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Reducing barriers to accessing (& producing) open knowledge Sara Thomas: Wikimedian in Residence
Archiving Community StorytellingUWS - 13 March 2015
Er, what do you do exactly?
Being an ambassador for open knowledge
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.”- Wikimedia founder, Jimmy Wales
“Our mission: to help people and organisations create and preserve open knowledge and to provide easy access for all.”- Wikimedia UK Mission
“...to create a culture of learning and creativity that lets people flourish in their personal, community, family & working lives.” (Glasgow Life Strategic Objectives)
Preserving knowledge & providing access to it...
sounds familiar...
What are the challenges?
● Fear / Anxiety● Permissions / Ownership● Expertise● Time● Resource● Culture Change
Intangible Cultural Heritage & Showpeople
How to prepare
Technical
Legal / Ethical
Competence / Practice
