Are you an exhibition space,
an archive, or a cultural institution?
Do you want to share your content
and increase the visibility
or your artworks and knowledge?
Share Your Knowledge is here to help you out.
How?
First, you need to follow Share Your Knowledge guidelines.
This means releasing all your digitised content online
under the CC-BY-SA license.
Then, inform all your contacts about the change
in license and upload your content to Wikipedia.
Finally, watch how your content
is accessed and used.
What is the CC-BY-SA license?
CC stands for Creative Commons.
This means that an author can choose which copyright
he or she would like to apply to their artwork
when they put it online.
BY means that anyone can use
your material freely
and for free on condition
that you are acknowledged and
credited on the new artwork.
SA means that any artwork,
resulting from your material,
must be distributed under the same license.
Is is like starting out a
“creative commons infection”.
So, what do I have to do?
Embed the CC-BY-SA logo on
all the pages that you have your content.
If you want to share ALL your material at once,
embed the logo on your entire website.
This will make your content available
on the web under the CC license.
What about the archive material that is not yet online?
If some of your content has been created
by someone outside your organization,
you will have to ask for their permission.
This way, you can release catalogues,
DVDs, videos, movies,
trailers and images
that are relevant to your content.
To make the project even more visible,
let your contacts know about it,
and if you really want to enhance your content,
tell Wikipedia volunteers!
By doing this,
you will contribute your valuable content
to the most used free encyclopaedia in the world,
with an audience of 400 million visitors!
Who can upload contents on Wikipedia?
You,
your colleagues,
your collaborators,
and all Wikipedia volunteers.
Once the content is online,
and following Wikipedia’s rules,
anybody will be able to correct a mistake,
add an image,
translate an article into another language,
and update any new information.
Wikipedia also has tools for you
to evaluate how effective
this Share Your Knowledge project
has been at increasing your content and its visibility!
Hurry up and join
Share Your Knowledge