GLAM/Newsletter/June 2015/Contents/UK report
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Royal Society of Chemistry; Thinktank; Oxford
Royal Society of Chemistry
Andy Mabbett's residency at the Royal Society of Chemistry is ongoing.
A further 12 RSC staff were trained to edit Wikipedia. Work was undertaken on mapping freebase properties to Wikidata properties, as part of the planned Freebase import. Andy spoke to 50+ early-career researchers at iD2 conference.
See the project diary and the blog (aimed at non-Wikipedians) for other news.
Thinktank
Andy Mabbett's work as Wikimedian in Residence at Thinktank Museum in Birmingham was extended into June, during which time he held a further training session for museum staff. For more details, see the Thinktank project diary.
Oxford
Martin Poulter has begun uploading content from the Bodleian Libraries, on the varied themes of 18th/19th century Burma, women in the prison system, Buddhism, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the army of the Roman Empire, Demonology in Islam, Indian gods, and 19th century entertainers. Files appear at commons:Category:Files_uploaded_by_the_Bodleian_Libraries'_Wikimedian_In_Residence and I hope other editors find these useful in improving articles in their own languages.
Upcoming events in Oxford include a training workshop for staff from the Vatican Library, a workshop for staff from Museums Oxford, and a session on "Using pedantry for peaceful ends" at a library staff conference.
Other news
Andy Mabbett gave a talk, "Wikidata for Mappers", at "State of the Map US", a conference for our OpenStreetMap colleagues, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. A video of the talk is on YouTube. He was pleased to meet NY chapter colleagues socially, while there.
