Event overview
To celebrate Ada Lovelace day this month Special Collections & Archives are exhibiting archive material from the Daphne Oram Archive.
Who was Daphne Oram?
Daphne Oram (31 December 1925 - 5 January 2003) was a pioneering British composer and electronic musician, and the creator of the “Oramics” system, a technique used to create electronic sounds. The exhibition, including archive footage, manuscripts, photographs and Oram’s scientific diagrams will be on display till the end of October.
Who was Ada Lovelace?
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852)
English mathematician and writer, and collaborator on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
Ada Lovelace Day
Celebrating the achievements of women in science,technology, engineering and maths.
Ada Lovelace Day this year will be held on 16 October. Over the coming year, FindingAda.com will develop into a resource for women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), as well as for parents, teachers and lecturers who care about encouraging girls and young women to enter the STEM disciplines.
www.gold.ac.uk/.../special-collections/
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 9 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 7:00pm | |
| 10 Oct 2013 |
10:00am - 5:00pm Special Collections will be closing at 5pm for an event |
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| 11 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 14 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 15 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 16 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 7:00pm | |
| 17 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 18 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 21 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 22 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 23 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 7:00pm | |
| 24 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 25 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 28 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 29 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 30 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 7:00pm | |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm | |
| 1 Nov 2013 | 10:00am - 6:00pm |
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