Wikipedia:GLAM/Museums Galleries Scotland/Events and Workshops

This page features details of all events and workshops connected to the Museums Galleries Scotland / Glasgow Museums residency. If you don't see anything here which interests you, why not suggest a future event?

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Upcoming Events

All events in this residency have now taken place. Thank you to all who participated!

Past Wiki Events

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees	New Users	Gender breakdown
Protests & Suffragettes:Strong Women of the Clydeside Editathon	2 July 2016	Glasgow Women's Library	11	11	100% female
Introduction to Wikimedia - Western Isles, Stornoway	Tuesday 21 June 2016	Lews Castle College / Museum nan Eilean, Stornoway	4	3	25% female
Introduction to Wikimedia - Western Isles, Benbecula	Monday 20 June 2016	Museum nan Eilean, Sgoil Lionacleit, Benbecula	3	3	100% female
Art+Feminism Still Invisible Editathon Session 1	25 May 2016	CCA, Glasgow / Glasgow School of Art	9	7	89% female
Art+Feminism Still Invisible Editathon Session 2	25 May 2016	CCA, Glasgow / Glasgow School of Art	10	8	100% female
Introduction to Wikipedia and Groam House Editathon #1	11 May 2016	Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie	4	3	50% female
University of Glasgow: Learning & Teaching Conference	12 April 2016	University of Glasgow	14	13	70% female
21 Revolutions Editathon	30 March 2016	Glasgow Women's Library	4	4	100% female
Art + Feminism - Modern Scottish Women #2	5 March 2016	Scottish National Portrait Gallery	6	1	83% female
CILIP training event	26 Feb 2016	Edinburgh Central Library	4	3	75% female
ILW Editathon	16-18 Feb 2016	University of Edinburgh	See University of Edinburgh Wiki project page
Wikipedia for Postgraduates & Researchers	10 February 2016	University of St Andrews	13	12	38% female
Wikipedia for Museums, Training for Museums Studies Class	10 February 2016	University of St Andrews	18	18 (16 recorded)	100 % female
Modern Scottish Women Editathon	23 January 2016	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art	9	7	78% female
Mary Barbour Editathon	9 January 2016	Rookie Oven @ Fairfield, Glasgow	11	5	55% female
UWS & Paisley Museum Editathon	3 December 2015	University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus	8	8	63% female
Digital Transformation Network - Introduction to Wikipedia	2 December 2015	Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow	9	8	66% female
NTS:Introduction to Wikipedia	23 November 2015	Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr	8	8	75% female
Heritage Horizons Trainees day	11 November 2015	Museums Galleries Scotland	12	8	66.6% female
Universitas 21 conference	29 October 2015	University of Edinburgh	18	14	38.8% female
Tayside Museums Forum: Wikipedia Training	20 October 2015	University of Dundee, Tower Building	8	7	87.5% female
Ada Lovelace Day Editathon	Tuesday 13 October	University of Edinburgh	16	5	93.57% female
Introduction to Editing Wikipedia (Cancelled)	Friday 2 October	Museums Galleries Scotland	n/a	n/a	n/a
Introduction to Working With Wikipedia Cancelled	Friday 2 October	Museums Galleries Scotland	n/a	n/a	n/a
Edinburgh Scot-Wiki meetup 9	Wednesday 30 September	Platform 5, Haymarket, Edinburgh	5	n/a	60% female
Wiki in the classroom, training for students	Wednesday 30 September	University of Edinburgh	5	4	75% female
Glasgow Museums Photography Backstage Pass	Friday 25 September	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvin Hall, Riverside Museum	7	6	43 % female
Women on the Roll of Honour	Friday 18 September	Glasgow School of Art	10	9	80% female
Braemar Castle Editathon	Friday 11 September	Braemar	2	1	100% female
#WiiWikiTweety	Friday 4 September	Hillhead Bookclub, Glasgow
Introduction to Wikipedia	3 September 2015	Stirling Smith Museum and Art Gallery	4	4	50% female
Wiki training for staff	2 September 2015	University of Edinburgh	6	4	33% female
Introduction to Wikipedia editing - Glasgow Archaeological Society & JogScotland	Tuesday 4 August	Riverside Museum	2	2	100% female
Glasgow Wikimeet #6	Thursday 18 June 2015	Drum & Monkey, St Vincent Street	3	n/a	n/a
Women on the Platform Editathon	29 May 2015	Fountainbridge Library, Edinburgh	6	4	83% female
Scottish Fairground culture Editathon	7 May 2015	Riverside Museum	8	5	75% female
Scotwiki Meetup #8	22 April 2015	Platform 5, Haymarket	7	n/a	n/a
Dundee Art+Feminism 2015 edit-a-thon	6 March 2015	Hannah Maclure Centre, University of Abertay, 40 Bell Street, Dundee	12	8	85% female
Connect @ Edinburgh Napier University 'Writing Women Back into History' Editathon	4 March 2015	Napier University	19	16	100% female
Women, Science and Scottish History: University of Edinburgh Innovative Learning Week editathon series	16-20 Feb 2015 (Resident attended 16 & 17 Feb)	University of Edinburgh	22 & 13	See NLS report for detail	85-90% female
Glasgow Wikimeet #5	1 Feb 2015	CCA Saramago Cafe, Glasgow	7	n/a	n/a

Past conferences & presentations

Event Name	Date	Location / Organiser	Attendees (approx)	Title	Slides
#OER16: Open Culture	19 & 20 April 2016	University of Edinburgh	25	Opening Scotland: Museums Galleries Scotland’s Wikimedian in Residence & the diversification of engagement.
Edinburgh Digital Meetup	14 April 2016	Edinburgh Digital Meetup	40	Opening Scotland: Open on a Shoestring
University of Glasgow: Learning & Teaching Conference	12 April 2016	University of Glasgow	14	Beyond the Encyclopedia: Wikipedia as learning & teaching tool
SLIC Digital Champions Meeting	29 March 2016	Mitchell Library, Glasgow / Scottish Library and Information Council	40	The Library & Wikimedia
Playing with method, planning for impact	22 March 2016	National Museum of Scotland / Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network	30	A year in Wikimedia: Open Knowledge & Scotland's Museums
Presentation to Science & Collections Staff @ Science Club	17 December 2015	Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh	30	Working with Wiki	n/a
Presentation to the Digital Transformation Network	2 December 2015	Kelvingrove Museum / MGS Digital Transformation Network	5	Opening Scotland's Collections: Summary & Reflections
Argyll & Bute Museums & Heritage Forum AGM	Wednesday 14 October 2015	Museums Galleries Scotland, Argyll & Bute Museums & Heritage Forum	30	Presentation to the AGM about the Wikimedian in Residence project	n/a
Fife Museums Forum Meeting	23 September 2015	Kirkcaldy Galleries, Museums Galleries Scotland	12	Introduction to the Wikimedian in Residence	n/a
Tayside Museums Forum Meeting	16 September 2015	Montrose Air Station, Museums Galleries Scotland	15	Introduction to the Wikimedian in Residence	n/a
SÉMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL PCI ET NUMÉRIQUE : TRANSMISSION, PARTICIPATION, ENJEUX	8 & 9 September 2015	Vitré, France / Centre Français du Patrimonie Culturel Immatériel	50	From First Footing to Faeries: An inventory of Scotland's living culture	n/a
Maximising our potential: engaging audiences through open knowledge	Friday 4 September	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum / Sara Thomas and Museums Galleries Scotland	13	n/a	n/a
Presentation to Museums Galleries Scotland staff	9 June 2015	Museums Galleries Scotland	20	Four Months at the Museums	as below
#OpenDataGLA #5	2 June 2015	University of Glasgow	15	Four Months at the Museums
Be Good Be Social	28 May 2015	Institute of Fundraising Scotland, Be Good Be Social	45	Open Knowledge, Open Arms: why charities should embrace Wikipedia	no
Co-presentation with Kelly Forbes at eCult Dialogue Day, part of EMYA 2015	13 May	Mitchell Library, European Museum of the Year Award	50	Fostering open knowledge in Scotland’s museums	No
Presentation to the Insight Cafe	22 April	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, John Ferry	20	Wikimedia and Glasgow Museums
Presentation at "Archiving Community Storytelling: Challenges & Opportunities" conference	13 March	University of the West of Scotland, Chair in Event & Digital Cultures Professor David McGillivray, & Jennifer Jones	35	Reducing barriers to accessing (& producing) open knowledge	No

Staff events at Museums Galleries Scotland

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees
Introduction to Wikipedia	9 July 2015	Museums Galleries Scotland	7
Introduction to Wikipedia	30 July 2015 (rescheduled from 1 July)	Museums Galleries Scotland	5

Past staff events at Glasgow Museums

Event Name	Date	Location	Attendees
Presentation to the Museums Management team	8 June	Glasgow Life offices	10
Wiki editing for curators	30 May	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	1
Wiki Working Group #3	28 May	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	9
Presentation to IT & Marketing staff	20 May	Glasgow Life offices	18
Wiki editing for curators	14 May	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	1
Wikipedia training for curators	5 May	Riverside Museum	7
Wikipedia training for curators	23 April	Riverside Museum	3
Presentation to the Insight Cafe	22 April	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	10
Wiki Working Group #2	8 April	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum	5
Friday briefing to St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art staff	3 April	St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art	8
Friday briefing to Scotland Street School Museum staff	20 March	Scotland Street School Museum	7
Presentation to Learning & Access Curators	19 March	Glasgow Museums Resource Centre	10
Friday briefing to Riverside Museum staff	6 March 2015	Riverside Museum	23
Glasgow Museums Wiki Working Group Curator Training	24 Feb 2015	Riverside Museum	9
Presentation to the Curatorial Forum	3 Feb 2015	Kelvingrove Museum	17