Greetings everyone,
The
PCC<https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/>c/>, 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/1NpkAQdGGft1Wi2vX0zgMtIxwX….p>,
and
notes<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z1SSAp4c4tftOGW3BbJ6Fxfd8oRIhf…ng>.
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<mailto:jriemer@library.ucla.edu> or Michelle
Durocher<mailto:durocher@fas.harvard.edu>.
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