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• 31.07.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Events
  • Scotland
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by Ally Crockford, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland In early June a slightly different kind of GLAM:Wiki workshop was … Continue reading “Working with GLAMs, Working with Wikimedia”

• 30.07.2014
• • Education
  • Uncategorized

This post was written by Dr Stephanie Wyse from the Royal Geographical Society ( User:Stephaniejwyse ) The geographers who joined in … Continue reading “Finding our place in the world of Wikipedia”

• 29.07.2014
• • Uncategorized

Recently the Speaker of the House of Commons  established a commission  to investigate the opportunities digital technology can bring for parliamentary democracy in … Continue reading “A Wikimedian approach to digital democracy – next phase”

• 28.07.2014
• • Cultural partnerships

  This blog post was written by User:Mightyhansa I frequent museums regularly and have learnt what can and can’t make a … Continue reading “A trip to the Tank Museum”

• 25.07.2014
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Scotland

This post was written by the team at the National Library of Scotland and was originally published on their website here Images from the National Library … Continue reading “Historic library collections get worldwide exposure”

• 24.07.2014
• • Wikimania

This post was written by Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK Chief Executive Our office white board now says only nine working … Continue reading “Wikimania – Nine working days to go…”

• 23.07.2014
• • Just for fun

  In what feels like something of a landmark, iconic UK quiz show University Challenge  hosted by journalist and former Newsnight presenter  Jeremy Paxman  this … Continue reading “University Challenge recognises Wikipedia”

• • Diversity
  • Events

This post was written by Daria Cybulska, Wikimedia UK Programme Manager AdaCamp is a conference dedicated to increasing women’s participation in … Continue reading “Scholarships for UK based attendees of AdaCamp Berlin 2014”

• 17.07.2014
• • Education

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter The UK has a flourishing Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. Educators, librarians, … Continue reading “Wikimedia at the heart of open education”

• 16.07.2014
• • Wikimania

This post was written by Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK Chief Executive We have a big white board in the office … Continue reading “Counting down to Wikimania”

• 15.07.2014
• • Research
  • Wikimedian in Residence

This post was written by John Byrne, the Wikimedian in Residence at Cancer Research UK. It was first published here under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence. In … Continue reading “Wikipedia – is it fit for patient consumption?”

• 11.07.2014
• • Events

This post was written by Richard Scriven, a geography researcher who attended the event below, and is re-used with kind … Continue reading “Wikipedia: Creating as well as consuming online”

• 03.07.2014
• • Academia
  • Jisc

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador If you use Wikipedia to read about shell shock , look … Continue reading “Let’s get serious about Wikipedia”

• 01.07.2014
• • Wikimania

This press release was issued on 1 July by Wikimedia UK, the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimania 2014 team – … Continue reading “Wikipedia Summit “Wikimania” comes to London – Largest ever gathering”

• 30.06.2014
• • Education

This post was written by Hannah Jones, Wikimedia UK education volunteer Some readers of this blog may remember me from … Continue reading “What’s Wrong With Wikipedia in Education?”

• 27.06.2014
• • Wikipedia

This post was written by Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK’s Chief Executive I thought I’d share this with you: ‘Dear Jon … Continue reading “The personal touch”