{"id":20,"date":"2016-02-13T18:29:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=20"},"modified":"2016-02-13T18:29:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T18:29:05","slug":"getting-started-what-the-residency-involves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/getting-started-what-the-residency-involves\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started – What the residency involves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As this role is a fairly new and interesting-sounding job title, I thought I should intimate what this year-long residency will involve.<\/p>\n

In short, I am to facilitate a sustainable relationship between the University and Wikimedia UK to the mutual benefit of both communities.<\/p>\n

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You’re so Venn: Where the Wikimedian in Residence sits between Wikimedia UK and the University of Edinburgh.<\/p><\/div>\n

To do this, I will be an advocate of open knowledge and deliver training events & workshops which will further both the quantity & quality of open knowledge and the university\u2019s commitment to digital literacy.<\/p>\n

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Areas of convergence between Wikimedia UK and the University of Edinburgh’s missions.<\/p><\/div>\n

More practically, this will involve arranging & delivering skills-training sessions which will fit in with and, importantly enhance, the learning & teaching within the curriculum. I will also stage events outside the curriculum which will draw on the university\u2019s, and Edinburgh\u2019s, rich history & knowledge.<\/p>\n

Editathons will be a large part of this, however, there are numerous ways where staff & students can get involved & directly contribute their knowledge & expertise to develop Wikimedia UK\u2019s diverse range of projects, including: Wikipedia; Wikivoyage; Wiktionary; Wikispecies; Wikiquotes; Wikisource; Wikiversity; Wikibooks; Wikinews;\u00a0 Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata; Mediawiki; Wikimedia Labs and more besides. (https:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/wiki\/Our_projects<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Not just Wikipedia: Wikimedia UK’s diverse range projects (above).<\/p><\/div>\n

If you would like to know more about how our main open knowledge project, Wikipedia, fits in with academia then these two recent articles make very compelling reading:<\/p>\n

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  1. https:\/\/wikiedu.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/14\/wikipedia-15-and-education\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. https:\/\/www.refme.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/15\/wikipedia-the-digital-gateway-to-academic-research\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Alternatively, I am based in the Learning, Teaching & Web Services Division within the Hugh Robson Link Building on George Square, Edinburgh,\u00a0 and am very happy to chat to you about the residency.<\/p>\n

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    Contact details<\/p><\/div>\n

    Indeed, should you wish to discuss collaborating on any projects then I would be only too glad to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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