Really pleased to see more IWD events from the University, hopefully I'll
be able to come over too :)
All the best,
Sara
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 16:19, Delphine Dallison <
d.dallison(a)scottishlibraries.org> wrote:
This sounds like a really fun event, Ewan! Congrats
for getting that up
and running! 😊
Best wishes,
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*Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019
Dear all,
The University of Edinburgh's Information Services Group are celebrating
International Women’s Day on 8th March by renaming the Boardroom in
Argyle House after Brenda Moon, the first woman to head up a research
university library when she was Librarian here at the University of
Edinburgh in the 1980s and 90s. Brenda played a major role in bringing the
University into the digital age, as Edinburgh became the first major
university library in the UK to tackle and deliver a computer-based
service.
Two events will coincide with the launch of the Brenda Moon Room:
our Wikimedian in Residence will be hosting a Wikipedia-editing session for
staff, students and friends of the University to create Wikipedia entries
for notable women currently missing from the encyclopaedia site, and at the
Main Library, LTW Equality and Diversity Images Intern
Francesca Vavotici will be hosting a ‘Sketch-a-thon’ using images from the
Centre for Research Collections’ Special Collections. All artistic
abilities welcome!
*Wikipedia Editathon – Women of Edinburgh*:
This event is open to staff, students and friends of the University and is
an opportunity to help add more notable women associated with Edinburgh to
Wikipedia, where only 18% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about
women.
Time: 11:00am – 5pm
Venue: Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DR
More info and booking link here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/Internation…
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en.wikipedia.org
Booking. Booking is not yet open but please save the date.; What do I
need? Please bring a laptop as desktop computers will not be provided. You
can also Create a Wikipedia account ahead of the event.. About the event.
Join us to celebrate lives & contributions of the suffragettes and all the
incredible women missing from Wikipedia!
*Sketch-a-thon:*
Learn about the lives of some of the incredible women in the archives of
the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, while
putting your creative side to use in a relaxed learning environment!
This event will enable you to portray the work of pioneering women through
a series of fun, fast-paced challenges that will help you flex your
sketching muscles and experiment with daring colour-combinations, silly
caricatures and speedy doodles. No drawing experience is necessary to join
us, and all students and staff are welcome. Materials will be provided, but
please do feel free to bring your own coloured pencils or felt-tip pens if
you wish.
*More info and booking link here: *
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-sketchathon-tickets…
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