Dear colleagues,
There is still time to book a place to join us Monday lunchtime 12-1pm for a celebration
of Wikipedia #KnowledgeActivism in Scotland!
This event for the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Skills Festival discusses the efforts
of the ScotWiki community and the Wikimedia residency at the University of
Edinburgh<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia>;
highlighting its efforts working with Wikipedia both as an ally in its mission to
disseminate verifiable open knowledge and an important tool in its information literacy
and digital skills strategy.
Volunteer editors (staff, students and members of the public) over the last 5 years have
helped address content online that was missing, skewed or less than fulsome. Particularly
where Scotland had a rich story to tell.
Line-up of speakers
* 5 years of Wikipedia in teaching & learning at the University of Edinburgh:
condensing course programmes and projects the Wikimedia residency has been involved in
supporting inc. Witches; Suffragettes; The Edinburgh Seve; Global health; Islamic Art;
Scotland, Slavery and Black History and more - Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence)
* Wikipedia and the gender gap - Sarah Lappin, President of the University of
Edinburgh Women in STEM society, will outline her motivations and the outcomes of the
editing events she organised this year.
* Representing the History of HIV and AIDS activism on Wikipedia - Lorna Campbell, OER
Service at University of Edinburgh, discuss the collaboration with HIV Scotland to improve
Wikipedia pages related to the history of HIV awareness and activism in Scotland.
* Wikimedia in Scotland projects, and Scots Wikipedia - Dr. Sara Thomas, Scotland
Programme Co-ordinator at Wikimedia UK, will outline the brilliant projects taking place
throughout Scotland to address knowledge gaps online and the work being done by a group of
volunteers to improve Scots Wikipedia.
* Making Wikipedia easier to learn and engage with, a student perspective - Hannah
Rothmann, Classics undergraduate, will outline how and why she spent lockdown creating
easy-to-follow 'how to edit' videos so that anyone at any university can
contribute to Wikipedia.
* Wikimedia UK and the road ahead - Lucy Crompton-Reid, CEO at Wikimedia UK, will
outline some of the work being supported by the charity and the road ahead for work in the
UK as we navigate our way through the post-pandemic world.
This is a free event, open to all.
Full details of the event can be found on
Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-skills-festival-wikimedia-in-scotland-event-tickets-153962842005>,
where you can book a place and receive the Zoom webinar invite. More details about
Wikipedia supporting teaching and learning at the University of Edinburgh (along with
student-created ‘how to edit’ resources) can be found on our IS Skills
website<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia>.
very best,
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Website for the
residency<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia>
and Map of Accused Witches site<http://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/>
Email: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk> Blog: WiR
blog<https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/>
Tel: 07867 593450 Subscribe to the Scotwiki mailing
list<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctpnDjO_PHZeOTrA0yjtVLqE4…
My working hours are 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page:
Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi…
Media Hopper channel: Videos and video
tutorials<https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Wikimedian%2Bin%2BResidence%2BChannel/51020161>
YouTube: Wikimedian in Residence
channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDRSVKM4ceUSPI-7-BFeoQ?view_as…
Wikimedia in Education: New booklet of UK Case
Studies<https://open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-education/>
Join Wikimedia in Scotland<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland>
events and UoE
events<https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?eventssearch=wikipedia&event=search&eventStart=0&eventProviderId=&cw_inChannelLink=1&cw_passThrough=marked>.
The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street,
Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
www.ed.ac.uk<http://www.ed.ac.uk/>
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with
registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn
Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.