[LINK] Digital Culture, Wikis and free content, NLA, 11 October 2006

[Tom Worthington]

The National Library of Australia asked me to pass on this invitation 
to anyone interested. The talk is free and there is no need to book 
(hypertext enhanced version at 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2006/10/digital-culture-wikis-and-free-content.html>):

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                         Digital Culture Talks

Topic: Wikipedia, wikis and the future of free content
Speaker: Angela Beesley

Angela Beesley has been involved with Wikipedia since early 2003. She 
is also the co-founder and Vice President of Wikia, a wiki hosting 
service which extends the model of Wikipedia into non-encyclopedic 
content areas. Until recently, Angela Beesley served as a member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit 
organisation which runs Wikipedia and a number of other open content wikis.

Prior to her involvement with Wikipedia, Angela was a researcher and 
test developer for the National Foundation for Educational Research 
in England and Wales. She has been in Melbourne for almost a year.

Mark Corbould, Assistant Director-General IT Division, will introduce 
the event. Speaker: Angela Beesley

Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Time: 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm

Venue: Library Theatre, National Library of Australia, Canberra
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