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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 hopefully have some of the newly released digital collections to work on, for sorting and uploading - details TBC.
  • Should we plan something for Wikipedia Loves Libraries in the UK this year? If so, what?

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 break at 5 to have something to eat, and then meet 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
The afternoon session will be in the Chaucer Room of the British Library Conference Centre
  1. 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]
  2. Probably Johnbod (talk) 20:00, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  3. I might do as I do need to use the BL for my articles. Secretlondon (talk) 21:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Sounds good to me. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:45, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  5. I'd like to, but work may get in the way... The Cavalry (Message me) 10:16, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Hope so. (Don't much care for centenaries of deaths, but Samuel Coleridge Taylor's makes a rousing call.) —MistyMorn (talk) 19:38, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Interested in the Wikipedia Loves Libraries suggestion Underdoor (talk) 12:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to come to the evening tour
The evening session will be in the main library building. We'll gather in the foyer between 6.00 and 6.30.
  1. the wub "?!" 17:21, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Deffo Johnbod (talk) 20:00, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Yes please, I'm interested. Andrew Davidson (talk) 13:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Interested. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:45, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  5. The Cavalry (Message me) 10:16, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Hope to come after work - David Gerard (talk) 12:33, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Depends a bit on circumstances. —MistyMorn (talk) 19:38, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Yes please Underdoor (talk) 12:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

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