Introducing the Wikidata thesis toolkit
With the focus increasingly on the academic library as a provider of Open Knowledge, the libraries at LSE and York have been working to develop a process to upload research theses metadata to Wikidata in order
to extend the access and visibility of scholarly content. We are keen to reduce the development burden for this work across the sector and have compiled a toolkit to give guidance to other academic libraries who are interested in promoting their research
in a similar way.
A more detailed introduction to our work can be found
here, and the toolkit itself can be accessed via the Wikidata Thesis Toolkit.
Helen and Ruth will be presenting the toolkit at the
Metadata and Discovery Group conference in September 2023.
Helen Williams and Ruth Elder
Helen Williams
Metadata Manager, Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group
LSE Library
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
ORCID:
0000-0003-1259-7097
Twitter: @HelsHRW
Ruth Elder
​Collections Management Specialist
Content and Open Research
Library, Archives and Learning Services
Student and Academic Services
University of York
Heslington York YO10 5DD
Twitter: @ruthelder2