Hello everyone, We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET. It will be a crossover event with the LD4 Discovery Affinity Group! Bruce Washburn and Jeff Mixter, software engineers from OCLC Research, will talk about their approach to building out the CONTENTdm Wikibase data model outlined in Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability: A CONTENTdm Pilot Project<https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2021/oclcresearch-tra… and why they chose Wikibase instead of Wikidata. Then the following Tuesday, March 16th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET join the Discovery Affinity Group to learn more about the project’s experimental applications that were developed to increase discoverability. The call details are below. Everyone is welcome to attend both calls. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7b…-n>. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-wikidata> and/or the ld4-discovery Google Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-discovery>ry>. The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Community and investigates how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata. LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=2021…) Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97235432765?pwd=UEJoaDE3YVJrRGczUzFOUWFJbkNpZz09 Password: 794564 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PySajs8UGZgpJevzv21J6-5WR54kEb-c71GoVEb… LD4 Discovery Affinity Group Call Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, March 16th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=2021…) Zoom link to join meeting: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/177198322?pwd=U1N1bVp3K0ZZU3NsaUQzSURkT0JhQT09 Password: pizza Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QgjgfuCaSOtYvxoYNxmXmtaNHon1ponujNRp_7B… Working Hours: Join us for a collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice. We will provide a project for the hour, and you’re always welcome to bring your own projects to work on. This is a space for community and skill-building. We welcome your questions and your expertise about all things Wikidata. Subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_forum_ld4-2Dwikidata&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ZKZdijZcvSwDlmLpUMf9GVdOigjGjnqPOHQla31EGfM&m=z_RphDfkslImyqkzmjvrIyBdkp0dbnJRkNlH73ymvM0&s=AY-6SFn2xRBDbVHKIV7f1WFdWiLsR4wzAuDcbnYxW3g&e=> for an announcement of the next working hour. Upcoming Working Hour dates: * Friday, March 19, 2021 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 7:00pm CET (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=2021…) * Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 19:00 UTC / 8:00pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=2021…) Communication: Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata #wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: http://bit.ly/ld4slack Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr… On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators Hilary Thorsen Resource Sharing Librarian Stanford Libraries thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429