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OER16: Open Culture

By Lorna M. Campbell In April 2016 the University of Edinburgh will host the international Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16, … Continue reading “OER16: Open Culture”

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Wikipedia and Open Access: making research as useful as it can be

This post was written by Martin Poulter, Wikimedian in Residence at Bodleian Libraries, and was first published on Open Access Oxford . The … Continue reading “Wikipedia and Open Access: making research as useful as it can be”

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Wikimedian in Residence at the Wellcome Library

The post was written by Phoebe Harkins, Communications Co-ordinator at the Wellcome Library. It was originally on the Library’s blog . Incurably curious? … Continue reading “Wikimedian in Residence at the Wellcome Library”

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Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge

Adapted from Katherine Maher’s post on the WMF blog . This Friday marks the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia , the world’s free encyclopaedia … Continue reading “Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge”

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How to fix your museum’s Wikipedia page: an FAQ

This post was written by Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence at Museum Galleries Scotland As Museums Galleries Scotland’s Wikimedian in … Continue reading “How to fix your museum’s Wikipedia page: an FAQ”

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Somerville, science and wikipedia

From Martin Poulter, Bodleian Libraries Wikimedian in Residence. Also published on the Bodleian Libraries blog . In the early 19th century, Mary Somerville … Continue reading “Somerville, science and wikipedia”

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My Week in Happy: Why I interviewed Helen Arney

This post was originally written by Zoe E Breen for Cheeruplove.com. It is available here .  Well, “Why wouldn’t you want … Continue reading “My Week in Happy: Why I interviewed Helen Arney”

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The future of opening up GLAMs

Sharing is Caring So, I took myself to Copenhagen the other weekend for (among other things)  Sharing is Caring ; an annual seminar focusing … Continue reading “The future of opening up GLAMs”

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Nancy Bell joins Wikimedia UK board

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce the co-option of Nancy Bell to the board for a two-year term.  Nancy has … Continue reading “Nancy Bell joins Wikimedia UK board”

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Farewell to Wikimedia UK board from Simon Knight

This post was written by Simon Knight. It was originally published here . As I’ll be leaving for University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in October, … Continue reading “Farewell to Wikimedia UK board from Simon Knight”

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Welcoming Karla Marte to our team

This post was written by Daria Cybulska, Head of Programmes and Evaluation We are excited to introduce to everyone a … Continue reading “Welcoming Karla Marte to our team”

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100wikidays

This post was written by Rebecca O’Neill It is hard to believe that I completed the #100wikidays challenge on the 9th … Continue reading “100wikidays”

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