Other issues will not be so straightforward to address – I’m thinking of the authority issue. On that, Ann Lally’s May post about University of Washington’s engagement with Wikipedia includes lots of sensible advice, such as:

‘rather than “shun” sites such as Wikipedia due to uneven quality (perceived or otherwise), we should use these sites to direct researchers to a place where authoritative resources are available’.

(notwithstanding issue of being potentially perceived as a spammer!) And on that, she also points to this useful page by Beetstra.

So… cheering you on! Know that I’ll have Wikipedia somewhere in mind during my six-month stint at the National Museum. (And next time I log in to Wikipedia, I will put into practice what I’ve learned in my GLAM-Wiki travels – eg, I will use the Talk pages!)

On point #3 - Flickr offers more than a repository, importantly, it offers a set of communities and the structures to encourage and foster certain use behaviours. This is key to understanding what Flickr Commons offers that isn’t elsewhere.

I’d be pushing in Paris to look beyond a repository.