GLAM/Newsletter/May 2022/Contents/Serbia report

This Month in GLAM – Volume XII, Issue V, May 2022

Serbia report

New GLAM brochure and Wikilive 2022

New GLAM brochure

During the Wikilive 2022 conference, we exclusively presented a new edition of the GLAM brochure. We presented models of cooperation, achieved results, new partners, as well as their impressions of Wikimedia projects and endeavors. An English edition is in preparation.

Wikilive 2022

After a two-year break, the Wikilive Conference was held in Belgrade. This conference is organized for Wikipedians and Wikimedians from Serbia and the region. The conference was attended by about 100 participants who attended the two-day program. During this conference, novelties in the GLAM program were presented through the session called GLAM round table, which was also attended by partners from cultural institutions. The contributors shared their experience in cooperation with Wikimedia Serbia, their understanding of the importance of digitizing cultural heritage, as well as the Wiki project. Many experiences were exchanged, plans for future activities were made and time was used to connect with each other. The round table was attended by Milica Naumov from the Museum of African Art in Belgrade, Aleksandra Popović from the University Library Svetozar Markovic, Miloš Todorović, a participant in the project, Nevena Popović from the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia and Aleksandar Marušić from the Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region. During the second day of the conference, a panel discussion with Wikipedian in residence was held. The panel discussion was attended by Milena Milenković, Sara Horvat and Đorđe Ilić.

IMD Wikidata competition

Wikimedia Serbia has participated in an international competition on Wikidata on the occasion of the International Museum Day, organized by Wikimedia Switzerland (WMCH) and Wikimedia Austria (WMAT) with the support of other Wikimedia affiliates. The competition lasted from May 4 to 18, 2022. The goal of this competition on the occasion of the International Museum Day was to improve data on museums in the participating countries and regions. 27 affiliations and a total of 979 participants participated in the competition, 18,721 items were changed, 3,222 were made, and a total of 86,108,434 bytes were added. Regarding the editing of Wikidata on museums in Serbia, 24 participants applied for participation, 196 items were changed, 15 were made, and a total of 1,474,841 bytes were added. Nikolina Šepić contributed the most to the competition at the level of Serbia, winning an award worth 150 euros of promotional material from world-famous museums of her choice, and editors Zoran Filipović and Sadko received vouchers for books worth 3,000 dinars.