Hi Hilary, I've applied to the LD4 Wikidata mailing list just now.
Happy to help in multiple ways.
Glad to see even movement towards Linked Data within LoC and GLAM!
Good Slides!
Thad
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:12 AM Hilary K Thorsen <thorsenh(a)stanford.edu>
wrote:
Greetings everyone,
The PCC <https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/>, an international cooperative
cataloging effort for library collections, is launching a *Wikidata Pilot*
to further advance the movement toward identity management. Stated broadly
in its Strategic Directions document, the PCC hopes to “Accelerate the
movement toward ubiquitous identifier creation and identity management at
the network level … attain an environment where identity management work
activity is characterized by much greater proportions and numbers of
entities receiving identifiers … strategic partnerships and collaboration
existing among cultural heritage organizations, rights management agencies,
*Wikidata*, and others … collaborate with other identity management
communities to facilitate and promote the use of unique identifiers.”
More specifically, this Pilot is anticipated to involve
· Comparing ease of use and benefits of Wikidata to other
registries (LCNAF, ISNI)
· Assessing the productivity and quality assurance tools that exist
(or should exist)
· Learning about the culture of the Wikidata community
The upcoming Pilot was featured in the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group meeting
of June 16 and more background information and discussion can be found in
the presentation recording
<https://stanford.zoom.us/rec/share/_eAtNuzb_HNLcK_97GzcBJ95MN2-T6a8hHRI-PYOxUzBli57Y2FVCCHaTmzXYHnq?startTime=1592321728000>,
slides
<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NpkAQdGGft1Wi2vX0zgMtIxwXWjPq96NtXx4MmyXFFI/edit#slide=id.p>,
and notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z1SSAp4c4tftOGW3BbJ6Fxfd8oRIhfzveh0zjebDhkk/edit?usp=sharing>
.
Participants can choose to experiment in a range of focus areas based on
what is of interest to their own institution, sharing their findings
without each being required to delve into all the areas that are covered by
the pilot. Projects of any size, however small or large, and at any stage
of progress are welcome. *The PCC invites interested institutions (both
PCC and non-PCC) to participate by completing a **short survey*
<https://forms.gle/5VEHS8sbQbG1JyQa9>* describing their project and the
issues of interest to them*. Initial expressions of interest by the end
of July will allow the Pilot to get underway with a kick off meeting in
early August. We will solicit firm commitments for ongoing participation at
a later date.
The pilot is anticipated to last about 12 months. If you have questions,
please write to John Riemer <jriemer(a)library.ucla.edu> or Michelle
Durocher <durocher(a)fas.harvard.edu>du>.
Hilary Thorsen, on behalf of the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in
NACO
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
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