GLAM/Newsletter/April 2015/Contents/Spain report
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Women in Science edit-a-thon and other stories
Women in Science edit-a-thon
On April 17 an edit-a-thon about scientific and research Spanish women was celebrated in Madrid, promoted by the "For Women in Science" L'Oréal-UNESCO program, the Women and Science Program of the Secretariat of I + D + i, the Women Researchers and Technologists Association (AMIT), the Women and Science Commission of CSIC, the Residencia de Estudiantes and Wikimedia Spain. The event was held at the Library of Residencia de Estudiantes.
The number of articles that talk about women in Wikipedia is significantly lower, at 12.78%, than dealing with men. Furthermore, if we refer to the articles on scientific or research, only 6.67% of those in Wikipedia in Spanish are about women. In this context was celebrated the edit-a-thon, in order to contribute to the Spanish scientific and research work have more presence in Spanish Wikipedia. The event was atended by more than 40 people, included Margarita Salas, Carmen Vela or Eulalia Pérez Sedeño.
Wikimedia Spain invite people to keep editing at least one month at home to improve the articles proposed.
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Participants in Women in Science edit-a-thon
Free images of Roman ruins of Astorga
The Roman Museum of Astorga, after a request from Wikimedia España, freely shared nine pictures of the Roman ruins of the city. These images are now on Wikimedia Commons at this category.
Public Library of Valladolid
Under the title «Wikipedia: la enciclopedia 3.0», a talk about Wikipedia was run at the Public Library of Valladolid on April 15.
Webinar at Socialbiblio
Jesús Tramullas gave a webinar about Wikipedia, "Wikipedia: Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus", at the platform Socialbiblio. This platform is an on-line community about Library science, Documentation science and information management. The webinar and its resources are available here.
