Really pleased to see more IWD events from the University, hopefully I'll be able to come over too :)
All the best, Sara On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 16:19, Delphine Dallison < d.dalli...@scottishlibraries.org> wrote: > This sounds like a really fun event, Ewan! Congrats for getting that up > and running! 😊 > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Delphine Dallison > > Wikimedian in Residence > > Scottish Library and Information Council > > Turnberry House > > Suite 5:5, Fifth Floor > 175 West George Street > > Glasgow G2 2LB > > Tel: 0141 202 2999 > > *www.scottishlibraries.org* <http://www.scottishlibraries.org/> > > > > Enriching lives through libraries > > <https://www.facebook.com/ScottishLibraries/> > <https://www.instagram.com/scottishlibraries/?hl=en> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/4034291/> > <https://twitter.com/SLIC1991> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp8HBZbfRPl7L_xNdlQK2AQ> > > > > *From:* Wikimediauk-l <wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org> *On > Behalf Of *MCANDREW Ewan > *Sent:* 27 February 2019 15:46 > *To:* wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk <wikime...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk> > *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019 > > > > Dear all, > > > > The University of Edinburgh's Information Services Group are celebrating > International Women’s Day on 8th March by renaming the Boardroom in > Argyle House after Brenda Moon, the first woman to head up a research > university library when she was Librarian here at the University of > Edinburgh in the 1980s and 90s. Brenda played a major role in bringing the > University into the digital age, as Edinburgh became the first major > university library in the UK to tackle and deliver a computer-based > service. > > > > Two events will coincide with the launch of the Brenda Moon Room: > our Wikimedian in Residence will be hosting a Wikipedia-editing session for > staff, students and friends of the University to create Wikipedia entries > for notable women currently missing from the encyclopaedia site, and at the > Main Library, LTW Equality and Diversity Images Intern > Francesca Vavotici will be hosting a ‘Sketch-a-thon’ using images from the > Centre for Research Collections’ Special Collections. All artistic > abilities welcome! > > > > *Wikipedia Editathon – Women of Edinburgh*: > > This event is open to staff, students and friends of the University and is > an opportunity to help add more notable women associated with Edinburgh to > Wikipedia, where only 18% of the English Wikipedia's biographies are about > women. > > > > Time: 11:00am – 5pm > > Venue: Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DR > > > > More info and booking link here: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh/International_Women%27s_Day_2019 > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AUniversity_of_Edinburgh%2FInternational_Women%2527s_Day_2019&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C10b65d7562174724e86e08d69ccac7e7%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C0%7C0%7C636868792108236272&sdata=I5uEoWVmAC2T5w3qTAbND49eyb2fRsrAAj5DeYFJyjc%3D&reserved=0> > > > Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/International Women's Day 2019 > <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3AUniversity_of_Edinburgh%2FInternational_Women%2527s_Day_2019&data=02%7C01%7Cd.dallison%40scottishlibraries.org%7C10b65d7562174724e86e08d69ccac7e7%7C6414ad35a3824075ab2600ed2b7adb76%7C0%7C0%7C636868792108246277&sdata=h4yo1K%2B%2BjarEH5DiK2y%2BgNkFih%2BYt%2FJKfIJS%2BiYZMbU%3D&reserved=0> > > en.wikipedia.org > > Booking. Booking is not yet open but please save the date.; What do I > need? Please bring a laptop as desktop computers will not be provided. You > can also Create a Wikipedia account ahead of the event.. About the event. > Join us to celebrate lives & contributions of the suffragettes and all the > incredible women missing from Wikipedia! > > > > > > *Sketch-a-thon:* > > Learn about the lives of some of the incredible women in the archives of > the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, while > putting your creative side to use in a relaxed learning environment! > > > > This event will enable you to portray the work of pioneering women through > a series of fun, fast-paced challenges that will help you flex your > sketching muscles and experiment with daring colour-combinations, silly > caricatures and speedy doodles. No drawing experience is necessary to join > us, and all students and staff are welcome. 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