Digital Culture, Wikis and free content, Canberra, 11 October 2006

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:

Digital Culture Talks

Topic: Wikipedia, wikis and the future of free content
Speaker: Angela Beesley
Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Time: 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm
Venue: Library Theatre, National Library of Australia, Canberra

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.