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=== Project scope and list of activities===
 
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The Public Domain Project focuses on the following three activities in the upcoming year:
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2008: discussions started to create a public domain music archive<br>
 
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2009: Init Seven AG, a Swiss business provider sponsors the bandwith for the Public Domain Radio<br>
 
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2009: basis of the digitized media archive: restorm.com sponsors a disk array server<br>
 
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2010: Wikimedia Deutschland "WissensWert" contest: we won and got the ELP laser turntable<br>
 
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2011: a collector joins and donates 35,000 78 rpm gramophone records<br>
 
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2012: new server hosting sponsor: Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdk)<br>
 
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2012: the project becomes a charitable foundation under the supervision of the Swiss Confederation<br>
 
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2013: the tax authorities grant the tax exemption (Article 9, paragraph 2, letter i StHG)<br>
 
  
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==== Digitizing ====
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2014: we hope to find five more volunteers<br>
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In order to digitize the music records it is inevitable to know the birth- and death date of the creator. Therefore these dates must be carefully identified which is a very time-intense and complex task. With the help of Discographic Encyclopedias this process can be much facilitated.
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2014: Records cleaning machine (ready for use) to clean dirty 78 rpm records before digitize<br>
 
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2014: Edison Fireside Phonograph (ready to use) to digitize phonograph cylinders<br>
 
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2014: the donated 35,000 records received 350 new archive containers<br>
 
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2015: we hope to find a long-term storage space for all 50,000 records<br>
 
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2015: Financing of three part-time jobs (180 job percentages)<br>
 
  
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==== Cleaning ====
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The condition of most of the music records of the collection of the Public Domain Project are "dirty". Therefore it is inevitable to clean the records in order to digitize them in a second step. This cleaning process
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==== Archiving ====
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To guarantee the long term existence of the music records, there is a need for professional archiving. This can best be done in a conditioned and secured room. Furthermore the music records need to be archived in special wooden containers.
 
=== Non-financial requirements ===
 
=== Non-financial requirements ===
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10 Volunteers that are supporting the digitalization of the music records in order to be able to digitize more records in a shorter period of time.
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KEY QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED: Will you need any additional support from Wikimedia CH? Note that this type of need could be merge with the needs of other project, so do not hesitate.
 
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Example: "We would also like CAO's help with a press release, once the project is complete." or "We would like to benefit from a 20% part-time project manager for interaction with partners."
 
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=== Fit to strategy ===
 
=== Fit to strategy ===
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On one hand this project allows the increase of the quantity of music files on Wikimedia Commons. On the other hand the project guarantees very high quality of digitized music. Both characteristics go perfectly along with the overall strategy of the Wikimedia movement.
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KEY QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED: How will this project support the key organizational objectives of,
 
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*increasing reach (more people being able to access or contribute to Wikipedia or our other projects),
 
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*participation (more people actually contributing),
 
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*quality (more useful content or higher quality existing content),
 
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*credibility (more trust in our projects),
 
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*organizational maturity and effectiveness (how it will move your chapter or the Wikimedia community as a whole forward),
 
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*or financial sustainability (how it will help your chapter achieve more in the long run)?
 
  
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Example: "The project will provide a large amount of previously unavailable high-quality material that Yiddish-speaking Wikipedians will be able to immediately incorporate into the Yiddish Wikipedia. It will therefore primarily benefit the quality of our project."
 
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=== Fit to a community demand ===
 
=== Fit to a community demand ===
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The Public Domain Project opens a new field of activitiy to the WMCH volunteers.
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KEY QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED: How this project will answer to a demand coming directly from one of the wikimedia community.
 
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Please add any link to relevant community discussion
 
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=== Other benefits ===
 
=== Other benefits ===
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Pioneer Project for Switzerland - with an inimitable collection of music records.
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Example: "We believe we can get some positive media attention for this project, which may also persuade other content owners to free up their material."
 
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=== Measures of success ===
 
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A quantitative measure of success will be the number of digitized records which are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by the end of the year 2014. By our count, the Public Domain Project will be able to digitize 2'500 of the available 78 rpm recordings by the end of the year 2014 - If there will be support from volunteers of WMCH.
  
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KEY QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED: What measurable criteria will you use to determine if your project was successful? Be as specific as possible We will need to report on the success of the project according to these measures after your project is completed.
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If there is no assistance out of the community, the Public Domain Project will be able to approximately digitize 250 recordings.
  
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Example: "We will consider this project a success if the encyclopedia is successfully digitized and placed in Wikisource under a free license."
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We can not guarantee that all music works are public domain, therefore, we expect 500 new uploads to Wikimedia Commons after the time-consuming evaluation of copyrights.
  
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The qualitative measures of success will be the added value of high-grade music files on Wikimedia Commons which can be used to enrich numerous articles on Wikipedia.
  
 
=== Budget breakdown ===
 
=== Budget breakdown ===
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The Budget consists of the following three positions:
  
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==== CHF 2'000 ====
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Purchase of "second hand" Discographic Encyclopedias. This allows the identification of the production data (1st release and date of recording; performer and authorship) of each 78 rpm record. With this information available, the identification of the authorship is easier. This allows more uploads to Wikimedia Commons.
  
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==== CHF 4'000 ====
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Purchase of a "record cleaning machine" to be able to clean the dirty 78 rpm records in order to digitize them. '''''Please note:''' only 1'000 records are already cleaned and ready to be digitized. With this cleaning machine it would be possible to clean - and digitize another 49'000 78 rpm records.''
  
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==== CHF 15'000 ====
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Purchase of containers to be able to safely archive the record collection.
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Provide a drafted breakdown of how you will use the funds you are requesting:
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Need for 500 containers of which each one costs CHF 30.
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We are also happy if Wikimedia CH can only support the purchase of "some" of these containers.
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* Travel cost: CHF 1,500
 
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* Communication materials: CHF 750
 
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'''Budget Total of CHF 21'000'''
  
 
=== Team members (optional) ===
 
=== Team members (optional) ===

Revision as of 20:58, 12 July 2013

Full project name: Public Domain Project

Legal name of organization or individual submitting this grant: Swiss Foundation Public Domain
Project nature: Volunteer driven

Project contact name: Carl Flisch
Project contact username or email: fuchur(at)pdproject.org
Project contact title (position): Member of the Board (Secretary)
Project contact affiliation:

Category: GLAM
Working group associated, if any:

Matching founds: none
Conflict of interest: none
Other partners: Init Seven AG, Wikimedia Deutschland, Zurich University of the Arts

Provisional target start date: 1 January 2014
Provisional completion date: 31 December 2014

Project goal

The Public Domain Project is a open-minded (open to all people) project under the supervision of the Swiss Foundation Public Domain. The major activity is the conservation and utilization of public domain music and film material. Our archives includes over 50,000 78 rpm records, cylinders and discs of Edison and Pathé that we have to clean and digitize.

Project scope and list of activities

The Public Domain Project focuses on the following three activities in the upcoming year:

Digitizing

In order to digitize the music records it is inevitable to know the birth- and death date of the creator. Therefore these dates must be carefully identified which is a very time-intense and complex task. With the help of Discographic Encyclopedias this process can be much facilitated.

Cleaning

The condition of most of the music records of the collection of the Public Domain Project are "dirty". Therefore it is inevitable to clean the records in order to digitize them in a second step. This cleaning process

Archiving

To guarantee the long term existence of the music records, there is a need for professional archiving. This can best be done in a conditioned and secured room. Furthermore the music records need to be archived in special wooden containers.

Non-financial requirements

10 Volunteers that are supporting the digitalization of the music records in order to be able to digitize more records in a shorter period of time.

Fit to strategy

On one hand this project allows the increase of the quantity of music files on Wikimedia Commons. On the other hand the project guarantees very high quality of digitized music. Both characteristics go perfectly along with the overall strategy of the Wikimedia movement.

Fit to a community demand

The Public Domain Project opens a new field of activitiy to the WMCH volunteers.

Other benefits

Pioneer Project for Switzerland - with an inimitable collection of music records.

Measures of success

A quantitative measure of success will be the number of digitized records which are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by the end of the year 2014. By our count, the Public Domain Project will be able to digitize 2'500 of the available 78 rpm recordings by the end of the year 2014 - If there will be support from volunteers of WMCH.

If there is no assistance out of the community, the Public Domain Project will be able to approximately digitize 250 recordings.

We can not guarantee that all music works are public domain, therefore, we expect 500 new uploads to Wikimedia Commons after the time-consuming evaluation of copyrights.

The qualitative measures of success will be the added value of high-grade music files on Wikimedia Commons which can be used to enrich numerous articles on Wikipedia.

Budget breakdown

The Budget consists of the following three positions:

CHF 2'000

Purchase of "second hand" Discographic Encyclopedias. This allows the identification of the production data (1st release and date of recording; performer and authorship) of each 78 rpm record. With this information available, the identification of the authorship is easier. This allows more uploads to Wikimedia Commons.

CHF 4'000

Purchase of a "record cleaning machine" to be able to clean the dirty 78 rpm records in order to digitize them. Please note: only 1'000 records are already cleaned and ready to be digitized. With this cleaning machine it would be possible to clean - and digitize another 49'000 78 rpm records.

CHF 15'000

Purchase of containers to be able to safely archive the record collection. Need for 500 containers of which each one costs CHF 30. We are also happy if Wikimedia CH can only support the purchase of "some" of these containers.

Budget Total of CHF 21'000

Team members (optional)

Remarks

See also

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