The fifth annual British Library Labs Symposium kicked off with an inspiring keynote speech by Josie Fraser, entitled ‘Open, Digital, Inclusive: Unleashing Knowledge’.

As well as working as senior technology adviser within the National Technology Team at the UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Josie is currently the Chair of Wikimedia UK.

Josie discussed the impact of the open knowledge movement on education and learning. She looked at the powerful role that Wikimedia UK and Wikimedians have played in bringing UK cultural institutions and their digital collections to new and wider audiences. Her talk also explored how open knowledge partnerships are driving diversity and better representation for all online. At the end, she took questions from the audience and invited them to join her in exploring ideas and opportunities for the future.

You can see a video the full talk, with an introduction by Dr Adam Farquhar, Head of Digital Scholarship at the British Library, here:

You can follow this link to see her slides:

 

 https://www.slideshare.net/labsbl/open-digital-inclusive-unleashing-knowledge

The sixth BL Labs Symposium will be on the 12th November 2018.

Posted by BL Labs