I've been surprised by the success of this 7 min animation on Dewey
codes, from the Finnish libraries (kirjastokaista.fi):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF342znnAsM
It's been on the front page of YouTube in Finland for several days now,
even as top 1 trending video. It reached 200k views and counting.
As far as I know, no "serious" video on Wikipedia or other Wikimedia
projects has reached such a virality. (Although I see a Stephen Colbert
and an alltime10s video with 1M views each.) Maybe we can learn
something from it?
The video is part of a series by this Tuomas Toivainen:
http://www.kirjastokaista.fi/kallen-ja-keijon-kirjastoluokat-animaatiot/https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuomas_Toivainen
Federico
This looks like something where an experienced wikimedian with interest
in libraries and/or open access could fit.
Federico
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Oggetto: [SCHOLCOMM] Job Posting: Opportunity at the NIH Library: Data
Services Informationist
Data: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:43:48 +0000
Mittente: "Belter, Christopher (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]"
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library is pleased to announce
an exciting employment opportunity for an exceptional candidate to serve
as an informationist and lead the Library’s data services program. If
you have experience providing information and data services in a
biomedical library setting and want to play a significant role in a
dynamic organization, then consider joining the NIH Library team. This
is a GS-11/12/13, Technical Information Specialist position. For more
information, visit https://www.nihlibrary.nih.gov/services/data.
We expect to announce this vacancy on USAJOBS.gov on May 28, 2019, and
the application will be open for 10 calendar days. The application
period reflects the NIH’s effort to hire talented people quickly. You
may preview the draft announcements now at
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/534055900/ and
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/534056100/ but you will not
be able to apply until May 28th.
We encourage you to create or update your USAJOBS.gov account and
profile now so you will be ready to apply when this job is announced.
As part of the application process, it may be necessary to upload copies
of degree transcripts. We also encourage you to set up email
notifications for job announcements. Please visit the USAJOBS.gov Help
Center at https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/ for more information.
Thank you for helping spread the word to others who may be interested.
Major responsibilities of the position are as follows.
Responsibilities
• Serves as lead and subject matter expert for the Library’s data
services program
• Assesses NIH researchers’ training needs in the areas of data
management, data visualization, data analysis, and R and Python programming
• Develops and delivers graduate-level training to meet identified needs
• Provides one-on-one advice and consultations in the areas of data science
• Assists NIH researchers in using the NIH Library’s data sciences
workstation, which offers a suite of tools for data analysis,
processing, and visualization for a variety of different types of data
• Consults and collaborates with NIH staff to aid them in locating,
accessing, identifying, and managing information
• Performs outreach across NIH and HHS to understand users’ information
needs and markets library services and resources that meet those needs
Contact Margaret McGhee at margaret.mcghee(a)nih.gov or (301) 451-9335 for
more information.
Chris Belter, MLS
Hello everyone, on behalf of the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group
steering committee I'm hosting a Google Hangout with Mylee Joseph from the
State Library of New South Wales on #1lib1ref. We hope this is a format we
can repeat to bring the Wikimedia and Libraries community together, so if
you have ideas for future topics (especially if you would like to lead a
discussion!) please let us know.
Mark your calendars for... 30 May 09:00 Sydney / 29 May 16:00 Pacific/ 29
May 23:00 GMT
#1lib1ref is a global campaign to encourage library staff to add references
to articles in Wikipedia to improve their accuracy and usefulness.
https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref
If you would like to know more about what library colleagues are doing in
Wikipedia you can join a Google hangout on *Thursday 30 May 2019 at 9am. *
https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/calendar/bXByb2ZmaXR0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ.…
Agenda
- Why do we need #1lib1ref (discussion)
- How to add a citation (demo)
- What topics to get started with .... (discussion)
- Citation hunt (demo)
- What are other libraries doing? (discussion)
Hi everyone,
I'm looking for resources to teach absolute beginners how to add a library
(public, academic, etc.) to Wikidata. In my case it would be an instance of
a public library in Australia.
I found this blog post that looks very good
https://coffeecode.net/creating-and-editing-libraries-in-wikidata.html but
thought I'd check in case there's anything else people know of?
I've also tried doing it ... see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63873691
and would be happy to have any tips on how to improve it, or pointers to
some best practice examples.
sincerely, Mylee
user [[Aliaretiree]]
*Mylee Joseph*
@myleejoseph
+61 407450739
Hello Mylee,
I'm very much involved in a project to describe Dutch public libraries in Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Netherlands_Public_Libra… (bit messy, work in progress)
Example item: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1902577
Overview of Properties + data quality control queries : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Netherlands_Public_Libra…
(I based this project on the work done by Simon Cobb (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Sic19) on Welsh libraries: see his user page under " SPARQL queries")
Please note the difference between
* Library organisations (like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59961895), which can have multiple branches
* Library branches (like https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61718918), that are part of a library organisation
I've coupled these relations using the PartOf (P361) vs. HasPart (P527) relations, but for instance Simon used Operator (P137)
I've matched the geo coordinates (P625) to OpenStreetMap nodes: eg. in this item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61718919 --> P625 --> Source reference --> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2676963119
As a side note: I notice that quite often (I'm also doing it myself every now and then) the concepts of a library branch (Q11396180, an "organisational thing") and a library building (Q856584, an "architectural thing") are combined into one single Q-number, while ideally these are two distinct concepts (which should/could have their own separate Q-items....
Hopes this helps...
Kind regards
Olaf Janssen
Wikimedia & Open data @KB, Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland
olaf.janssen(a)kb.nl
www.kb.nl/wikipedia
+ 31 70 3140 388
Afwezig op maandag
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Dear GLAM & Libraries enthusiasts,
This is a gentle reminder that you have 2 more weeks left to submit
sessions for Wikimania this year. I'm actually writing you as the "Space
Leader" for Education & Medicine, and would like to encourage you to submit
to those spaces too, as some initiative with GLAM or Libraries, overlap
with Education or Medicine, you get the idea. :)
The Education Space specifically will host specific sessions for these
ovelaping topics, so please note that if you have a GLAM & EDU / Libraries
& EDU / GLAM & Medicine initiative, you are welcome to post it under the
Education space and note what else it relates to.
We encourage all of you to consider UNESCO's SDGs while you post your
submissions, and pay attention to different instructions for different
spaces.
Here's a link to the Education Space submission page -
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education
And here's a general link for submissions to all other Spaces -
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Submissions
We look forward to your submissions and encourage you to share it far and
wide to partners around the world. :)
Best,
Shani, on behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group.
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*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648