Hello everyone,
Our next biweekly LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call is Tuesday, October 8th at 9am PDT /
12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST. Esther Jackson, Public Services Librarian at New York
Botanical Garden's LuEsther T. Mertz Library and I will be talking about the Finding
GLAMs campaign, which aims to add and improve Wikidata items for GLAM institutions between
October 8 and October 29th. We’ll go over how to add items for libraries and museums and
look at the Monumental
tool<https://tools.wmflabs.org/monumental-glam/#/>#/>, which
displays information about cultural heritage monuments. If you haven’t had a chance to add
items to Wikidata yet, this could be a great opportunity to get some hands-on experience.
I’ll be holding working hours on Zoom and Slack for anyone who wants to work on adding
items together and has questions. These will be on Friday, October 11th at 9am PDT / 12pm
EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST, Tuesday, October 15th at 8am PDT/ 11 am EDT/ 15:00 UTC / 5pm
CEST, and Thursday, October 17th at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST.
The call details are below. 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>ta>, and if you aren't
able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes available on Google
Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7b…-n>.
If you haven't joined one of our calls before, the LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group is
associated with the Linked Data for Production
project<https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=10456816…67>. One of
the goals of the project is understanding how libraries can contribute to and better
integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the
web. Wikidata offers exciting possibilities for libraries to become a part of the linked
data landscape, share and reuse data, and discover new relationships and connections. The
Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about
Wikidata.
Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 8th at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time
zone
converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=2019…)
Zoom link to join meeting:
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188
Agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kpmf2ak1D34ApyGHWHe2mp4V8z-CYcNecy2HN_9…
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack:
http://bit.ly/joinld4slack
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P2/LD4-Wikidata+Affinity+Group
Cheers,
Hilary
Hilary Thorsen
Wikimedian in Residence
Linked Data for Production Project
Digital Library Systems and Services
Stanford Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429