Hi Everyone,
Today, Tuesday, March 28 is the final date of submission.
We are elated to receive more than 300 program proposal submissions for
Wikimania 2023.
This is not just for onsite in Singapore. Please consider submitting a
poster session proposal or a pre-recorded video session format. We love to
see your proposals under these session formats as well!
To submit one, just click the blue button at
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
Kind regards,
*Butch Bustria*
Event Lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Hello all!
On March 30th at 15:00 UTC you’re invited to join Silvia Gutiérrez for a workshop about Wikidata + Books as part of the #EveryBookItsReader Wikimedia campaign<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/07/introducing-everybookitsreader-a-new-…>. The campaign is being organized by a small team of volunteers.
Register in advance: Bit.ly/EveryBk. The workshop will be in English, with a Spanish workshop coming soon. A recording of the workshop will be shared afterward.
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Please let me know if you have any questions.
Take care, Laurie Bridges
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Laurie Bridges, MS, MLIS
Instruction and Outreach Librarian / Professor
Oregon State University Libraries and Press
Corvallis, OR 97330
She/her
Library liaison to:
School of Writing, Literature, and Film
School of Visual, Performing, and Design Arts
School of Communication
Hi Folks,
We encourage each and everyone of you to create a program submission. You can submit an interactive workshop or panel, a lecture, a short lighting talk or a poster for our dedicated poster session. Submissions are catered to both onsite and online (live or pre-recorded) or a hybrid combination. We at the Core Organizing Team would like to see a program submission related to Libraries.
The theme for this year's Wikimania is Diversity, Collaboration, Future. Topics that strengthen collaboration such as outreach activities and projects are topics we like to see this year. It is great way to see participants collaborate with each other. There is also a spacious Wikimania Expo space where achievements can be exhibited. We also secured partnership with the National Library of Singapore and we see this an opportunity for librarians and library enthusiasts to also do a showcase, collaborate and interact with cultural institutions in Singapore.
For participants joining virtually, we also have allocated online hours for you too to allow you to participate & present.
Session submissions for Wikimania 2023 are open until 28 March.
Visit the following links for further info:
Wiki page: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Program/Submissions
Diff post: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/28/be-part-of-the-wikimania-2023-program/
Program Submission Form: https://pretalx.com/wm2023/cfp
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Chair, Program Subcommittee
Event lead, ESEAP Wikimania 2023 Core Organizing Team
Hello!
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:
Alex Jung
Open Knowledge Specialist
University of Toronto Libraries
Introducing #EveryBookItsReader: A New Wikimedia Campaign
Catalan: https://diff.wikimedia.org/ca/2023/03/07/encetem-acadallibreelseupublic-una…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiff.wiki…>
English: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/07/introducing-everybookitsreader-a-new-…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiff.wiki…>
Spanish: https://diff.wikimedia.org/es/2023/03/07/presentamos-cadalibrosupublico-una…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiff.wiki…>
French: https://diff.wikimedia.org/fr/2023/03/07/presentation-de-chaquelivresonpubl…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiff.wiki…>
Portuguese Brazilian: https://diff.wikimedia.org/pt/2023/03/07/apresentando-cadalivroseupublico-u…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiff.wiki…>
Books give form to compelling human stories, both real and imagined, revealing the diversity of human experience. Books inspire admiration, provoke dialogue, and invite conversation across and between cultures and people. Wikipedia articles about books are read millions of times every year; for example, over the past 90 days in English Wikipedia Their Eyes Were Watching God<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God> was viewed 69,000 times; in Spanish Wikipedia Como agua para chocolate<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_agua_para_chocolate_(novela)> was viewed 25,000 times (Like Water for Chocolate in English: 28,000 times); and in Portuguese Wikipedia O Alquimista<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Alquimista> was viewed 10,000 times (The Alchemist in English: 198,000 times).
The importance of quality information about books on Wikipedia is obvious. If you are a book reader and want to help us take care of books, join the new Wikimedia campaign: #EveryBookItsReader. This campaign, organized by nine volunteers located in Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Catalonia-Spain, and the U.S., will span the entire month of April as we work to improve and create content about books, literary works, and oral stories in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikicommons, Wikiquotes, Wikibooks, and Wikisource. The campaign will run the entire month of April and coincides with World Book Day<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Day>, April 23, which is commemorated in many locations but originated in Catalonia, Spain where it is now celebrated as the Day of Books and Roses<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_Books_and_Roses_(Catalonia)>.
Millions of people benefit from information about books across Wikimedia projects. Quality Wikipedia book articles recap plots; summarize professional reviews, literary criticism, and public reception; and list awards received. Among those who benefit are the professions associated with books including authors, librarians, publishers, editors, translators, and booksellers. A quality article minimizes the investigative efforts required by readers and professionals to learn about a book. Librarians benefit when reviews are not behind paywalls, independent booksellers benefit when they can easily find book summaries, and publishers benefit when they can learn how their publications are being received around the world.
The campaign name is familiar to many librarians because it is the third law of Shiyali Ramamrita (S.R.) Ranganathan’s five laws of library science<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_laws_of_library_science>, “Every book its reader”. Ranganathan<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._R._Ranganathan> was a librarian and mathematician from India who proposed the five laws in 1931 – today many librarians around the world accept the five laws as the foundations of their philosophy.
How to Get Involved
The campaign will run from 1 to 30 April, 2023. Visit the #EveryReaderItsBook Wikimedia campaign Meta<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EveryBooksItsReader_2023> site for information about getting involved. The Meta page is currently available in English, Catalan, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. More translations are welcome.
Follow the Campaign on Social Media
Help us amplify the campaign from now through the 30th of April using the hashtags:
* #EveryBookItsReader (English)
* #ChaqueLivreSonPublic (French)
* #ACadaLlibreElSeuPúblic (Catalan)
* #CadaLivroSeuPúblico (Portuguese)
* #CadaLibroSuPúblico (Spanish)
Tell your followers and the world why you think adding books and stories are important. Follow this campaign on Twitter @Every_Bk.<https://twitter.com/Every_Bk> Tweets by the campaign organizers will be in Catalan, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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Laurie Bridges, MS, MLIS
Instruction and Outreach Librarian / Professor
Oregon State University Libraries and Press
Corvallis, OR 97330
She/her
Library liaison to:
School of Writing, Literature, and Film
School of Visual, Performing, and Design Arts
School of Communication