Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>!
When: Thurs. 27 May 2021, 1PM Eastern US (time zone converter
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The May 2021 Working Hour will feature two presentations:
The history, present and future of WBStack & WBaas (Wikibase as a service): a
presentation by Adam Shorland
Adam will give a broad overview of WBStack and WBaas: Looking at why it exists, what it
does, how it does it, and where it wants to go.
Adam Shorland (Addshore) Wikidata & Wikibase Tech lead, working at Wikimedia Germany
for 6+ years.
Testing WBStack at Columbia University Libraries with Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
Mendenhall will provide a brief demonstration of an exploration of WBStack at CUL to try
to resolve identifiers within Columbia University Libraries.
Timothy Ryan Mendenhall is a Metadata Librarian at Columbia University Libraries
About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour:
The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>
seeks to create a space for GLAM professionals experimenting with Wikibase/WBStack
implementation, the software that Wikidata is based on, to learn collaboratively and share
tips, tools, and resources. For more details, see the project page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>.
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