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• 04.03.2015
• • Diversity
  • Training

This month we are taking a look back at some of the Wikipedia gender gap projects we have worked on … Continue reading “Women’s History Month retrospective – Rosalind Franklin’s birthday”

• 03.03.2015
• • Cymru
  • Wales
  • Wikimedian in Residence

Mae’r ffocws yn ystod wythnosau cyntaf y preswyliad wedi bod ar gwrdd â thimau o wahanol adrannau yn y Llyfrgell. … Continue reading “Wicipediwr Preswyl yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: Mis un – gosod sylfaen”

• • Cultural partnerships
  • Cymru
  • Wales
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Jason Evans, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales The focus during the … Continue reading “National Library of Wales residency, month one: laying foundations”

• 02.03.2015
• • Diversity

The Wikipedia gender gap is well documented and is one of the biggest challenges facing the global Wikimedia movement. To help support this … Continue reading “Women’s History Month – revisiting our work on the Wikipedia gender gap”

• 23.02.2015
• • Cultural partnerships
  • GLAM network
  • GLAM-WIKI

This post was written by Liam Wyatt and was originally published here . Re-used with kind permission. In light of the Europeana 2020 strategic plan , what … Continue reading “New recommendations outline ways to strengthen Europeana’s future relationship with Wikimedia”

• 19.02.2015
• • Cultural partnerships

This post was written by Kimberly Kowal of the British Library and was originally published here . Reused with kind permission.  Without looking, … Continue reading “Found: more maps than we’d reckoned”

• 17.02.2015
• • Advocacy
  • Education

The House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills today published its report . Wikimedia UK submitted evidence to the consultation, which you can see here . In … Continue reading “Response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills report”

• 13.02.2015
• • Academia
  • Research
  • Wikipedia

‘Impact’ is a perennial concern for organisations, including Wikimedia chapters. Showing that what you’re up to makes a difference: contributing … Continue reading “Altmetrics and Wikipedia”

• 04.02.2015
• • Academia
  • Cymru
  • Training
  • Uncategorized
  • Wales

This post was written by Prof. Deborah Youngs and Dr Sparky Booker of Swansea University On Wednesday 28th January, 2015, … Continue reading “Women and Wikipedia Editathon, Swansea”

• 03.02.2015
• • Scotland
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikimedian in Residence

  This post was written by Daria Cybulska, Programme Manager It’s time to take a look back at the longest … Continue reading “Reviewing a residency – National Library of Scotland”

• 02.02.2015
• • Wikidata

This post was written by Fabian Tompsett, Volunteer Support Organiser “Emergence (…) refers to the arising of novel and coherent … Continue reading “Emergence of a Wikidata Community”

• 30.01.2015
• • Education

This post was written by Dr Toni Sant, Education Organiser Wikipedia was highlighted through a keynote presentation by Wikipedia Founder … Continue reading “Wikipedia on the agenda at BETT 2015”

• 28.01.2015
• • Cultural partnerships

This guest post was written by Stephen McConnachie , Head of Data at the BFI and originally published here A marathon of Wikipedia editing at … Continue reading “The day we teamed up with Wikipedia”

• 26.01.2015
• • Policy

This post was written by Stevie Benton, Head of External Relations This morning I attended the launch of Open Up! … Continue reading “Report from the Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy”

• 23.01.2015
• • Education
  • Licences
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Wikimedian in Residence
  • Wikipedia

By John Cummings, Wikimedia volunteer I have been working with the Sector for External Relations and Public Information unit at The United … Continue reading “Wikimedia and UNESCO team up to share the world’s culture”