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'''GLAM visual tool''' is a research project developed by the Laboratory of visual cultural at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) and supported by Wikimedia CH.
The research project focussed on the visual elements of a statistical tool developed to monitor the cooperation between GLAMs and the Wikimedia projects. More specifically
* it produces three interactive visualizations
* it produces the front end of the tool
* it suggests visualizations which can support the cooperation between GLAMs and the Wikimedia projects
== Methods ==
The project uses information design to evaluate, monitor and trigger partnerships between GLAMs and the Wikimedia projects. Furthermore the project uses information design to trigger new ways of evaluating cultural institutions and their impact.
This project is an independent research developed by the Laboratory of visual culture meant to contribute to a statistical tool developed by Wikimedia CH.
=== Timeline ===
The project is conceived as a first phase and it starts in November 2016 and it ends in January 2017. We expect the project to continue with new releases and to be further developed in a larger research project related to new ways of evaluating the work of cultural institutions.
=== Policy, Ethics and Human Subjects Research ===
The research respects Wikimedia policies and it is specifically developed to support partnerships between GLAMs and the Wikimedia projects meant to increase and improve online open knowledge.
== Results==
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=== Interactive visualisation ===
The visualizations are based on a data warehouse produced by the Italian company Synapta for the GLAM statistic tool. The data warehouse provides a copy of content from Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia; starting from the creation of the data warehouse the visualization can trace changes that happened over time on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.
The category of the institution is at the centre of all the visualizations and reports. This category though can be removed by anyone for different reasons. This is a critical issue of the statistics. To overcome this issue the data warehouse works as a more early accessible backup of the GLAM contribution to the Wikimedia projects.
All visualizations can be downloaded as images in PNG format or as a dataset in JSON format.
; Further developments
* Proving the dataset for download in CSV format.
We started identifying a series of visualizations which might be relevant in a second release.
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!Image
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| Discussion pages and controversies related to content uploaded. ||
* To monitor problems and delations
* To facilitate the participation in discussions
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| Edits on files: changes on categories, description, added descriptions in other languages, licenses and other metadata.
|| To monitor changes and to acknowledge improvements of content.
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| List of images and where they are used on the Wikimedia projects.
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* To see which images are the most used
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|An overview of data based on three characteristic: size, license, format. You can see the number of files with that characteristic on top and on the bottom you see the number of pages in which these files have been included.
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* To see if a certain characteristic (size, license and format) influences the use of files.
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|The correlation between size, format and use of images.
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* To understand the correlation.
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|What is the license of content uploaded. Public domain or cc by-sa?
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* When possible to convert images under cc by-sa into public domain.
* To understand institution' rights claims related to photos and scans of documents.
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==== Content Network ====
[[File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-category network.jpg|thumb]]
How images are organized. An overview of how images uploaded by the institutions are organized on Wikimedia Commons.
On Wikimedia Commons images can be organized by category and subcategories. When you upload content you can add categories; categories can be added and changed at any time also manually and semi-automatically.
The visualization focuses on a single institution (the institution you selected) and it allows you so see the names of categories about the images, the quantity of images in each category and the category' hierarchy. On the right sidebar you can see the list of categories and you can sort them by name or by size (number of files included in the category); each category provides you a direct link to see its content on Wikimedia Commons. When you click a category on the sidebar, it appears highlighted in the visualization and viceversa.
;How can you use the visualization
The visualization can provide Wikipedians
* an overview of the topics institutions have contributed to
* an idea of how content is organized in categories
* to increase the number and specificity of categories
The visualization can suggest the institution involved
* new images you can upload to increase categories
* new categories they can create
* to increase the number and specificity of categories
* eventually how to reorganize the categories and their hierarchy
; Further developments
In a future release, the visualization can be further developed to change through time by selecting a timeframe. The timeframe will start from the creation of the GLAM statistical tool. It will be possible to provide information about
* how a category changed through time with an increased or decreased number of images
* how categories changed with new ones or a new hierarchy
==== User Contributions ====
Who uploaded files. An overview of who uploaded on Wikimedia Commons files of the institution.
The visualization focuses on a single institution (the institution you selected) and it shows you all the accounts who have uploaded images in the category of the institution, when they uploaded them and how many flies they uploaded. They visualization are sorted by the account with the largest number of uploads. On the right sidebar you can see the list of accounts and you can sort them by name or by size (number of files uploaded by the account); each account provides you a direct link to the user page on Wikimedia Commons.
It is important to mention that the Wikimedia projects require people to contribute as individuals; paid collaborators (paid staff of institutions or wikipedians in residence or other collaborators) should disclose their engagement with the institution in their user page.
Files can be uploaded manually or through a bot (a software). It is also useful to know that Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects are a socio-technological system: people and softwares (bots) interact online and have accounts.
At the moment the visualizations shows the results in the last year.
;How can you use the visualization
The visualization can provide Wikipedians
* a list of collaborators of the institutions
* a list of people involved or interested in the content of the institution
* the user name of people collaborating with institutions (to verify that institutions use individual usernames).
* bot related to the institutions
The visualization can provide the institution involved an overview of
* the work of collaborators
* the flow of uploades
* the engagement of new users
* an overview of delations (in a future release)
; Further developments
In a future release, you will be able to select a timeframe going back from the creation of the GLAM statistical tool. It will be possible to see and monitor who delated content (very often related to copyright infringements or other problematic content). Bot can be differentiated graphically from other accounts.
==== Page views ====
[[File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-overall pageviews.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-pageviews singles.jpg|thumb]]
How images are organized. An overview of how images uploaded by the institutions are organized on Wikimedia Commons.
Images from Wikimedia Commons can be embedded into Wikipedia articles in different languages. Frequently the images included are photos or copies of original documents. People contributing to Wikipedia can manually add the images to articles. Articles with good images have a better quality but of course there should not be too many images in an article. Images on Wikipedia articles are much more viewed compared to images simply stored on Wikimedia Commons.
In this visualization you see the articles of Wikipedia in all languages including images from the institution. You can see the overall total number of views day by day. On the right sidebar you can select an image included in the Wikipedia articles and see the number of view of that specific image day by day. On the top menu you can select the view from overall view to single image view. On the right sidebar you have also the direct link to see the image on Wikimedia Commons where you find the specific list of pages including it.
;How can you use the visualization
The visualization can provide Wikipedias and the institution involved
* how many people accessed its patrimony
* which are the most viewed images
; Further developments
In a future release, the visualization can differentiate the typology of pages (articles, discussion pages, project pages, user pages) including files owned by the institutions. Other visualizations can be developed to highlight files.
=== Front end of the statistical tool ===
The website allows access to the GLAM statistic tools. It is meant for three beneficiaries:
* '''Institutions involved''': they can have access to a series of statistics related to their cooperation with the Wikimedia projects. The visualizations are meant to simplify the comprehension of what happened and to support the planning of future steps of the cooperation (i.e. increasing the number of images upload, improving the metadata, adding categories, understanding which content appears more interesting for wikipedias, review the number of views to their content).
* '''Wikipedians and wikimedians''': to monitor the cooperation with GLAMs, to see which content has been uploaded, to eventually ask for new content on different topics.
* '''Wikimedia chapters and groups''': to monitor the cooperation with GLAMs in their countries and to provide metrics about the cooperation.
Content is meant to be accessible to anyone. In case of data aggregated from other sources it might be necessary to create a controlled access for privacy reason.
<gallery mode="packed-hover">
File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-home.jpg|Draft homepage
File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-category network.jpg|Draft of the images hierarchy
File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-overall pageviews.jpg|Draft of the pageviews chart (overall)
File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-pageviews singles.jpg|Draft of the pageviews chart (single file)
File:GLAM visual tool wireframe-user contributions.jpg|Draft of the uploads chart
</gallery>
== References ==
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== Documentation ==
* [[Commons:Category:GLAM visual tool|Category GLAM visual tool of the project on Wikimedia Commons]].
[[Category:GLAM visual tool]]
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