User:MartinPoulter/Oxford

From October 2016 to October 2017 I am working as WIR at the University of Oxford, based in the Bodleian Libraries.

Activity log

27 January: Meeting Emma Stanford about Digital Bodleian and future bulk exports. Delivering Wikipedia training for trainers workshop
26 January: Speaking at meeting of communications, training and public engagement staff for Medicine. Some correspondence.
20 January: Attending all-day event on open access publishing
19 January: Running #1Lib1Ref lunchtime session. Working on handouts & slides for next week's training session. Meeting Dominic Oldman of ResearchSpace
18 January: Meeting with Martin Hadley about data visualisation/ Interactive Data Network project. Making some relevant Wikidata queries. Running #1Lib1Ref lunchtime session.
17 January: Audio meeting with Peter Findlay of Jisc. Getting fix for problem with laptop.
12 January: Working on data dump from Oxford Research Archive/ Bodleian staff meeting
11 January: Meeting with Andrew Fairweather-Tall about research collaborations. Finishing blog post, reading up on Wikidata projects around GLAMS and looking at/ amending Wikidata representation of Oxford's GLAMs
10 January: Writing blog post on Wikidata and art
5 January: Item for This Month in GLAM. Various correspondence
4 January: Report-writing for WMUK and Innovation fund. Writing proposal for Digital Humanities Summer School

21 December: Meeting at IT Services about events for next term. Various correspondence about future events and projects
20 December: Reporting audio meeting with WMUK
15 December: Meeting with Electronic Enlightenment and Oxford Text Archive staff to plan future work
14 December: Meeting with Bryan Ward-Perkins of the Cult of Saints project. Project reporting meeting at IT Services. More work on case study
13 December: Writing up case study + work on Voltaire timelines
9 December: Communications team away-day
8 December: Various work on Voltaire timelines + meeting Robert McNamee of Electronic Enlightenment project
7 December: Meeting at Voltaire Foundation to explore possible activities. Meeting Fiona Mackintosh and Claire Kenward of Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama (APGRD)
6 December: Various correspondence

24 November: WIR Summit in London
23 November: Meeting Peter McQuilton, OERC about Biosharing. Writing event proposals for Trinity term
22 November: Meeting Johnathan Prag, Merton College about two projects. Setting up other meetings
21 November: Exploring potential for import from Digital Bodleian
17 November: Correspondence about ORA data import & other stuff
16 November: Writing session proposal for OER 17 conference; some emails
10 November: Meeting about Oxford Collections. Creating briefing and custom query for hillfort images. Preparing and delivering 45-minute presentation for Ritual Modes staff (six attendees). Working on queries for WWI event
9 November: Various emails. Meeting to plan activity for IT Learning Programme
8 November: Meeting with WMUK for the start of the project
4 November: Preparing & delivering talk for Technology Enhanced Learning group. Some reporting, including This Month in GLAM. Setting up more speaking slots.
3 November: Meeting about Hillforts Atlas. Setting up meetings with various researchers
2 November: Phone call with Andrew F-T about reaching humanities academics; writing introductory message for researchers; more emails to re-establish contact
1 November: Writing introductory blog post + various email contacts

27 October: Working on data mapping for Atlas of Hillforts. Studying existing and recent Wikidata properties.
26 October: Rehearse and deliver 1-hour webinar for ALT OERSIG. More emails.
25 October: Sign employment contract and officially start work. Emailing contacts to advertise my services.
20 October: Prepare slides for webinar next week + test run with moderators
15 October: Deliver 1-hour workshop with Ylva Berglund-Prytz at Young Scientists Journal Conference
10 October: Prepare workshop materials for YSJ Conference