Wikipedia:GLAM/British Library/September 2012

British Library Workshop & Tour, 10 September

In the afternoon of 10th September, starting at 1.00, we'll be holding an open session in the British Library, to work on BL-related content, and to talk about what's been done and what's coming up as part of the ongoing Wikipedian in Residence program. If you've suggestions for what I ought to be doing as part of the residency, or things you'd like me to aim for in the next few months - please come along for a chat!

Wireless and workspace will be provided. As with the original BL editathon, there's no set agenda for the workshop, so you're free to come along and find something to collaborate on. Some possibilities:

If you're interested in working with a curator on an article, please let me know and I'll try to set up a meeting.
If you'd like to work on some other BL-related content, let me know what it is and I'll see what can be arranged to help.
We'll have some of the newly released digital collections to work on, for sorting and uploading - details TBC.

Following on from this, with the help of the English and Drama department here at the British Library, we've arranged a tour of the current Writing Britain exhibition for Wikimedians in the evening. We'll be meeting at 6 for a tour starting at 6.30. Hopefully, it should be suitable for anyone working during the day and not able to make the afternoon session.

The exhibition closes later in September, so if you haven't yet seen it, this is a great opportunity to! The exhibition includes some particularly interesting items, as varied as the original manuscripts of Harry Potter and Middlemarch, and the oldest surviving text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Later in the week, in the morning of Thursday 13th, Johnbod has arranged a tour of the British Museum's Writing Shakespeare exhibition - details here.

Expressions of interest below please - especially for the tour, it'd be great to let me know in advance so we can arrange numbers. If you'd like to attend both sessions, please sign twice! Andrew Gray (talk) 14:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please add your name

I'd like to come to the afternoon session

Not sure if I'll be able to make the afternoon, but would definitely like to. No particular topics in mind yet. the wub "?!" 17:21, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Probably Johnbod (talk) 20:00, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to come to the evening tour

the wub "?!" 17:21, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Deffo Johnbod (talk) 20:00, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To sign up for the tour on the 13th, please leave your name here