[Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge University fresher's fair, 2-3 October

2012-09-05 Thread Deryck Chan
Hello Wikimedians, I've bid a stall on behalf of the newly founded Cambridge University Wikipedia Society [1][2] at the Cambridge University fresher's fair, 2-3 October. If you are around the area, it would be great if you can come and help by staffing the stall for a few hours, especially if you'

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Equipment exchange forum on Wikimedia Commons

2012-09-05 Thread David Gerard
While we're talking about who wants a huge scanner ... -- Forwarded message -- From: Fae Date: 5 September 2012 17:01 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Equipment exchange forum on Wikimedia Commons To: Wikimedia Mailing List On 5 September 2012 16:50, Tomasz W. Kozłowski wrote: > Ov

[Wikimediauk-l] Nice piece on Wikipedia takes Coventry

2012-09-05 Thread Jon Davies
http://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainments/clock-is-ticking-for-scavengers-to-capture-coventry-1-4204492 -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia U.K. is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Context A2 scanner for sale

2012-09-05 Thread Gordon Joly
On 05/09/12 09:07, geni wrote: If something does come up a setup that allowed a DSLR (quite a few wikimedians with those) to be placed above the item in order to photograph it would be an adequate solution in most cases. -- geni This was the system used in a digital archive project that I w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Context A2 scanner for sale

2012-09-05 Thread geni
On 4 September 2012 18:30, Thomas Dalton wrote: > What would we actually scan on it? When we've discussed digitisation > equipment before, I think it has usually been in relation to one of those > scanners for books. Are there many flat works larger than A3 that we are > likely to want to digitise

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Context A2 scanner for sale

2012-09-05 Thread Andrew Gray
Predominantly maps, I would assume. However, it'd be better to write the plan first and then see what equipment we need to beg/borrow/steal, rather than the other way around... - Andrew. On Tuesday, 4 September 2012, Thomas Dalton wrote: > What would we actually scan on it? When we've discussed