Hi All,

Great to see everyone this week for our 2025 kick-off meeting! 

I'm just sending out the monthly BHL-WIKI meeting notes, recording, and the recap below:

RECORDING
https://smithsonian.zoom.us/rec/share/kRylJCnuXdW_wI2mZfulfcGsScMLbwrdFgkVADdSdCZGfNn9Ifoq0S-BFGV-xSy8.SJp0BJYxztiruOq8
Passcode: s+.#2b2#

πŸš€ACTIONS πŸš€
βœ… DECISIONS βœ…
  1. We have group consensus around the BHL Image Data Model!! πŸŽ‰πŸ€Έβ€β™‚️ A huge shout-out goes to @Tiago Lubiana for pulling together all of the loose threads from this past year, to finally get us to this point. And a huge thank you to the entire working group for your ongoing participation to help inform the data model. 
This is a MAJOR milestone for our group. 🏁

Everyone please review the MVP data model documentation and send any feedback to @Tiago Lubiana.
  1. Yes, we will add Portuguese as a language to the WMF hypothesis statement.

πŸ’‘FYIsπŸ’‘

Mix'N'Match Update
Tiago has updated the MixNMatch dataset for BHL authors for us. The automatic jobs have just completed and the game is now ready for action again:
https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/catalog/6686

MOAR! --> BHL-Wiki Metrics
From Tiago: https://tiago.bio.br/impact_metrics/
From Rod: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library/Our_outcomes/Quarry

Upcoming Event Alert!
Register Now! for Data Reuse Days 2025 upcoming: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Data_Reuse_Days_2025  

WiR Status Updates
Bi-weekly updates are being posted up on Meta from our wonderful WiR, @Tiago Lubiana. ⭐ Please out the amazing progress he is making here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library/Our_outcomes/WiR/Status_updates

GLAMwiki January Newsletter 
An update for the Wiki community giving a summary BHL Wiki monthly meetings from @Siobhan Leachman β­
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2025/Contents/Biodiversity_Heritage_Library_report

Thanks, and see you all next month!
JJ









JJ Dearborn
Data Manager, Biodiversity Heritage Library  |
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
1000 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.