Hi all,
Just as my work at the British Library is coming to an end, I'm
delighted to be able to tell people about a new Wikimedian in
Residence post at the National Library of Scotland - I've helped work
to set this up, and I think there's a real potential for doing amazing
things here. The NLS is a great institution, with some really
innovative and forward-thinking work, and as well as the obvious
strengths in Scottish history and culture they have major map
collections and one of the most interesting publishing archives in the
UK. Lots of scope for interesting projects here.
It's full-time, for four months, though this may possibly be
negotiable to a longer period at part time - it's worth asking. The
job is paid and formally employed by the Library, funded jointly by
the Library and by Wikimedia UK.
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/1533/ has further details and a
link to the NLS recruitment site.
Please circulate this widely!
Thanks,
--
- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
Heya,
I'll be in London for personal reasons (friend's wedding) 4/26-4/29.
If anyone would like to connect while I'm there, let me know (I'm
unscheduled all of 4/28). Also, if anyone near central London has a
couch, air mattress or bed they'd let me crash on for three nights,
please drop me a note offlist :)
Cheers,
Erik
--
Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
Hello everyone,
Just a quick note to say that I'm looking to publish the Wikimedia UK
monthly report for March next week.
To this end, if you've been involved in any chapter-related activity or
anything to share in this report, please contribute at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/March
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
--
Stevie Benton
Communications Organiser
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a
global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
We've now started planning for EduWiki Conference 2013.
A planning wiki page is now available here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013
Please feel free to contribute any suggestions or make appropriate comments
to help make this event better.
A sub-page for proposals is available here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013/Proposals
Thanks.
--
Dr Toni Sant - Education Organiser, Wikimedia UK
toni.sant(a)wikimedia.org.uk +44 (0)7885 980 536
--
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
Dear All,
Much thanks to all of you who helped at or attended last weekend's
conference, http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013
We have some sessions recorded and available at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM-WIKI:_UK_2013_presentations
We also have some pictures at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM-WIKI:_UK_2013
Though hopefully more are on the way!
Also if anyone is willing and available to come into the office next
Tuesday or Wednesday to help process feedback forms, please drop me an
email.
Jonathan Cardy
GLAM Organiser
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0990
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
Press Enter to send your message.
All,
This may be a bit of a long shot, but I'm trying to find an editor called
Grant Thompson.
We have a letter for him in the office (it's nothing bad, but it appears an
institution he's written to has replied to us instead of him). Does anyone
know anyone by this name? If so, please get in touch with me privately!
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
fyi, crossposted from wikimedia-l
swiss federal archives searches wikipedian in residence, material of
1st world war should be published in a first step. deadline:
2013-05-04.
Bern, 12.04.2013 - The Swiss Federal Archives and Wikimedia CH are joining
forces to review source materials from the Federal Archives and publish
them online. To this end, the post of a “Wikipedian in Residence” is now
being advertised via Wikimedia. The first joint project will provide access
to a photographic collection on the First World War.
2013 sees the start of a new collaboration between the Swiss Federal
Archives and Wikimedia – two organisations committed to free access to
knowledge. With a view to publishing freely usable, “public domain” source
materials from the Federal Archives holdings online via Wikimedia – such as
Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikiversity – a “Wikipedian in Residence” will be
working in the Federal Archives over the next few months.
Wikimedia has been gathering experience with the “Wikipedian in Residence”
concept internationally since 2010, at institutions such as the Museum of
Modern Art in New York, the British Library in London and the US National
Archives near Washington. The Federal Archives partnership is the first
collaboration with a GLAM (*Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums*)
institution in Switzerland.
The initial goal is to make more than 5,000 digitised photographs from a
collection on the First World War searchable and freely accessible via
Wikimedia by autumn 2013, providing researchers with a fascinating, well
catalogued and freely accessible body of materials just in time for the
centenary of the war’s outbreak in 1914.
As a guest of the Federal Archives, the Wikipedian in Residence will
promote entries in the online encyclopaedia that relate to the Federal
Archives and their holdings, and publish material under open-content
licences. Links between the Federal Archives and the Wikipedia community
will also be expanded.
The Federal Archives and Wikimedia CH will report on the collaboration and
its results at regular intervals.
The advertisement for the post of “Wikipedian in
Residence”<http://members.wikimedia.ch/images/c/c7/Job-Advertisement-WiR.pdf>
Français:
http://www.bar.admin.ch/aktuell/00431/01503/index.html?lang=fr&msg-id=48486
Deutsch:
http://www.bar.admin.ch/aktuell/00431/01503/index.html?lang=de&msg-id=48486
Italiano:
http://www.bar.admin.ch/aktuell/00431/01503/index.html?lang=it&msg-id=48486
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Charles ANDRES, Chairman
Wikimedia CH <http://www.wikimedia.ch/>- Association for the advancement
of free knowledge
Skype: charles.andres.wmch
IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch
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