Hello everyone,
We are looking to join the GLAM Wiki community and would love to set up a page to share some of our archival and eventually curatorial collections. We are looking for information on how to partner with Wiki to get a page setup.
Thank you!
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Heather Wilson
Archivist
Museum of Lennox & Addington
97 Thomas St. E., Napanee, ON K7R 4B9
T 613.354.3027 x 3523
hwilson(a)lennox-addington.on.ca| www.countymuseum.ca<http://www.countymuseum.ca/>
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Mission
To enhance the quality of life and sense of place in Lennox and Addington through teamwork, innovation, sustainability and customer service excellence.
Vision
To be a vibrant, viable and healthy community celebrating our rich historic and natural assets while supporting opportunities for future generations.
Hi All,
Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…>!
When:23 March 2023, 12pm Eastern (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20230323T160000&p…>).
Registration: Please fill in the Zoom registration link<https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqf-CvqzksEtK8Gt3cwHD…> to attend.
The March 2023 Working Hour will feature a presentation by Ross Spencer of Siegfried
Using a custom Wikibase with Siegfried
In 2020 Ross Spencer worked alongside the team at Yale University Library (Dr Kat Thornton, Euan Cochran) and Siegfried Developer Richard Lehane to develop an integration for the popular file format identification tool, and Wikidata. The work has also been expanded with a little careful configuration to enable the integration to work with custom Wikibases as well. In this LD4 Wikibase working hour Ross will describe the Siegfried/Wikidata/Wikibase integration in more detail; engagement between the digital preservation and wikidata community; and the benefits he sees in this work for the discipline. Ross is happy to field all and any questions about the work and is especially happy to receive questions in advance if there is anything specific anyone would like to see covered.
Ross Spencer (He/Him/They) (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5144-9794) is a part-time open source software developer, and full-time digital preservation specialist at Ravensburger AG based in Germany.
About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour:
The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> 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_Gr…>. Sign up via this link<https://groups.google.com/g/ld4-wikidata> for LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour announcements.
Please join us!
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
Hello everyone,
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 5pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1679414419>). In a crossover event with the LD4 Discovery Affinity Group, the LD4P3 (Linked data for production: closing the loop) team will present their integration of data around musical works from Wikidata into a Cornell library catalog prototype. The LD4P3 team would also like to acknowledge Kevin Kishimoto (Stanford), Tracey Snyder (Cornell), Beth Kelly (Cornell), Emma Clarkson (NYPL), and others from the MLA Linked Data Working Group for capturing, verifying, and creating/editing the Wikidata information for musical works used by the prototype. You can check out a demo of the work here: https://youtu.be/ih2hH-x5hsQ
The call details are below. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata>.
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates 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, March 21, 2023 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 5pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1679414419>)
Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/96386394060?pwd=K21JV3YrbkwxcHQ2R2g2MmNrdGRUdz09
Password: 149319
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D6AmQgFgBh160nefeLhSXzX1N_-o-lhv_V_h3Ar…
Events:
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Calls are held every other Tuesday, LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hours on alternating Mondays and Fridays, and WikiBase and WBStack Working Hours monthly. For exact dates, times, links to agendas, recordings of past group calls, and further information please see our project page at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: https://ld4.slack.com/
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators
Dear GLAM enthusiasts,
We want to learn about the work you've done to advocate for copyright reform.
What: The Foundation is mapping the copyright advocacy work that Wikimedians have conducted since roughly 2016. We are specifically looking for initiatives that have targeted government policies on copyright.
Why: This project will help us learn about our movement’s shared copyright public policy priorities, the common obstacles that communities face, and the campaign materials (as well as other resources) that Wikimedians have created or are creating as part of these advocacy efforts.
If you have been involved in such an initiative, or know someone else who has, please let us know!
Send an email with the subject “Copyright advocacy mapping” to Valentina Vera-Quiroz (vveraquiroz-ctr(a)wikimedia.org) and CC me (fputz(a)wikimedia.org) Let us know the time zone in which you are based. We will schedule a time to talk. More information about the project and what we will do with these insights can be found in this blog post: <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/02/help-wikimedia-map-your-efforts-to-im…>
Hope to hear from you,
Ziski, on behalf of WMF Global Advocacy
Hi Everyone,
How is underrepresented knowledge on wikimedia projects addressed through
new ways of contributions? Intangible cultural heritage of different tribes
in Africa is one such knowledge facing underrepresentation on wikimedia
projects. As indigenous people migrate to cities; face an aging population
of cultural guardians and a strong tradition of oral storytelling, it is
important to save the voices of knowledge at the brink of extinction.
See how
<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PLcKx0IEGrBKnp455hFAxxv5AFNz5GeY?us…>
the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting community efforts to digitize
endangered igbo dances in Nigeria through the AID project
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Audiovisuals_of_Igbo_Dances_(AID)_Project>.
Kind regards,
Euphemia Uwandu,
On behalf of the Project Team
On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 10:00 PM Euphemia Uwandu <sharpay136(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
>
> How is underrepresented knowledge on wikimedia projects addressed through
> new ways of contributions? Intangible cultural heritage of different tribes
> in Africa is one such knowledge facing underrepresentation on wikimedia
> projects. As indigenous people migrate to cities; face an aging population
> of cultural guardians and a strong tradition of oral storytelling, it is
> important to save the voices of knowledge at the brink of extinction.
>
> See how
> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PLcKx0IEGrBKnp455hFAxxv5AFNz5GeY?us…>
> the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting community efforts to digitize
> endangered igbo dances in Nigeria through the AID project
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Audiovisuals_of_Igbo_Dances_(AID)_Project>.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Euphemia Uwandu,
>
> On behalf of the Project Team
>
>
Hello everyone,
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1676998823>). Jim Hahn and John Mark Ockerbloom for Penn Libraries Linked Data Vision:
This presentation will introduce the University of Pennsylvania Libraries Linked Data Vision (https://guides.library.upenn.edu/linked-data), and describe our experiences developing and implementing it. Our vision document defines a framework for activities and goals around linked data, involving both existing standards and systems as well as new desired functionality that linked data may help us address. We will share successes in carrying out the linked data vision, and also discuss areas where we have not yet made progress. We will also discuss some of our projects with Wikidata tie-ins, including our Digital Scriptorium Wikibase project, our Deep Backfile copyright information project, and other Wikidata enhancement projects. We hope to have ample time for conversation with those interested in or working on bringing new functionality to their libraries with linked data.
The call details are below. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata>.
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates 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, February 21, 2023 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1676998823>)
Zoom link to join meeting: https://txstate.zoom.us/j/97603585005?pwd=RzVOQjVKc0MyeXZITWtMT2E5VURpQT09
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8Av_xgNgIm_m7eFoIOtRlFzpby-8O7C_X528JH…<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8Av_xgNgIm_m7eFoIOtRlFzpby-8O7C_X528JH…>
Events:
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Calls are held every other Tuesday, LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hours on alternating Mondays and Fridays, and WikiBase and WBStack Working Hours monthly. For exact dates, times, links to agendas, recordings of past group calls, and further information please see our project page at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: https://ld4.slack.com/
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators
Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
Dear colleagues,
Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…>
When: Mon. 13 February 2023, 1PM Eastern (time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20230213T180000&p…>)
Registration: Please follow this link to register: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrdO-prTsvGtVEblXS0d_…<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/reg…>
The February Working Hour will feature a presentation by Steve Baskauf on using VanderBot with Wikibase:
The Wikibase API provides a mechanism for programmatic control of uploads, and its behavior is consistent across instances (Wikidata, Structured Data in Commons, and those that are established privately). In this session, I will discuss basic interactions with the API and demonstrate using the VanderBot Python application to rapidly upload tabular data to a wikibase.cloud instance. After performing a mass deletion, I’ll conclude by describing how I’ve used the Wikibase API to facilitate addition of structured data to Commons.
Steve Baskauf is a Data Science and Data Curation Specialist at the Vanderbilt University Heard Libraries. He has had a long-term interest in Linked Data and for the past several years has been experimenting with ways to streamline uploads to Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour:
The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> is part of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> and 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_Gr…>. Sign up via this link<https://groups.google.com/g/ld4-wikidata> for LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour announcements.
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Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429