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This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue III, March 2024

Poland report

What's up in GLAM-Wiki in Poland in March

WikiMatejko wrap up event

gallery tour with Dixit MNK cards
gallery tour with Dixit MNK cards
group photo of WikiMatejko participants
gallery tour with Dixit MNK cards
gallery tour with Dixit MNK cards

At the end of March, a meeting wrapping up the WikiMatejko edition action was held at the National Museum in Krakow. This time we hosted the event at the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art at Sukiennice.

During the event we had the opportunity not only to make a draft summary of the activities carried out as part of the action, but above all to meet with the participants of the action. It was a unique time not only to thank the participants for their engagement, but also full of conversations that revealed what was valuable in the action for newcomers. There was also time for lighter activities, as in the first part of the meeting we visited the Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art using the Dixit MNK card game for play. It was an extremely meaningful time to meet in person after several months of the process conducted online. We will share the follow-up data on the action with you next month.

New Wikipedian in residence at the National Museum in Krakow

March is also the month in which Agata Stadnicka, a graduate of art history at Jagiellonian University, became the new Wikipedian in residence at the National Museum in Krakow.

Agata started an internship a year ago in the GLAM-Wiki area at the Wikimedia Poland Association, where for a period of 6 months she became familiar with the specifics of GLAM-Wiki collaboration. Agata also actively participated in the preparation of the WikiMatejko editing campaign by contributing her expertise in the area of art. Agato welcome on board and congratulations on starting a new adventure!

At the same time, we would like to thank Filip Jankowski for his months-long involvement in working with the Museum as WIR.

GLAM-Wiki related topics at Annual Conference of Wikipedians in Opole

Kamila Neuman during a presentation about WikiMatejko
Grzegorz Gogacz during a workshop on categorizing files on Commons based on the example Warsaw Public Library
Wzlot 2024 group photo
Tomasz Gruszkowski from the National Library during his presentation
WMPL president welcoming Wikipedians at the start of the conference
Agata Jablonska representing the National Museum in Krakow at the conference

At this year's Wikipedia conference, several topics related to the GLAM-Wiki field appeared.

Grzegorz Gogacz - Wikipedian in residence at Warsaw Public Library talked about how different styles of file uploading by GLAM partner institutions are, what results from this, how it affects indicators. Grzegorz demonstrated what we can do over a morning coffee for fun and at ease, without using gadgets for mass categorization to increase the use of such files.

Kamila Neuman - Open Culture Manager at Wikimedia Poland, shared her initial thoughts on WikiMatejko's editing action, i.e. how we can better do thematic campaigns aimed at both novice and experienced editors.

Tomasz Gruszkowski from the National Library explained where and how to download image files, sharing interesting knowledge about file compression and its impact on the quality of shared resources.

Grzegorz Zalewski led a workshop on downloading image files from national digital archives using National Digital Archives and Gallica as examples.

We are pleased to see such a presentation of topics that are associated closely with digital cultural resources.

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