GLAM/Newsletter/February 2014/Contents/UK report
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Wikimedia UK
ByWikimania London 2014
We have ten submissions in the GLAM track for Wikimania and more are expected by the deadline of the 31st March 2014. click here to submit a proposal for a talk
WIRs
We currently have Wikipedians in Residence in York, Scotland and at the Royal Society
Editathons
On the 1st of February we held Art and Feminism editathons in both London and Dundee
Fæ lead a WMUK:Cornwall GLAMs workshop at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth, which was attended by a number of museums in Cornwall.
Martin Poulter ran a WMUK:Wellcome Library editathon on the 26th February.
Preparations are advancing for Wikimania with a London Libraries page listing specialist libraries in London that Wikimanians can visit.
Image Releases
As a result of the York Museums Trust WIR the W.A. Ismay Studio Ceramic Collection was loaded to Commons. Discussions continue with various partners for the first mass uploads with the new mass upload tool