GLAM/Newsletter/June 2014/Contents/Open Access report
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Open biodiversity data; Automated import of scholarly journal articles into Wikisource
Biodiversity research goes open data
In a move inspired by the Bermuda Principles on open data in human genomics and by the Budapest, Bethesda and Berlin declarations on Open Access, natural history museums, botanical gardens and other institutions engaged in biodiversity research have launched and signed a declaration on open data. As the launch took place in the Bouchout Castle in the Botanical Garden of Meise (Belgium), the declaration is named the Bouchout declaration. More details in the Belgium report.
Automated import of scholarly articles into the English Wikisource
A proposal has been made on the English Wikisource to import the full text of suitably licensed scholarly articles in a bot-assisted fashion, with the corresponding media files going into Wikimedia Commons. The bot code exists and has been tested on 10 sample articles.
Open Access Media Importer
The following represents a selection of the ca. 300 files that have been uploaded by the Open Access Media Importer this month, bringing the total to over 16,800. If you can think of wiki pages where these files could be useful, please put them in there or let us know.
Open Access File of the Day
The following files have been featured as Open Access File of the Day this month:
June 31: histopathology slide of chordoma
June 30: activation of brain's reward system
June 29: the beetle Tecnophilus croceicollis
June 28: Laserpitium ochridanum, named after Laserwort from antiquity
June 27: The frog Platymantis pygmaeus.
June 26: the moth Exelastis caroli
June 25: Spatial relationship between Müller cells and microglia
June 26: edmontosaur skulls
June 23: the blenny Haptoclinus dropi
June 22: a prehistoric snakefly, Styporaphidia hispanica
June 21: shell of the land snail Streptostele musaecola
June 20: The fish Praealticus labrovittatus jumping.
June 19: the bee Epicharis umbraculata
June 18: the beetle Scybalocanthon korasakiae
June 17: the frog Fejervarya moodiei
June 16: male of moth Dunama jessiehillae
June 15: brain with DiGeorge syndrome
June 14: ants, Camponotus leonardi
June 13: guard cells in plant stoma
June 11: the sea snail Micromelo undata
June 10: The forget-me-not Alkanna noneiformis.
June 9: skeletal reconstruction of the dinosaur Sanjuansaurus gordilloi
June 8: the beetle Plectromerus roncaevi
June 7: an eye affected by Wolfram syndrome
June 6: shell of the freshwater snail Pomacea haustrum
June 5: The snake Cyclocorus lineatus.
June 4: the bellflower Edraianthus horvatii
June 3: the common bleak Alburnus alburnus
June 2: skull of Lepidochelys kempii, a sea turtle
June 1: nurse cells develop the oocyte
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