...forwarded for your information; sorry if you get this multiple times, but it might be worthwhile. While documents about famous women in science are rare enough, in microscopy they are hard to find; so if you know one, come forward... Martin -------- Original Message -------- Subject: MRC/Royal Society/Wikimedia UK Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thons Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 16:53:06 +0100 From: O'Donnell, Ruth A <r.odonnell@imperial.ac.uk> To: Faculty of Medicine, NHLI <icsm-nhli-dl@imperial.ac.uk> *From*: Nunn Mel [mailto:MEL.NUNN@HEADOFFICE.MRC.AC.UK] *Sent*: Thursday, July 04, 2013 06:41 AM GMT Standard Time *To*: ATHENASWAN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:ATHENASWAN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> <ATHENASWAN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:ATHENASWAN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> *Subject*: MRC/Royal Society/Wikimedia UK Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thons Dear colleague I would be grateful if you could share this round your establishment and networks. As part of its Centenary, the Medical Research Council has joined forces with the Royal Society and Wikimedia UK to present a series of Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thons through the rest of 2013. Building on the highly successful group 'Edit-a-thon' that the Royal Society and Wikimedia UK ran as part of Ada Lovelace Day to improve Wikipedia articles about women in science in October 2012, 6 events are planned across the UK with the first being MRC National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill London on Thursday 25th July to celebrate Rosalind Franklin’s birthday. Further events are planned in London, Cambridge and Edinburgh. These free events are open to people who are new to Wikipedia and experienced Wikipedia editors. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend. Drawing on resources from the MRC, The Royal Society, Wellcome Trust and National Library of Scotland, the events will have access to a rich collection of printed and electronic works about women in science, including biographies and works authored by scientists. At each event the location's librarians will explain more about the collections and provide guidance on finding sources. Additionally, as part of each Edit-a-thon there will be a panel discussion led by eminent female scientists on women's experiences in science, and diversity in the scientific workforce more generally, together with how underrepresentation can be tackled in the future. The panel discussion at NIMR on 25^th July will be led by Professor Dame Athene Donald. Further information can be found on the MRC Centenary Website at: http://www.centenary.mrc.ac.uk/events/mrcroyal-societywikimedia-uk-women-in-... and the NIMR website at: http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/women-in-science-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-25-jul... If you'd like to take part remotely then please join us on Twitter at: #WISWIKI Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Regards Mel Mel Nunn Head of Equalities Corporate Human Resources Medical Research Council (Tel: +44 (0)7500 128327 :E-mail: Mel.nunn@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk <mailto:Mel.nunn@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk> :Web: www.mrc.ac.uk <http://www.mrc.ac.uk/> Visit our blog:www.insight.mrc.ac.uk <http://www.insight.mrc.ac.uk/>__ Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/MRCcomms P /Please print this email only if necessary/ Description: Description: Description: MRC-Centenary-w-Strapli_CMYK This email may have a protective marking, for an explanation please see http://www.mrc.ac.uk/About/Informationandstandards/Documentmarking/index.htm We use an electronic filing system. Please send electronic versions of documents, unless paper is specifically requested. _____________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________