Mike Dickison, Wikipedia Aotearoa NZ.

Mike Dickison discusses the increasing collaboration between New Zealand's GLAM sector and Wikipedia, through the coordinated efforts of an established Wikimedia user group, regular meetups, and various partnerships. These include the Auckland Museum's uploading of hundreds of thousands of collection objects, and the New Zealand Opera's release of archive photos for illustrating articles.

Dickison suggests utilising Wikidata and volunteers to transcribe and digitise collections, format books into e-books for public library lending, and clean up metadata for improved discoverability. They encourage institutions to work with volunteers to get their publication databases into Wikidata for easier use on Wikipedia, and thank those who have collaborated with them, offering further resources.

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