GLAM April 2020

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Books & Bytes – Issue 38, January – April 2020

by UY Scuti

*Books & Bytes – Issue 38, January – April 2020* Highlights: - New partnership - Global roundup *Esperanto and F*rench* versions of Books & Bytes are now available on meta!* Read the full newsletter at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/January-Ap… For more updates, follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikilibrary>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheWikiLibrary/> and join the Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikiLibrary/> The Wikipedia Library Team http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library Books & Bytes is a bi-monthly newsletter of The Wikipedia Library, focusing on recent, ongoing and upcoming activities and events in TWL and relevant topic areas. Read our previous newsletters here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter> and subscribe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/Newsletter/Sign_up>!

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This Month in GLAM: March 2020

by The 'This Month in GLAM' team

4 years

Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, April 7th

by Hilary K Thorsen

Hello everyone, Our next biweekly LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call is Tuesday, April 7th at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST. We’ll finish up talking about the Wikipedia and Wikidata Google Sheets add-on and workflows and if there’s time look at the Author Disambiguator Tool. The call details are below. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-wikidata>. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>. The LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the Linked Data for Production project<https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104568167>. One of the goals of the project is understanding how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata. Call Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, April 7th at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200407T160000&p…>) Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z5ZUDrHs9qvhvAAAHXWIg9Od5z_p2YdzWlwp4VP… Wikidata Working Hour: At our next Wikidata Working Hour, we’ll continue contributing to Wikidata WikiProject COVID-19. Date and time: Friday, April 17, 2020 at 11:30am PDT / 2:30pm EDT / 18:30 UTC / 8:30pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200417T183000&p…>) Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188 Event page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Producti… Communication: Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata #wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: http://bit.ly/ld4slack Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n Website: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P2/LD4-Wikidata+Affinity+Group Take care, Hilary Hilary Thorsen Wikimedian in Residence Linked Data for Production Project Digital Library Systems and Services Stanford Libraries Stanford, CA 94305 thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429

4 years

What online and offline activities have taken place in the past period?

by Romaine Wiki

Hello all! Strange times we live in! Many people staying at home -> more people with time for Wikipedia/etc. It would be great to learn from everyone what kind of (online) activities have taken place together with other organisations the past month(s)! Also older online and offline activities are welcome too! Hopefully your story can inspire others who are at home and can use some suggestions what to do! You can start writing here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom If you have any online activities in what people can digitally join in, please also share them in the the calendar at: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Calendar/April_2020 The newsletter is expected to et published on 7 April around 20:00 UTC. Stay healthy everyone!! Romaine --- http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine

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