🌎🌍🌏 Guess who has written a biography on English @wikipedia for a woman from every country in the world? 👇 It me! 🧵

Opportunity for a Research Assistant to contribute to a project ‘Decolonising North Lanarkshire's Museum Collections’ working with Dr. Stephen Mullen, Dr. Shantel George (History, University of Glasgow) and Clare Weir (North Lanarkshire Council Museums). jobs.ac.uk/job/DFW592/res…

Feminist Magazine #SpareRib published a pattern for a handknitted jumper in 1982. As volunteer Becky knitted one up for our collection, the more there was to learn about the jumper & its position in the history of knitting & feminism 🧶🪡

womenslibrary.org.uk/2024/01/19/kni…

NEXT WEEK: Keep out the cold wi a Wikipedia editathon for Burns Night celebrating 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿women poets, writers & more
Thurs 25th 2-5pm University of Edinburgh Main Library - ONLINE and IN PERSON (wi snacks)
All welcome! Training by Eleanor Whitehead
Ideas here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia…
eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-red…

I had a nice gab with The Glasgow Guardian, now in print on campus!

A wee reminder during this cold spell that we offer a warm space with free WiFi, tea & coffee making facilities & more for everyone during opening hours: 10am - 4.30pm Tues, Weds, Fri. 10am - 7pm Thurs. 12noon - 4pm Sat.

More details here ⬇️
womenslibrary.org.uk/2022/12/08/a-w…

It's Wikipedia Day! 23 years young. Pretty incredible when you think about it. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to the volunteers who have spent hours/days/weeks/months/years/DECADES making this amazing thing #Wikipedia Day #Wikipedia

Scots #Wikipedia Januar Writin Drive - 22-28t - jyne us! sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia…. #scots Scots Language Centre Oor Vyce Wikimedia UK

Huge thanks to all our volunteers who made our digital collection day at The University of Edinburgh such a huge success. We welcomed over 100 visitors, recorded 55 remarkable stories, and captured thousands of photographs of #WW2 artefacts and memorabilia. #TheirFinestHour

Over this past year the UK editing community has been as determined as ever to advance open knowledge online. An encyclopaedia is most valuable when it represents us all, and our community strives to make the Wikimedia projects do just that.
Find out how: bit.ly/3G7Vn1q

This! 👇🏾👇🏻👇🏿

Learn how to edit Wikipedia & meet new people in Glasgow Glasgow Women's Library and online this Saturday! womenslibrary.org.uk/event/knowledg…

Are you a student interested in contributing to improving representation online & the diversity of content on #Wikipedia while improving your digital research skills?
Register for the Edinburgh Award in 'Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia' before 29 Oct.
ed.ac.uk/information-se…

📣Book your FREE ticket now to avoid disappointment!
👉🎟️ bit.ly/WikiWorkshopGWL

Hosted by Wikimedia UK WomensHistScot, & your friendly ProtestsandSuffragettes team at the marvellous Glasgow Women's Library 🙌🏾🤩 Training led by Dr Sara Thomas

🙏plsRT wikiwomeninred Ewan McAndrew Women in Law Project

📢Visiting Research Fellowships University of Glasgow Library
are now open for applications! We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our unique research collections #UofGLibraryFellows

Apply here: gla.ac.uk/library/resear…

🗓️Closing date: 9th Nov 2023

Dear Friends of Sunny Govan
Unfortunately today we have an urgent and heartfelt appeal for help.
Sunny Govan Community Radio has been a beacon of hope, unity and development for the people of Glasgow and beyond for over 22 years, thanks to the power and of community radio.

A lot of work has gone into putting this together - free, and open to all online. Please register and come along - it is going to be great.

Together w/ SGSSS we're *so* looking forward to 25th Oct when we'll be welcoming layla-roxanne hill 🇵🇸 & Francesca Sobande for a #BHM23 online keynote:

✨Black Oot (T)here: Dreams and (Every)days O Us✨

Join them to dream, share & reflect upon some big Qs...

⬇️⬇️⬇️…month-2023-sgsah-sgsss.eventbrite.com