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Details for all upcoming Wikimedia workshops and events being run in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland will be posted and updated here. Information relating to internal NLS staff workshops and training events will also be posted here after the events have taken place for any interested users. Join the ScotWiki Mailing list! Are you a Wikimedian, or would you like to be? Do you live in or near Scotland? To keep up to date about Wikimedia events happening throughout Scotland, to learn more about ScotWiki projects, or to publicise your own ScotWiki event or project, join the ScotWiki Mailing List now! Everybody is welcome! Upcoming events Event Name Date Organiser Location Details Past events Date Location Attendees Notes 22 April 2015 Platform 5 on Haymarket, 8 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh Edinburgh Meetup #8 6 March 2015 Hannah Maclure Centre, University of Abertay, 40 Bell Street, Dundee 12 Dundee Art+Feminism 2015 edit-a-thon; associated with the exhibition Coded After Lovelace 4 March 2015 The Glassroom, Merchiston Campus, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh 21 Connect @ Edinburgh Napier University 'Writing Women Back into History' Editathon 16-20 February 2015 M2b, Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton St, Edinburgh 40-50 Women, Science and Scottish History: University of Edinburgh Innovative Learning Week editathon series 1 February 2015 Saramago Cafe, CCA - 350 Sauchihall St, Glasgow 7 Glasgow Wikimeet #5 1-2 November 2014 Edinburgh First's St Leonard's Hall 12 Train the Trainers workshop 31 October 2014 Edinburgh First's St Leonard's Hall 60 (approx) EduWiki Conference 2014 28 September 2014 Brew Lab, 6-8 South College St, Edinburgh 7 Edinburgh Wikimeet #7 26 July 2014 Saramago Cafe, CCA - 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 7 Wikimeet Glasgow #4 8 June 2014 The Brew Lab, 6-8 South College St, Edinburgh 2 Wikimeet Edinburgh #6 6 June 2014 The University of Edinburgh Main Library 12 Working with Wikimedia GLAM workshop designed to encourage staff at GLAMs to collaborate with Wikimedia UK and give them the inspiration and tools to do so 30 March 2014 The Brew Lab, 6-8 South College St, Edinburgh 4 Wikimeet Edinburgh #5 21 March 2014 University of Edinburgh 5 Scottish Women in Computing Editathon organised by NLS and BCS Women Scotland chapter 20 March 2014 University of Glasgow 7 TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop organised by Toni Sant and HATII 19 March 2014 University of Stirling N/A What I Know Is Symposium 13 March 2014 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, The University of Dundee 7 Scottish Women in Contemporary Art Wikifest and Editathon organised by NLS and DJCAD 4 March 2014 National Library of Scotland N/A Special Library Association Europe talk entitled "Do you have the facts about Wikipedia?" 25 January 2014 National Library of Scotland 18 Anybody but Burns Edit-a-thon 3 December 2013 Royal Society of Edinburgh 21 RSE/MRC Women in Science Edit-a-thon 16 November 2013 Bridgeton Library 11 External event page Wikimedia UK Event Page 2 November 2013, 10:00-17:00 NLS Boardroom, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh 7 Early Photography in Scotland 27 October 2013, 13:00 The Malt Shovel Inn, 11-15 Cockburn St, Edinburgh 7 Wikimeet Edinburgh #4 11-13 October 2013 Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh N/A State of the Map Scotland 2013 Event Page 9 October 2013, 12:30 Online Event N/A RSCtv: What is a wikimedian? Tales from the NLS Wikimedian in Residence (part of RSC Scotland regional events) 4 October 2013 12:30-14:00 NLS Boardroom, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Open event Wiki & Biccy session open to all! Tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits (of course) provided. Drop by and say hello! 03 October 2013 IBM, 21 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh 5 Ada Lovelace Festival of Wikipedia Edinburgh workshop event page NLS staff events Date Location Attendees Notes 6 May 2020 Virtual ~40 Wikisource Seminar, led by Sara Thomas, WMUK and Ewan Mcandrew, University of Edinburgh 17th December 2019 NLS Various Culture to Commons 3 - Visit from Jason Evans, NLW 15th November 2019 Causewayside, NLS Various Follow up to October event 15th October 2019, afternoon ational Library of Scotland Various Culture to Commons staff workshop to explore loading cultural heritage content to WikiCommons 19 August 2013, 13:00 NLS Causewayside 1 NLS training workshop 20 August 2013, 13:00 NLS Causewayside 2 NLS training workshop 20 August 2013, 14:30 NLS Causewayside 2 NLS training reunion 12 September 2013, 13:30 Scottish Screen Archives 2 NLS training workshop 24 October 2013, 10:00 and 14:00 NLS Lawnmarket G.04 7 NLS training workshop 5 November 2013, 12:30-17:00 NLS Boardroom, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh 5 NLS Staff Edit-a-thon: Forgotten Faces and Absent Places Ideas for future events Please feel free to add ideas for future wikimedia related events that can be organised in Scotland, and to add your name if you are interested in helping to organise them. Event Name Proposed Date Details Interested in organising? Open Knowledge debate at University of Edinburgh November The University of Edinburgh is a hub for 'open knowledge activity at the moment. The University is pioneering MOOCS, the NLS Wikimedia-in-Residence is attached to the university, and the Open Knowledge Foundation's Scotland Ambassador works in the Informatics department, to name just a few. Perhaps it would be good to bring this community together through some sort of public discussion/debate? user:Lee Bunce