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| ;The story of Ada Lovelace, the Royal Society and Wikimedia UK | | ;We're looking for Wikipedians in Residence! |
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| The imagination of the Wikimedia UK community was first ignited by the idea of the Ada Lovelace Day in May 2012. When we found out about it, we immediately decided we had to get involved. [http://findingada.com/ Ada Lovelace Day] is about sharing stories about women in science that inspired you. However, if a female scientist does not have an article on Wikipedia often it’s difficult to learn about her – hence she cannot serve as a role model for others. So, the idea is to spread the stories about them, and at the same time inspire more women to get involved, not only with Wikipedia, but in maths, science, technology and engineering.
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| This is one of the issues we wanted to approach with this event – the other is the fact that, proportionally, there aren’t many female editors on Wikipedia. For more background on this you can read a [http://suegardner.org/2011/02/19/nine-reasons-why-women-dont-edit-wikipedia-in-their-own-words/ blog] from Sue Gardner, Executive Director. By promoting the idea of the Ada Lovelace Day we wanted to take a step in changing this situation. We were able to share that inspiration with the Royal Society in London, who agreed to partner with us for an [[Ada Lovelace Day 2012|event on 19 October]]. This was an ideal match as not only does the Royal Society have a wonderful [http://royalsociety.org/library/ library], but is also maintaining a network of ‘women in science’. The Society’s library holds a rich collection of printed works about women in science, including biographies and works authored by scientists, which we made great use of during the event.
| | The Wikimedia UK GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) working group is now ready to find UK institutions willing to work with us by creating Wikipedian in Residence posts. |
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| I was aware that a lot is being done within the movement to increase female participation, but during the course of working on the event I have realised quite how much enthusiasm and collaboration there is to get women editing. Linking up with the Finding Ada movement has been very inspiring too, and we are now connected to many more women that want to support Wikipedia. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/10/the-story-of-ada-lovelace-the-royal-society-and-wikimedia-uk/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
| | Our budget is limited but there is enormous scope to be flexible. These posts could be for one day a week, they could limited term posts, based at home - or full time positions at an institution, like the [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/three-months-as-a-wikipedian-in-residence-at-the-british-library/ British Library post]. We will of course be pleased to see applications from institutions with whom we have already begun a positive relationship – but please do note that the applications have to be from the institutions, rather than individual volunteers. |
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| | Time is very short so we need bids, [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/11/were-looking-for-wikipedians-in-residence/glam-wir-application-form/ on the attached form], to be received by 5pm on November 15th. Please send your completed form to daria.cybulska - at - wikimedia.org.uk Daria will will be convening a panel to make the decisions that will be recommended to the board, hopefully at the meeting of November 17/18. Please also feel free to contact us for more information by emailing Daria or calling our office on 020 7065 0990. If you are having trouble accessing the form please email stevie.benton -at- wikimedia.org.uk <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/11/were-looking-for-wikipedians-in-residence/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span> |
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