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This Month in GLAM – Volume XIV, Issue V, May 2024

Netherlands report

WikiconNL 2024

On Saturday 18 May, 101 people travelled to Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum for WikiconNL 2024. The conference kicked off with a keynote by Dr Mirko Schäfer, associate professor in the focus area Governing the Digital Society at Utrecht University. Schäfer spoke about the history of encyclopaedias as independent sources of knowledge and the undermining they have faced, past and present.

Sessions included ‘Wikipedia & AI: friend or foe?’ in which Marian Grubben, Hay Kranen and Sirous Kavehercy each highlighted a unique aspect of AI in relation to Wikipedia. Marco Streefkerk showed the benefits of using Wikipedia for a museum, and how to use the platform. Edwin Klijn from WO2net talked about the digitalisation of the Central Archive of Special Jurisdiction. The presentation showed how fast technological developments succeed each other within the heritage world and their effects on making documents accessible.

For the first time, de Verbindingsprijs was awarded during WikiconNL. The winner is meemoo, Flemish Institute for Archives. Meemoo supports organisations from culture, media and government in everything to do with their digital archive.

We look back on a great conference. Missed it? See the photo impression and presentations on Commons.

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