Dear all -
Free tickets are available to colleagues/guests to attend Bett UK 2015
between 21 and 24 January at Excel London.
Jimmy Wales is delivering a keynote and I'm on a panel about 'The changing
landscape of technology in higher education'. I believe that Diane
Strassman (from Wiki Ed Foundation) is also participating in this multi-day
event.
Please take a look at http://www.bettshow.com/ for details.
Registration is available here:
https://registration.n200.com/survey/3glzxx7qwu2os?_ga=1.27626620.138466009…
Feel free to contact me directly if you need any further information.
Kind regards,
Toni
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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.*
Happy New Year everyone,
I hope Santa was generous and has given you enough reference materials for
the foreseeable future, but if anyone is interested, we have the following
free books available for experienced Wikipedians who could make use of them
in your editing.
*Greek and Roman Political Ideas
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141976150> (2014)*
by Melissa Lane
*The Domesticated Brain
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141974866> (2014)*
by Bruce Hood
*Economics: The User's Guide
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780718197032> (2014)*
by Ha-Joon Chang
*The Russian Revolution
<http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141043678> (2014)*
by Orlando Figes
*Human Evolution <http://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780141975313>
(2014)*
by Robin Dunbar
Details including how to apply at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pelican_Books
Regards
Jonathan Cardy
GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
Wikimedia UK
020 7065 0921
(I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on
Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
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.
Hello everyone,
I thought this might be of interest. It relates to a big push to promote
access to information and an open internet.
Thank you,
Stevie
PS Happy new year to you all.
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From: Julia Brungs <Julia.Brungs(a)ifla.org>
Date: 17 December 2014 at 14:36
Subject: [LyonDCL] The "Road to Dignity by 2030" includes access to
information and an open Internet
To: "lyondcl(a)infoserv.inist.fr" <lyondcl(a)infoserv.inist.fr>
Dear all,
IFLA's response to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the
Post-2015 Development Agenda: "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty,
Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet"
*Access to information...Intellectual Property reform...access to open
data...affordable access to ICTs.* These are some of the important issues
IFLA and those of us in the greater library and information community are
grappling with in a variety of ways.
IFLA has been working with the international library community—as well as
civil society and member states—to develop its position on the creation of
the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
<http://www.ifla.org/node/8139> and help ensure that crucial elements such
as access to information are included in the UN post-2015 Development Agenda
<http://www.ifla.org/node/8873>. Throughout this process, it is important
that libraries are seen as being part of the conversation.
Last week, an advance "Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General On the
Post-2015 Agenda
<http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5527SR_advance%20une…>"
was released. The Report outlines the priorities and main goals of the
post-2015 UN Development Agenda and has a serious goal: to transform our
economies, our environment, and our societies. IFLA welcomes the Report and
the inclusion of access to information, and encourages the United Nations
to recognise the role of access and skills as an essential pillar in the
transformational agenda for sustainable development. Unfortunately, we are
disappointed that the report lacks substance on the potential of ICTs for
development.
We encourage the UN and its Member States to use the Lyon Declaration
<http://www.lyondeclaration.org/> during the next stage of
intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda to
inform the inclusion of access to information, and the skills to use it
effectively by:
· Acknowledging the public's right to access information and data,
while respecting the right to individual privacy;
· Recognising the important role of local authorities, information
intermediaries and infrastructure such as ICTs and an open Internet as a
means of implementation;
· Adopting policy, standards and legislation to ensure the
continued funding, integrity, preservation and provision of information by
governments, and access by people;
· Developing targets and indicators that enable measurement of the
impact of access to information and data.
IFLA has already released a Toolkit
<http://www.ifla.org/libraries-development/toolkit> to support library
institutions and associations and other civil society organisations to
advocate for access to information in the context of post-2015 UN
Development Agenda—thereby empowering signatories of the Lyon Declaration
to make the voice of the library community heard on a national level.
*What next?*
Following the publication of the final synthesis report at the end of
December 2014, IFLA will produce a revised version of the Toolkit with
specific talking points and examples to support meetings with member state
representatives that library associations and institutions will organise in
early 2015.
The final synthesis report will become the baseline for the negations and
meetings that will take place throughout 2015, in the lead up to the
Special Summit on Sustainable Development. IFLA will be participating in
some of the meetings, including:
· High-level thematic debate on the means of implementation for the
post-2015 development agenda (February 2015)
· Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 (July 2015)
· Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force Report (September
2015)
· Special Summit on Sustainable Development (September 2015)
Read the full response online <http://www.ifla.org/node/9254>.
Julia Brungs
Policy and Projects Officer
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands
Phone: 0031703140884
Email: Julia.brungs(a)ifla.org
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Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
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.*