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[[File%3ARoyal_Society_of_Chemisty_editahon_-_2014-03-28_-_Andy_Mabbett.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Trainees hard at work at a previous RSC editathon, in Burlington House’s library, at which Andy volunteered as a trainer.]]
[[File:Padmini_Ray_Murray_2013-11-25.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Padmini Ray Murray in the Wikimedia UK office]]


This post was written by Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing) and [http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/ originally published on his blog here]
Wikimedia UK  announces that Padmini Ray Murray is to step down from the charity’s Board of Trustees. She will be taking a new position teaching digital humanities at [http://www.srishti.ac.in/ Shristi School of Art, Design and Technology] in Bangalore.


I’m pleased to announce that I have accepted the position of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_residence Wikimedian in Residence] with the [http://www.rsc.org/ Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)], a learned society and professional body whose roots go back to 1841 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry see RSC on Wikipedia]).
Padmini joined the board of Wikimedia UK in November 2013 and brought with her an excellent skill set and great enthusiasm and expertise. Her final day as a trustee will be Thursday 18 September. Padmini remains a member of the [[EduWiki_Conference_2014|2014 EduWiki Conference]] working group, contributing ideas on themes for this year’s edition of this annual event and actively seeking to bring an appropriate keynote speaker to open the proceedings. Along with Dr Greg Singh, a colleague at the University of Stirling, she is also in the process of ensuring that a number of students from that university are able to attend the conference.


Over the next year, starting 22 September, I will be helping my new RSC colleagues, and the Society’s members, to understand Wikipedia and its [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects sister projects], and to contribute to making knowledge of chemistry, and related subjects, more freely available. The job is titled “WikiMedian”, because as well as WikiPedia, it covers those other projects, which are run by the Wikimedia community.
Michael Maggs, Chair of Wikimedia UK, said: “On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Padmini for all of her efforts and support during her time as a trustee of the charity. We all wish her the very best for the future.”


This follows on from my previous Wikipedia residences with Wildscreen ([https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/ARKive_project on their ARKive project]), with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/SAHS Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service], at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/NAGW New Art Gallery Walsall], and with Lancashire County Council’s Museum Service (at their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/QSMM Queen Street Mill]), plus shorter projects with a number of other institutions (including West Midlands Police, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Black Country Museum, and more). I’ll continue to be [http://orcid.org/blog/2014/06/04/announcing-orcid%E2%80%99s-wikipedian-residence Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID]. The RSC have [http://orcid.org/organizations/integrators/current already integrated ORCID] into their publishing workflow and the two organisations obviously share interests in research and academic publishing. <span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/09/wikimedian-in-residence-at-the-royal-society-of-chemistry/<nowiki>[</nowiki>Read the full post here...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
Work is ongoing to appoint a replacement for Padmini which the Board is confident will be completed soon. <span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/09/padmini-ray-murray-steps-down-from-wikimedia-uk-board/<nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>


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