Of course, there are other areas in dire need of attention - I'm amazed that we
do nothing the other side of the Pennines, for example.
Coventry was brilliant, thanks. I think we recruited a few new editors, got
some articles written and some images donated. I wrote a brief report
at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/March#GLAM.
Harry
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From: Jon Davies <jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk>
To: HJ Mitchell <hjmitch...@ymail.com>; wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 17:03
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians:
collaboration not competition!"
Yes - great isn't it!
How was Coventry for you?
Quoting HJ Mitchell <hjmitch...@ymail.com>:
> (Apologies for replying out of sync)
>
> It's great to hear that they're still interested in pursuing the partnership.
> I thought the Wikilounge was very successful, and I've long thought that we
> don't do enough in Manchester, despite having a community there that could do
> wonders with a push in the right direction. Developing the relationship with
> the university/library could be a great springboard for other things.
>
> Harry
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 12:44
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians:
> collaboration not competition!"
>
> On 4 April 2012 12:11, Richard Symonds <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Fantastic! John Rylands is an incredible place - it's more like a cathedral
>> than a library.
>
>
> When I heard Alain de Botton's "atheist temple" idea, my first thought
> was "this building ... will it have a lot of *books* in it?"
>
>
> - d.
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