{"id":2128,"date":"2019-02-21T16:10:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:16:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:16:22","slug":"moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/melissa\/2019\/02\/21\/moon\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We are taking the opportunity of International Women’s Day to rename our Boardroom in Argyle House after Brenda Moon, the first woman to head up a research university library when she was Librarian here at the University of Edinburgh in the 1980s and 90s.<\/p>\n

Brenda played a major role in bringing the University into the digital age, as Edinburgh became the first major university library in the UK to tackle and deliver a computer-based service.<\/p>\n

In addition to Brenda Moon, we will also be renaming three of our IT training rooms after notable Edinburgh women \u2013 Irene J Young<\/a>, Marjorie Rackstraw and Annie Hutton Numbers<\/a>. These are women who have been celebrated in our university archives and showcased by our Equality and Diversity Images Intern<\/a>, Francesca.<\/p>\n

Also on the day we will be hosting an ‘Edit-a-thon’\u00a0 for staff, students and friends of the University to create Wikipedia entries for notable women currently missing from the encyclopaedia site, and\u00a0 a \u2018Sketch-a-thon\u2019 using images from the Centre for Research Collections\u2019 Special Collections. All artistic abilities welcome!<\/p>\n

There will also be copious badgemaking.<\/p>\n

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Wikipedia Editathon\u00a0\u2013 Women of Edinburgh<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

This event is open to staff, students and friends of the University and is an opportunity to help add more notable women associated with Edinburgh.\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh\/International_Women%27s_Day_2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Sketch-a-thon:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learn about the lives of some of the incredible women in the archives of the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh, while putting your creative side to use in a relaxed learning environment!<\/p>\n

This event will enable you to portray the work of pioneering women through a series of fun, fast-paced challenges that will help you flex your sketching muscles and experiment with daring colour-combinations, silly caricatures and speedy doodles. No drawing experience is necessary to join us, and all students and staff are welcome. Materials will be provided, but please do feel free to bring your own coloured pencils or felt-tip pens if you wish.\u00a0https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/international-womens-day-sketchathon-tickets-55208621473?fbclid=IwAR2krJRic9Q0qPV3GUtDni2Qr4fNXW0ww5yvhmhawQvPIKNyqqC1QESBEuA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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