XYZ of Guwahati, Kamrup district, Assam, India, is a NAAC accredited XYZ University. This page is intended as a site for discussion, and to provide information on ongoing and future projects organized as part of the collaboration between the XYZ and Wikimedia. If you are interested in getting involved in Wikimedia events organised at the XYZ, or in contributing to a Wikimedia community in Assam, you are welcome to contact the present team members Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan or Animesh Borah
From May 2023, the XYZ launched the GLAM programme supported by Wikimedia India. This programme marks the start of what it is hoped will be an ongoing collaboration between the XYZ and Wikimedia; the Residency aims to establish a self-sustaining and long-lasting relationship between the Library and the Wikimedia community, and to encourage the growth of the Wikimedia community in Assam more generally. The GLAM co-ordinators will act as a facilitator and catalyst over a period of coming few months, helping to open up access to XYZ collections through Wikimedia projects where appropriate, and to incorporate Wikimedia's mission of a free and open knowledge base into future initiatives.
If you are concerned about releasing content from a gallery, library, archive, or museum collection, consider some of the possible benefits listed below, or read on for more information about Creative Commons licensing and GLAM content, and successful case studies.
Why release images under an open license?
Uploading your images to Commons connects them with other information giving them context and extra information including translations of that information onto other languages.
It's interesting to share your knowledge with other people, and it's a remarkable opportunity to be part of educating people all over the world.
A much wider audience for the images, there are over 280 different language Wikipedia and the images can be used on all of them, you can even track where they're being used.
If you are worried about losing commercial opportunities to license the images it is possible to release images under a lower resolution to Wikimedia Commons and keep the higher resolution for this purpose. The low resolution images may even increase the interest in higher quality images via the wider audience.
GLAMWiki How: Learn more about releasing and contributing GLAM content to Wikimedia projects
Please add your details here, or contact us on the discussion page. When adding your details, please include any specific projects you might be interested in contributing to (i.e. transcribing digitised texts to Wikisource), any topics you are interested in, or have significant previous knowledge of:
