the local culture	To improve the presence of Argentina in Wikimedia Commons as a way to preserve its heritage. To invite photographers and other users to become editors by turning the photo contest into a combined editing and photo contest	Open House Buenos Aires or Cultural heritage UNESCO editing contest supported by LAN Argentina	1- Open House 2017 2 - Revalorizando el patrimonio local.
Institutions take GLAM!	Cultural institutions	This activity responds to WMAR’s strategic action plan for the GLAM Program: Empower cultural institutions	The Institutions Take GLAM project, promotes the following activities: Stage 1: Analysis of the institution’s suitability to WMAR’s strategic line for the GLAM Program Stage 2: Editing workshop for at least 2 cultural experts within the institution.Uploading of materials to Wikimedia Commons prior to the start of the activity Stage 3: Cooperation with the institution in the organization of the edit-a-thon, where the content previously uploaded to Wikipedia and its sister projects will be used and its value enhanced by the participants. Stage 4: Definition, on the day of the edit-a-thon, of the material that can be highlighted as interesting, and of the articles that can be improved.Sustained cooperation with the institution in the improvement of content.Study of the content available at the institution	National Museum of Fine Arts - MUNTREF - MACBA - UN WOMEN	1 - INTA. 2 - Editatón Parque de la Memoria. 3 - Mentoring Puerto Rico institution. 4 - Taller de género
Redifining Edith-a-tons	Active editors, new users, wikimedians, all publics	This activity responds to WMAR’s strategic action plan for the GLAM Program: Empower cultural institutions	Edit-a-thons are one of our main face-to-face activities. Redefined by WMAR in terms of impact, it continues to be the best event to engage new users and introduce them to editing	UN WOMEN edith-a-ton - National Museum of Fine Arts - MUNTREF - Open Knowledge Argentina	1- Red Internacional de Periodistas con Visión de Género 2 - Mujeres latinoamericanas en la Arquitectura IV 3- Biblioteca Mariano Moreno 4- 1lib1ref
Spreading GLAM projects	New publics, audiences	This activity belongs to our strategic approach: Construction of the local culture	To reach, through strategic positioning, new profiles of people who can support the GLAM program. To generate debate on free culture in cultural environments, a concept which does not exist in Argentina. To establish a firm base of stable contacts on which to position our actions from a strategic point of view, to attract new participants to our activities. To reach alliances with local governments as doorways to cultural spaces and massive convocation of our activities.	Ministerio de Modernización - Open House Bs.As. - MUNTREF	Parque de la Memoria. Dirección general del libro. Defensoría del Pueblo INTA Open Street Map
Digitizing project	Cultural institutions, Wikimedians, Volunteers	This activity belongs to our strategic approaches: Digitalization, liberation and creating content - Construction of the local culture	We are presently working with 4 cultural institutions. The main objective of the project is to favor the release of content by those organizations which have been consistently working with us, providing them with the training and tools necessary for the correct release and upload of content. The strategic objective is the release of quality material focused on our goal to build Argentina’s memory through the preservation of its cultural and historical heritage. In this regard, the objectives of the program are defined below: To improve and increase the content of Wikimedia Commons concerning the history and cultural patrimony of Argentina, promoting the increase of the local patrimony available under public domain or free license. To improve the content of Wikipedia and other projects by positioning and making use of the released material. To involve cultural and educational institutions in the construction of historical memory through the materials released for free use. To favor the release of material that highlights local historical patrimony through new projects such as Wikisource.	National Museum of Fine Arts Historial Archive of the province of Buenos Aires Biblioteca de la legislatura de la provincia de Buenos Aires Archivo General de la Nación Academia Argentina de Letras	National Museum of Fine Arts Historial Archive of the province of Buenos Aires Biblioteca de la legislatura de la provincia de Buenos Aires Archivo General de la Nación Academia Argentina de Letras.

GLAM Metrics as December 2017

Editing challenges	# of editors involved	# of articles added or improved on Wikimedia projects	Number of images/documents released
5			393 books - 2772 images

Institutions involved per activity 2017

Edith-a-ton, workshops and spreading GLAM program

1. Gender Edith-a-ton
2. III Editatona Mujeres en la Arquitectura 2017

1. Mentoring Puerto Rico institution
2. Campaign #1lib1ref
3. Workshop Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno
4. INTA Edith-a-ton
5. Parque de la Memoria
6. Journalist gender edith-a-ton
7. Workshop SISBI
8. Workshop Argentine Chamber of Deputies
9. IV Editatona Mujeres en la Arquitectura 2017
10. Workshop IFTS13 (librarians school).
11. Mapatón Open Street Map.

Digitizing project

In this section are all digitizing activities that involves GLAM program

1. Workshop in the Biblioteca de la Legislatura de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
2. Wikidata workshop with local editorials

Digitizing partners

• MNBA:National Museum of Fine Arts
• Historial Archive of the province of Buenos Aires:Historial Archive of the province of Buenos Aires
• Biblioteca de la legislatura de la provincia de Buenos Aires:Biblioteca de la legislatura de la provincia de Buenos Aires
• AAL: Academia Argentina de Letras

Partners involved per activity 2017

1. La Red Internacional de Periodistas con Visión de Género
2. Dirección General del Libro, Bibliotecas y Promoción de la Lectura
3. INTA
4. Editorial Maten al Mensajero
5. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
6. Parque de la Memoria
7. Open Street Map Argentina
8. Defensoría del Pueblo
9. Hecho en Buenos Aires
10. Open House Buenos Aires
11. SISBI

Conferences

• Open Data Day.
• Comunes
• 49° Reunión Nacional de Bibliotecarios.
• Wikicite.

Editing challenges

• The woman you never meet 2017 with the Iberocoop network
• Editing challenge may 2017
• First quality challenge
• Translating Ibero America
• Wikisource 2017

Resources

Most of our resources are in Spanish

• Materials provided by partners 2017
• Files provided by the National Museum of Fine Arts
• Documents provided by the National Archive of the province of Buenos Aires
• Release of the Mundo Peronista's magazine
• Files provided by the Archivo General de la Nación
• Files provided by a volunteer regarding the Antartida
• Files provided by the Academia Argentina de Letras
• Open Foto 2016
• Sport Magazine El Gráfico

Learning & sharing

• How to create a campaign on Commons
• How to create or edit in terms of gender approach
• The importance of the workshop before the edith-a-ton
• What channels can we use to make external communication

GLAM Program in the media

Interviews

1. Fan, el programa
2. Mención del concurso La mujer que nunca conociste en Notas.org
3. Mención del concurso La mujer que nunca conociste en Agencia EFE
4. Mención del concurso La mujer que nunca conociste en Noticias de la Aldea
5. Mención del concurso La mujer que nunca conociste en el diario LA NACION
6. Mención de la editatón de género en Diario UNO
7. Mención de la editatón de género en revista Fibra
8. Mención de la editatón de género en revista CLAPPS!
9. Mención de la editatón de género en En Perspectiva
10. Tecnología y pasión por los libros en un proyecto digital
11. Se realizó una nueva editatón de género.
12. Cobertura de Wikicite.
13. Un viaje mágico por las bibliotecas más emblemáticas de Buenos Aires.

Plans & Reports

Anual Memorial
Anual Memorial 2014
Anual Memorial 2015
Anual Memorial 2016
Anual Memorial 2016
Strategic plan
Strategic planning 2016-2018 (only available in spanish)
Reports
Progress Report 2014-2015
Anual Grant proposal 2015-2016
Mentions in the newsletter
Newsletter GLAM