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• 14.05.2013
• • Staff

Wikimedia UK’s Education Organiser, Dr Toni Sant, has received professional recognition as Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy . The HEA is the national … Continue reading “HEA Senior Fellowship for Wikimedia UK Education Organiser”

• 08.05.2013
• • GLAM-WIKI

This post was written by Daria Cybulska The dust has settled on the GLAM-Wiki 2013 Conference that Wikimedia UK organised and ran jointly … Continue reading “A look back on GLAM-Wiki 2013”

• 07.05.2013
• • Events
  • Training

This post was written by User:WormThatTurned Oldham, April 2013. I had been given my first mission – a mission to … Continue reading “Oldham and new trainers”

• 03.05.2013
• • Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Wikimedia Commons

This post was written by Richard Nevell.  On Friday 3rd May, the Wiki Loves Monuments photo exhibition was packed up, marking … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK: a review of the exhibition”

• 02.05.2013
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Uncategorized

This post was written by Andrew Gray at the conclusion of his residency at the British Library. It was originally posted on the British Library’s blog here . … Continue reading “British Library Wikipedian in Residence: conclusions”

• 25.04.2013
• • Wikidata

This post was written by Tilman Bayer, Senior Operations Analyst of the Wikimedia Foundation. It was originally posted on the Foundation’s blog here . A year after  its announcement as the first new Wikimedia project since 2006 … Continue reading “The Wikidata revolution is here: enabling structured data on Wikipedia”

• • Education

This post was written by Daria Cybulska, Wikimedia UK Programme Manager Jisc , working with Wikimedia UK, … Continue reading “Jisc and Wikimedia UK to jointly recruit a Wikimedia Ambassador”

• 22.04.2013
• • Uncategorized

The below was originally published by Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, on the Foundation’s blog. You can see the original here . In … Continue reading “Wikimedia projects reach more than 500 million people per month”

• 18.04.2013
• • Cultural partnerships
  • Scotland

The National Library of Scotland , working with Wikimedia UK, has today announced the joint recruitment of a Wikimedian in Residence.  This is the … Continue reading “National Library of Scotland and Wikimedia UK to jointly appoint Wikimedian in Residence”

• 11.04.2013
• • GLAM-WIKI

Nick Poole is the CEO of the Collections Trust, the UK-based not-for-profit organisation that works with cultural organisations worldwide to … Continue reading “GLAM Wiki Preview – Nick Poole, Collections Trust, London”

• 10.04.2013
• • GLAM-WIKI

Michael Edson is the Director, Web and New Media Strategy, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the CIO. He is also one of the … Continue reading “GLAM-WIKI keynote preview – Michael Edson, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC”

• 09.04.2013
• • GLAM-WIKI

This guest post was written by Lizzy Jongma, Data Manager at the Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam and is part of a series … Continue reading “GLAM-WIKI keynote preview – Lizzy Jongma, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam”

• 08.04.2013
• • GLAM-WIKI

This post was written by Martin Lugton, co-organiser of THATCamp London 2013 –  The Humanities and Technology Camp. It is … Continue reading “THATCamp London – have you registered yet?”

• 04.04.2013
• • Education

This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Wikimedia UK Associate OER13 , a two-day international conference about Open Educational Resources, … Continue reading “Open Educational Resources – Some reflections on OER ’13”

• 02.04.2013
• • QR codes

Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce that Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden are transferring ownership of QRpedia to Wikimedia UK. … Continue reading “Announcement – QRpedia donated to Wikimedia UK”