On Tuesday 11th October 2016, in Room 1.12 of the University of Edinburgh Main Library, we will again be running a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2016, an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). What’s involved? We begin at 10am with a range of guest speakers […]
Have you ever wondered why the information in Wikipedia is extensive for some topics and scarce for others? Did you know that, as of July 2017, approximately only 17.03% of the biographies on Wikipedia relate to notable women? On Tuesday 10th October 2017, the University's Information Services team are running an edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada […]
The scientific life of Ada Lovelace - a talk for Ada Lovelace Day 2019 by Professor Ursula Martin CBE FREng FRSE DSc Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852) is best known for a remarkable article about Babbage’s unbuilt computer, the Analytical Engine, which not only presented the first documented computer program, but also, going well beyond Babbage’s ideas of computers as manipulating numbers, outlined their […]
On Tuesday 13th October 2020, the University’s Information Services team are running a range of events to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2020 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). This year #ALD2020 will have a series of lightning talks, fun & impactful Wikipedia editing activities and evening […]