Recording of the keynote by Jason Evans (Open Data Manager and former National Wikimedian, National Library of Wales):

„Making Wikimedia and Linked Open Data Mainstream in GLAMs – The National Library of Wales Journey“

During the #WikiKult network meeting 11-12 June in Berlin. Interesting insights into community work with Wikimedia platforms, developing interfaces for collection data on Wikidata, and SPARQL-queries in chatbots.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jason_Evans,_%22Making_Wikimedia_and_Linked_Open_Data_Mainstream_in_GLAMs_%E2%80%93_The_National_Library_of_Wales_Journey%22.webm

#wikimedia #wikidata #openglam #glam

Vintage Aviation News: The Yorkshire Air Museum Receives Lottery Funding of £250k for Collections Project. “The Yorkshire Air Museum has secured a £249,227 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a major collections project at its historic RAF Elvington site. The funding will help enhance storage facilities, modernize collections management, and improve access to thousands of […]

Vale Carl Wilson, Digital Preservation’s Indie Rockstar

Just a quick note wishing Carl peace wherever he is now and to send my best wishes to Becky and his family, and of course his colleagues at the OPF and everyone else who worked closely with him.

Can I remember where I first met Carl? He’s just always been around hasn’t he?

I suspect it was the AQuA hack-a-thon at the British Library in 2011. Carl was maybe working on an image duplication

American Library Association: American Library Association launches national advocacy campaign to fight FCC attack on library funding. “The American Library Association (ALA), along with Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition partners, announced a national advocacy campaign today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to advance a proposal that asks whether the […]

#Ireland #CulturalHeritage #artifacts #GLAM

'Not only is there no inventory of Irish objects kept abroad, 90 per cent of Irish institutions do not have a comprehensive online catalogue of what they hold, according to the report.'

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/27/irish-museums-hold-artefacts-from-around-the-world-should-they-give-them-back/

Irish Times: Irish museums hold artefacts from around the world. Should they give them back?. “Not only is there no inventory of Irish objects kept abroad, 90 per cent of Irish institutions do not have a comprehensive online catalogue of what they hold, according to the report. Digitisation levels are generally low and 77 per cent of institutions have no trained provenance staff. Only a […]

This morning's old man #workout #music is from #DavidBowie - Live on Musikladen Extra - Bremen - 29 May 1978 - great show from one of his most creative periods.

https://youtu.be/L9EVdLeBkSI
#pop #rock #AOR #ArtRock #Glam #kettleBells #wellness #rotationTraining

RE: https://hcommons.social/@mia/116759435655761239

FAQ: it's very suited to a strong engineer early in their career.

The outgoing RSE had opportunities to mentor a junior data scientist, to collaborate closely with specialists and develop their skills leading self-contained projects - it's a good fit for someone who wants to grow in the role #RSE #GLAM