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;Celebrating Scottish poets - Anyone but Burns!
;Wellcome Images freely releases 100,000 images


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[[File:Mount_Fuji_seen_through_the_waves_at_Manazato_no_hama,_in_the_Izu_Penisula,_south_of_the_mountain._Colour_woodcut_by_Hiroshige,_1852.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mount Fuji seen through the waves by Hiroshige. Credit - Wellcome Library, London]]


''This blog post was written by Ally Crockford, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland''
[http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/page/Home.html Wellcome Images] yesterday [http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/page/News.html announced] that that they have released over 100,000 images, ranging from ancient manuscripts to etchings by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh Van Gogh] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_goya Goya], under open licences.


[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns%27_Night Burns’ Night] is rapidly approaching and folk around the globe will be celebrating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns Bard] in style and good cheer, but the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish Poetry Library think that we should take a moment to think about the thousands of Scottish poets who won’t be toasted this weekend!
By releasing these resources under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ Creative Commons – Attribution only (CC-BY) licence], Wellcome Images has ensured that those images can be freely downloaded, copied, distributed, edited, manipulated for personal and commercial use, as long as [http://wellcomelibrary.org/ Wellcome Library] is attributed as the source.


Local writers and literary enthusiasts alike are invited to come along to the National Library of Scotland (George IV Bridge) from 12pm on Saturday 25 January to celebrate Anybody BUT Burns (before you set to your haggis that evening, of course)! With the support of the Scottish Poetry Library, the NLS will be running a [[Anybody_but_Burns_editathon|Wikipedia editathon]] to share information about Scotland’s incredible poetic legacy with millions of Wikipedia users across the world.
Wikimedia UK welcomes this commitment to free and open knowledge and congratulates Wellcome Images for taking this step. This release of material means that their extensive resources can be freely used on Wikimedia projects, such as Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.


[http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anybody-but-burns-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-tickets-9727436023?utm_campaign=new_eventv2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=eventurl_text Book your free tickets here!]  A free lunch is provided, but please notify the organisers of any dietary requirements in advance. Bring your laptop and your love of verse and we will bring the rest! Help boost the online profile of the poet who inspires you most. If you are a poet yourself, bring along some work and liven up the afternoon with a reading.
Wikimedia UK encourages other collections of educational resources to follow the lead shown by Wellcome Images and release educational content under open licences. For more information about how to release content openly please contact jonathan.cardy@wikimedia.org.uk


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