New subject: [Wikimediauk-l] International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019

27 Feb 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/Internationa...
Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/International Women's Day 2019https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/International_Women%27s_Day_2019
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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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