This user page is under construction, or in the middle of an expansion or major redevelopment. You are welcome to assist in its construction by editing it as well.
This page is intended as a site for discussion, and to provide information on ongoing and future projects organized as part of the Wiki Loves Documentation - Assam Chapter. If you are interested to know further about this project, you are welcome to contact the present team members Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan or Animesh Borah
From November 2024, the Wiki Loves Documentation Assam Chapter was launched with the supported from Wikimedia India. The "Wiki Loves Documentation Assam Chapter" project aims to preserve and promote Assam’s rich cultural heritage through extensive and accessible documentation. This initiative will bridge the gap between Assam's unique cultural legacy and global knowledge platforms by creating and integrating a diverse range of resources—including videos, audio recordings, and written articles—into Wikimedia projects. The GLAM co-ordinators will act as a facilitator and catalyst over a period of coming few months, helping to open up access to 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
