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Open for all

23rd November 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 3 minutesAnother visit to my beloved Mansfield Traquair Centre this evening. 17 years on and it still takes my breath away. To have the responsibility and the stewardship of a place like this a privilege. This evening was the Friends AGM. Formal business was blessedly succinct. … Continue reading Open for all

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MozFest Reflections

11th November 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post was also posted on the Association for Learning Technologists blog. This year was my fourth trip to MozFest – the annual global gathering of the Mozilla Foundation. The event has been held in Ravensbourne College in London for the last 7 years and … Continue reading MozFest Reflections

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Another story about maps

27th October 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m on my way to London for my fourth #MozFest and as I’ve already written about, this year I’m running a session along with Alice White, the Wikimedian in Residence for the Wellcome Library. We’re doing a session in which we hope to make the … Continue reading Another story about maps

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#MozFest Cometh

20th October 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 1 minuteThis time next week I should be in London at Ravensbourne art college for my fourth MozFest experience. *Finally* Martin Hawksey is attending and he’s gone all out and is even running a session. The lovely people of ALT will be there talking about CMALT. … Continue reading #MozFest Cometh

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Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be

10th October 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is Ada Lovelace Day and this has become a firm fixture in our calendar at the University of Edinburgh. It is one of our flagship Wikipedia editathon events, and this year we partnered with the School of Chemistry and took the event on the … Continue reading Wikipedia is a very lovely place to be

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Mortuary Chapel, Revisited

30th September 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 1 minuteI’ve written a little bit before about my work connected with the mural paintings of Phoebe Anna Traquair, and this week we had a lovely gathering to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our Friends organisation. I took the opportunity to share a few of the … Continue reading Mortuary Chapel, Revisited

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Wanderings with a Wikimedian

11th September 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt being a lovely evening this evening, I convinced Ewan McAndrew, our Wikimedian, to walk to the station with me, taking a circuitous route to snap some photos for the Wiki Loves Monuments competition. Last we checked, we were getting properly humped by our UK … Continue reading Wanderings with a Wikimedian

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I was a Southside gal

16th May 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 4 minutesTrigger warning: This post contains heartfelt love for publically funded libraries and evidence of the wonderful things in their collections (maps, lots of maps), available to use under open licenses because they belong to all of us. If this upsets you don’t read on. Also … Continue reading I was a Southside gal

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What do you do with a dead chemist?

11th May 2017 OpenEdFeed

Reading Time: 1 minuteAnswer (1): Barium (boom-boom!) Answer (2): Write their story on Wikipedia, especially if they were female.* One of the best bits of my job is working with Ewan McAndrew, our excellent Wikimedian in Residence. Our Ada Lovelace Day and Innovative Learning Week editathons back in … Continue reading What do you do with a dead chemist?

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