[GLAM] Carl Zeiss Microscopy images

[Andy Mabbett]

I met someone from Carl Zeiss Microscopy while speaking (in my
capacity as Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry)
at a science conference in thsi summer, and discussed with them the
possibility of using some of the images from their slides, on
Wikipedia.

After further discussion, the company have now open-licensed a number
of images, with the promise of more to follow.

I've uploaded most of the images to:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_donated_by_Carl_Zeiss_Microscopy

and they include modern and vintage Zeiss microscopes, as well as
portraits of people associated with Zeiss, educatonal posters, and
more, Please make use of them

[Daniel Mietchen]

That's a great initiative, Andy!

I live in Jena, where Carl Zeiss (the person) spent most of his life,
and where optics plays a key role in daily activities, largely due to
Carl Zeiss (the company) and the ecosystem of suppliers, users and
research institutes that formed around it, as well as the people
working for them (almost ten percent of the city's population). In
fact, I am looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium_Jena
out of my window while typing these lines, and Zeiss materials are a
great way to connect to other GLAM activities here, e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Museum_Jena
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyletisches_Museum and lots more in
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Kulturdenkmal_in_Jena .

So while I do not normally edit around optics, history, places or
companies, I am available to assist others in making best use of these
materials, or in contextualizing them. I shall also be happy to join
forces with local Wikimedians or to meet Zeiss people here should that
be useful in moving these things forward.

Cheers,
d.

Post by Andy Mabbett
I met someone from Carl Zeiss Microscopy while speaking (in my
capacity as Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry)
at a science conference in thsi summer, and discussed with them the
possibility of using some of the images from their slides, on
Wikipedia.
After further discussion, the company have now open-licensed a number
of images, with the promise of more to follow.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_donated_by_Carl_Zeiss_Microscopy
and they include modern and vintage Zeiss microscopes, as well as
portraits of people associated with Zeiss, educatonal posters, and
more, Please make use of them
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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[Andy Mabbett]

Thanks Daniel,

My contacts were with people in the UK (initially) and then Munich,
but I'll pass on your kind offer next time I'm in touch with them.

Might you be able to add coordinates for the images of places, please?

I'm pleased to see that one of the images has already been nominated
for featured status on Commons:

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On 14 December 2015 at 23:13, Daniel Mietchen

Post by Daniel Mietchen
That's a great initiative, Andy!
I live in Jena, where Carl Zeiss (the person) spent most of his life,
and where optics plays a key role in daily activities, largely due to
Carl Zeiss (the company) and the ecosystem of suppliers, users and
research institutes that formed around it, as well as the people
working for them (almost ten percent of the city's population). In
fact, I am looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium_Jena
out of my window while typing these lines, and Zeiss materials are a
great way to connect to other GLAM activities here, e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Museum_Jena
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyletisches_Museum and lots more in
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorie:Kulturdenkmal_in_Jena .
So while I do not normally edit around optics, history, places or
companies, I am available to assist others in making best use of these
materials, or in contextualizing them. I shall also be happy to join
forces with local Wikimedians or to meet Zeiss people here should that
be useful in moving these things forward.
Cheers,
d.

Post by Andy Mabbett
I met someone from Carl Zeiss Microscopy while speaking (in my
capacity as Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry)
at a science conference in thsi summer, and discussed with them the
possibility of using some of the images from their slides, on
Wikipedia.
After further discussion, the company have now open-licensed a number
of images, with the promise of more to follow.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_donated_by_Carl_Zeiss_Microscopy
and they include modern and vintage Zeiss microscopes, as well as
portraits of people associated with Zeiss, educatonal posters, and
more, Please make use of them
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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