Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/Events

Events and Workshops

This is a list of Wikimedia events held at the British Library. This includes both community-oriented events targeted at Wikipedians as well as practical workshops and talks. Contact Andrew Gray for details.

Upcoming

8 October 2016 Europeana Sounds edit-a-thon at the British Library

Past

Most of these were a reasonably standard 2-4 hour workshop with a talk and discussion followed by some hands-on practical experience of editing Wikipedia; the target audience was those new to Wikipedia but willing to play around with it. Numbers of attendees below are those who actually attended, rather than those booked on the course; numbers aren't given for the sessions which were just talks. As of April 2013, around 400 people have attended one of the practical sessions.

2015

British wildlife edit-a-thon 2015

2012-13

Date	Location	Attendees	Notes
17 January 2012 (pre-residency)	British Library	15	Tour of the Royal Manuscripts collection
16 June 2012	British Library	25	Editathon focusing on the First World War, organised by Wikimedia UK/JISC.
19 June 2012	British Library	6	BL staff workshop.
25 June 2012	Birkbeck College	15	Session for University of London researchers and postgraduates. With WereSpielChequers, LoopZilla, Johnbod and Fae.
26 June 2012	British Library	5	BL staff workshop.
27 June 2012	British Library	5	BL staff workshop.
4 July 2012 (am)	British Library	4	BL staff workshop.
4 July 2012 (pm)	British Library	6	BL staff workshop.
11 July 2012	British Library (Boston Spa)	5	BL staff workshop.
16 July 2012	TNA, London	9	Session for National Archives staff. With Mr impossible. Blog post
17 July 2012	British Library	5	BL staff workshop.
18 July 2012	British Library	6	BL staff workshop.
26 July 2012	Shakespeare Institute (University of Birmingham)	8	Session for academics at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon.
31 July 2012	British Library	6	BL staff workshop.
15 August 2012	British Library	6	BL staff workshop.
20 August 2012	Birkbeck College	10	Session for University of London researchers and postgraduates. With WereSpielChequers, Johnbod and LoopZilla.
23 August 2012	British Library (Boston Spa)	2	BL staff workshop.
28 August 2012	British Library	2	BL staff workshop.
3 September 2012	British Library	10	Workshop for AHRC researchers. With WereSpielChequers and LoopZilla.
7 September 2012	British Library	-	Talk on "Wikipedia for researchers" (slides)
7 September 2012	British Library	2	BL staff workshop
10 September 2012	British Library	-	Tour of the Writing Britain exhibition
15-16 September 2012	British Library	35	GLAM-camp London 2012; a meeting/workshop for Wikimedians active in outreach to cultural institutions.
18 September 2012	British Library	8	Workshop for philatelists. With Philafrenzy.
20 September 2012	British Library (Boston Spa)	3	BL staff workshop
24 September 2012	British Library	15	Workshop for BL readers. With WereSpielChequers.
25 September 2012	British Library	4	BL staff workshop
8 October 2012	University of Oxford	20	Workshop for Oxford University staff/researchers. With Jarry1250 and Grandiose
12 October 2012	British Library	10	Workshop for AHRC researchers. With RexxS and WereSpielChequers.
19 October 2012	Royal Society, London	20	Workshop at the Royal Society. With Daria Cybulska (WMUK), Tom Morris and KTC
23-26 October 2012	British Library	TBD	Series of events for the International Dunhuang Project
6 November 2012	National Library of Scotland	7	Workshop for NLS staff
7 November 2012	National Library of Scotland	4	Workshop for NLS staff
8 November 2012	University of Edinburgh	10	Workshop for University of Edinburgh staff and researchers. With KTC
9 November 2012	EDINA (University of Edinburgh)	8	Workshop for EDINA staff
16 November 2012	British Library	-	Talk on "Wikipedia for researchers" (slides)
23 November 2012	British Library	15	Workshop for BL readers. With WereSpielChequers
27 November 2012	British Library (Boston Spa)	6	BL staff workshop - authority control group
6 December 2012	Senate House Library (University of London)	15	Workshop for Senate House staff. With Richard Nevell (WMUK)
7 December 2012	British Library	-	Workshop for AHRC researchers - postponed due to low turnout
14 December 2012	University Library, Cambridge	5	Workshop for UL digital library group
14 January 2013	British Library	6	AHRC Researcher Wikipedia workshop
16 January 2013	Royal Opera House, London	10	Workshop for ROH staff. With Tim riley
24 January 2013	University College London	6	Workshop for UCL researchers.
30 January 2013	Senate House Library (University of London)	12	Workshop for Senate House staff and researchers. With Richard Nevell (WMUK)
8 February 2013	British Library	12	Introduction to Wikipedia workshop for British Library readers
20 February 2013	University of Cambridge	-	Workshop for the Board of Longitude Project
22 February 2013	University of Portsmouth	-	Lecture - "Working with the Wikipedia Community"
4 March 2013	British Library	12	Introduction to Wikipedia workshop for British Library readers
6 March 2013	University of Cambridge	-	"Dissecting Wikipedia" talk
7 March 2013	National Archives	-	Panel at the Archives Discovery Forum 2013.
8 March 2013	University of Cambridge	8	Workshop for the Darwin Correspondence Project
13 March 2013	Senate House Library (University of London)	12	Workshop for Senate House staff and researchers. With Richard Nevell (WMUK)
18 March 2013	British Library	10	Canadian Photographs workshop
20 March 2013	University of Southampton	16	Workshop for the Digital Humanities / Web Science groups. With CT Cooper and Marek69
27 March 2013	British Library	6	BL staff workshop.
8 April 2013	British Library	6	Introduction to Wikipedia workshop for British Library readers
12-14 April 2013	British Library	-	GLAM-Wiki conference and THATcamp hackathon
17 April 2013	British Library	4	BL staff workshop.
23 April 2013	British Library	4	BL staff workshop.
26 April 2013	British Library	10	Introduction to Wikidata
29 June 2013	British Library	?	Editathon focusing on the First World War, organised by Andrew Gray

2011

Editathon, 2011

When: 14-15 January 2011
Time: 09:30-17:00:00 (UTC)
Where: British Library, St. Pancras
Results: See Results

This Edit-athon is an event aimed at sharing the expertise of real-world cultural institutions with our wiki-expertise. We were able to access the resources of the British Library, guided by the expertise of its curators, with the joint aim of improving the content on Wikipedia that is relevant to the British Library's collections. An hour-long tour of the Evolving English exhibition was given at 11.30 on Friday by one of the curators, Jonnie Robinson, who is an expert in accents and dialects. Guided tours of the Library building were given on Saturday at 10.30 and 15.00 (10 people per tour).

English and Drama departments tour and workshop

When: 4 June 2011
Time:
Where: British Library, St. Pancras
Results: See Output

The aim of the event was to combine the expertise of the public, Wikipedians and the Library's curators to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the literary individuals and collections related to the British Library. During the event there were unique opportunities to view, up close, interesting items from the English & Drama collections. In addition to this, one of the curators responsible for the forthcoming Science Fiction exhibition Out of this World was on hand to take participants on guided tours of the exhibition.

GLAMcamp London

When: 24 June 2011
Time 10:30-17:00 (UTC)
Where: Conference centre, British Library, St. Pancras
Registration: wmuk:GLAMcamp London/2011

GLAMcamp London is a GLAM set of workshops and presentations for Wikimedians active in outreach for UK cultural institutions. The aim of this event was to establish a UK network of GLAM related e-volunteers. Attendees also included key representatives of institutions who have a strong relationship with Wikimedia as well as prospective GLAM Ambassadors.