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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.