Another event which may interest those of you close on London:
On 24 April 2012 15:43, Washington, Samuel <s.washington(a)ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thursday 14 June
> VIRTUAL VISITORS: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO VISIT THE VIRTUAL BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ONLINE?
> Dr Melissa Terras (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities)
>
> Launched in October 2007, the British Museum provides virtual access to objects and collections via an online database, and by the end of 2009 nearly 2 million records had been made available. However, why would anyone want to view a collection online rather than in person, and what would they use it for? This Lunch Hour Lecture, by Dr Terras, Deputy Director of UCL's Centre for Digital Humanities, will discuss what is known about the use of this virtual online resource, and if indeed it is even used. This talk will also present analysis undertaken by UCL's Centre for Digital Humanities in conjunction with Claire Ross and Vera Motyckova and colleagues at the British Museum.
>
> For venue and additional information please visit:
> http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/june_2012/virtual_vis…
>
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> Sam Washington
> Digital Resources Manager
> UCL Museums & Collections
>
> Room 224, Wilkins Building
> University College London
> Gower Street
> London WC1E 6BT
>
> Tel: 0207 679 2354 | x32354
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Following the bard meeting at the weekend we have st up a age where our
idcussion on risk can be continued in the community
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_risk_discussion
Please contribute.
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I am very concerned that postings to this list appear to be specific to
the business of WMUK, a charity registered in England and Wales. The set
of members of this email list and the set of members of the charity are
distinct. I am a member of both.
Regards,
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WMDE have just had a general assembly and ratified the decision to
join the Wikimedia Chapters Association. Is WMUK planning on asking
members about it? I'm not aware of anything that would require member
involvement - it can be done by a simple board resolution - but I was
just curious what the plan was.
Note QRpedia slot:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rosie Clarke <Rosie(a)culture24.org.uk>
Date: 23 April 2012 17:26
Subject: Museums Showoff is coming to London on Wednesday night
To: MCG(a)jiscmail.ac.uk
Dear All,
This Wednesday evening (25th April) I'm one of an enthusiastic bunch
of museum people who'll be talking about our latest projects and
discoveries at "Museums Showoff <http://wp.me/p1LEfs-7e> ", in the
Camden Head pub on Camden High Street.
Doors open at 7pm, and admission's free (although the suggested
donation is £5, to go to the charity Arts Emergency,
http://www.arts-emergency.org <http://www.arts-emergency.org%20> who
campaign to make arts and humanities degrees accessible to people from
disadvantaged backgrounds.)
The speakers will be:
Terence Eden on QRpedia
Brian Macken on the Irish Natural History Museum, or 'The Dead Zoo'
MJ Hibbett from Dinosaur Planet with a rock opera about space dinosaurs
Gordon Cummings on the North West Essex Collection
Subhadra Das on UCL's Pathology Collections, or, Why Russell Brand
Should Never Be Let Near Any Museum Collection; Ever
Gemma Angel on the Wellcome Collection's 300 preserved tattooed human skins
Me talking about Museums at Night
Ayla Lepine on teenagers in the V&A
Catherine Walker with handling objects from the Wellcome Collection,
including a shrunken head
Steve Lloyd on responsive signage at the Science Museum and a robot in
the Houses of Parliament
Robots, tattoos, shrunken heads and a rock opera about space dinosaurs
- how can you resist? If you come along, please do say hello to me!
All the best,
Rosie Clarke
Marketing Coordinator, Culture24
Direct line: 01273 623336
Main office: 01273 623266
Follow: @MuseumsAtNight <http://twitter.com/MuseumsAtNight>
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Hmm. I've just found the site at http://www.nerdydaytrips.com/ - it
essentially lists very Wikipedian places to visit all around the UK. Very
useful!
Richard Symonds
Office & Development Manager
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
07885 764 613
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development
House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia,
amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with
no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
Following the board meeting at the weekend we have set up a page where our
discussion on risk can be continued in the community
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_risk_discussion
Please contribute.
One obvious risk - typing too quickly!
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*Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. 07976 935 986
tweet @jonatreesdavies
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited.
Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit
organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for
its contents.
Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
Congratulations to the London bid team for making the short list!
Commiserations to the Bristol bid team - I'm sure your hard work won't
be in vain, there will be other opportunities to make use of all the
contacts and relationships you've built up.
Now that were is only one UK bid in the running, can we expect to see
more support from WMUK? I'm sure the London team would benefit from
Daria's help with fine tuning anything that the jury might be
concerned about.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
Date: 22 April 2012 20:34
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists for Wikimania 2013
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
<wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
it is my pleasure to announce that the jury has been able to come up
with an intermediate result - and I would like to share with you the
fact that two finalist bids have been selected. All bids have been
examined and discussed at three public IRC meetings and several
private conversations, and we have come to the conclusion that we will
now focus our attention on the two bids with in our opinion the
highest potential: Hong Kong and London (in alphabetical order).
We were blessed this year with a strong field of bids, and I would
like to extend our sincere thanks to the bidding teams of Bristol,
Naples and Surakarta for their extensive and well worked out bids -
but also the effort they put into answering our extensive enquiries. I
think all three bids had very good qualities and their strong points
and with work could make a wonderful and very competing bid in a
future year.
This decision has been made based on the primary evaluation of the bid
quality, with a special focus to suitability of the Venue,
Accommodation and the reliability and viability of the local team (did
we have the feeling they were up for the task). We will not be sharing
an extensive reasoning at this point for each bid - but I think we can
give feedback after the final decision about the winning bid has been
made, in private communication.
So what is next? The two candidates will be reviewed more extensively,
we will assess the risks and whether they will actually be able to
live up to the promises more thoroughly. We may be needing a few days
extra compared to the original timeline, but hopefully not too much.
With kind regards, for the Wikimania 2013 jury,
Lodewijk Gelauff
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All,
I went to Monmouth this weekend, and John Cummings shared something with me
- a video that the Shire Hall, Monmouth, have released under CC-BY-SA. The
video is at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dramatisation_of_the_trial_of_the_Ch…
It's a high quality professional dramatisation of the trial of the
Chartists at the Shire Hall. It's truly some of the best stuff on Commons,
very professional, and I urge you all to watch it (and share it!)
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Office & Development Manager
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
07885 764 613
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development
House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia,
amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit organization with
no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
Thank you very much Thomas! And likewise, commiserations to the Bristol bid
team.
I've already emailed Daria to arrange a meeting :) If anyone wishes to get
involved with our final bid preparations or to start looking at ways they
can volunteer if London should be chosen, please get in touch:
edsaperia(a)gmail.com
Ed
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:54:11 +0100
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> Congratulations to the London bid team for making the short list!
> Commiserations to the Bristol bid team - I'm sure your hard work won't
> be in vain, there will be other opportunities to make use of all the
> contacts and relationships you've built up.
>
> Now that were is only one UK bid in the running, can we expect to see
> more support from WMUK? I'm sure the London team would benefit from
> Daria's help with fine tuning anything that the jury might be
> concerned about.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
> Date: 22 April 2012 20:34
> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Announcement two finalists for Wikimania 2013
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
> <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> it is my pleasure to announce that the jury has been able to come up
> with?an intermediate result - and I would like to share with you the
> fact that?two finalist bids have been selected. All bids have been
> examined and?discussed at three public IRC meetings and several
> private conversations,?and we?have come to the conclusion that we will
> now focus our attention on the two?bids with in our opinion the
> highest potential: Hong Kong and London (in?alphabetical order).
>
> We were blessed this year with a strong field of bids, and I would
> like to?extend our sincere thanks to the bidding teams of Bristol,
> Naples and?Surakarta for their extensive and well worked out bids -
> but also the?effort they put into answering our extensive enquiries. I
> think all three?bids had very good qualities and their strong points
> and with work could?make a wonderful and very competing bid in a
> future year.
>
> This decision has been made based on the primary evaluation of the bid
> quality, with a special focus to suitability of the Venue,
> Accommodation?and the reliability and viability of the local team (did
> we have the?feeling they were up for the task). We will not be sharing
> an extensive?reasoning at this point for each bid - but I think we can
> give feedback?after the final decision about the winning bid has been
> made, in private?communication.
>
> So what is next? The two candidates will be reviewed more extensively,
> we?will assess the risks and whether they will actually be able to
> live up to?the promises more thoroughly. We may be needing a few days
> extra compared?to the original timeline, but hopefully not too much.
>
> With kind regards, for the Wikimania 2013 jury,
>
> Lodewijk Gelauff
>
>
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