Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AAM COMM535 2015

Smithsonian American Art Museum
An Edit-a-Thon

Edit-a-thon -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum, will be working with Wikipedia and American University class COMM535 and journalism professor Andrew Lih on topics related to multimedia content on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.

When: Tuesday, February 24, 2015; 2:30 - 5:30pm

Who: Invited participants from the American University class and Smithsonian Institution. The program is open to the public. Contact Andrew Lih or Sara Snyder (Smithsonian) at SnyderS@si.edu and sign up below if you'd like to attend.; This gathering is part of a communications/journalism course taught by Andrew Lih at the American University on Wikipedia & Public Knowledge.

Where: Smithsonian American Art Museum;; 8th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 (directions here); MacMillan Education Center, First floor, F street side (PDF floorplan); Early arrivees (by 2:30) can get a tour of part of the museum with staff

What to bring: A fully charged laptop computer with charger

RSVP Required: Please sign up below if you plan on joining us. Space limited due to small venue.

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Schedule

**National Museum of American History Edit-a-Thon Schedule**
Time	Activity
2:30-3:00 pm	Early arrivals, museum tour
3:00-3:15 pm	Welcome by Sara Snyder, Deputy Chief, Media and Technology Office; Presentation by Karen Lemmey, Curator of Sculpture
3:15-3:30 pm	Editing tutorial link
3:30-5:30 pm	Edit-a-Thon

Curator talk

The Smithsonian American Art Museum curator for sculpture, Karen Lemmey, talks about the Wikipedia entry for The Greek Slave by Hiram Powers, one of the most famous statues in the world, and how the article could be improved (skip to 10 minutes and 55 seconds for the start of the detailed critique)

Questions? Add your own

How do I RSVP?

Add your name to the list below if you plan on joining us remotely.

Can I share what I’m doing?

Yes, please feel free to share what you’re working on on your preferred social network using #glamwiki and invite your friends to join us remotely!

What can we photograph, and what can we release under a free license?

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Articles and content to work on

We are planning to work on multimedia - images, video and other visual content - related to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collections, with an emphasis on sculpture.
Works of Sculpture in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Current exhibition - Direct Carving (exhibition website)
Using the Smithsonian Art Inventories Library (lower res) or SAAM Collection Search to find images to add to the following articles:
- Soldiers_and_Sailors_Memorial_Arch - detailed photos in SI collection
- Hiram Powers - add more images, cite better sources (examples: ,)
- Concetta Scaravaglione - add more images
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Articles that need sources, inline citation, or overall expansion:
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Issues

Smithsonian Terms of Use - How to reconcile the Smithsonian web site's blanket TOU statement with works known to be in the public domain (PD) and expired copyright. Given the amount of pre-1923 work in the SI collections, this is a non-trivial amount of content. The language in question:
You may not use the Content for commercial purposes. This means that you may not sell the Content or sell materials, products or services that use and incorporate the Content, nor may you use the Content to promote or advertise products or services. If you wish to use the Content for any purpose beyond the permitted uses, such as a commercial use or publication (except as may be permitted by fair use under the copyright law), you must obtain prior written permission from the Smithsonian (or other owner of the Content as applicable).

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May I use Smithsonian Content on t-shirts that I plan to sell?

No, this would be a commercial use. If you wish to make a commercial use, you must obtain prior written permission. Contact: rightsmanager@si.edu.
Freedom of panorama - Does not apply to the US, but is well established in European law.
"Permits taking photographs or video footage, or creating other images (such as paintings), of buildings and sometimes sculptures and other art which are permanently located in a public place, without infringing any copyright that may otherwise subsist in such works, and to publish such images" (from the Wikipedia article).

However, in the US, you do have the right to photograph buildings: "the copyright in an architectural work does not include the right to prevent others from making and distributing photos of the constructed building, if the building is located in a public place or is visible from a public place. So you don’t need permission to stand on a public street and photograph a public building."
License and copyright status mismatch - Just because YouTube says it is Creative Commons licensed, doesn't mean it is. And vice versa -- just because something says it's under copyright, doesn't mean it is. See copyfraud.

Resources

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Websites, library catalogs, & databases

Flickr Commons, Smithsonian Institution - http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/
Smithsonian Institution Archives Collections Search - http://siarchives.si.edu/collections
Smithsonian Libraries catalog portal Tools for the Researcher
Smithsonian Libraries free databases and collections
Smithsonian Libraries article indexes and databases (some accessible only from terminals located in the library)
Smithsonian Collections Search Center
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Reference book citations to copy and paste

Help after the event

Wikipedia:Teahouse, a friendly place to help new editors get started

About SAAM

Add more - http://americanart.si.edu/

Results and outcomes

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Article creation

New articles

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Updated articles

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