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This Month in GLAM: June 2025
by Romaine Wiki 12 Jul '25

12 Jul '25

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Upcoming LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Project Series session on July 8th!
by Hilary K Thorsen 03 Jul '25

03 Jul '25

Hi, everyone, Mark your calendars for our final session of our event series on the Wikidata graph split project and SPARQL skills! We will be diving into the mechanics of federated SPARQL queries and look forward to a hands-on and interactive session exploring how to use the scholarly article query service. Call Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, July 8th at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1751990400>). Series Event Page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr… July 8th Zoom Link https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/98573376356?pwd=Cs1TWE0dgKsJDZXFUdW0BY6IVqh3vv.1 * Meeting ID: 985 7337 6356 * Passcode: 541224 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. Communication: Ld4-wikidata Google group: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_fo…> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata #wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/ld4/shared_invite/zt-1k52ss2nk-4WR~a7PtbVtevQEEhGO… Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.wikidata.org_wiki_…> On behalf of the Wikidata Affinity Group Co-Facilitators, Hilary Thorsen Resource Sharing Librarian Stanford Libraries thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429

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What happened in GLAM in June or earlier?
by Romaine Wiki 01 Jul '25

01 Jul '25

Hello all! What happened with GLAM in June or earlier? Let us know and write a (short) report about it for the newsletter 'This Month in GLAM' so that the worldwide and local Wikimedia community can read what happened in your area. Also this will encourage others to participate and donate material. You can start writing here: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom If your country/area isn't mentioned on the page, you can always add it to: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2025/Contents Please mention also the coming GLAM activities on our calendar on: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Calendar/July_2025 Deadline: 7 July If anyone needs help/explanation about the newsletter, please ask! Thanks & greetings! Romaine --- http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine

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Wikimedia & Libraries User Group Steering Committee vote now open
by RJ Hardeman 24 Jun '25

24 Jun '25

Hello all, Voting for the Wikimedia & Libraries User Group Steering Committee is now open (June 24-July 7, 2025 at 11:59PM UTC). Please see voting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group/Steering…> page here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group/Steering…> . We have sixteen candidates. Librarians, information professionals and Wikimedians make for potent collaborations. Global representation, cultural diversity and strong leadership is needed. Each eligible voter (having signed up as a WLUG member by June 6, 2025) will be able to choose three candidates. Please see voting <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group/Steering…> page here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group/Steering…> . Sincerely, Rajene Hardeman Chair, WLUG Steering Committee

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Upcoming LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Project Series session on June 24th!
by Hilary K Thorsen 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, everyone, Mark your calendars for our third of four sessions of our event series on the Wikidata graph split project and SPARQL skills! After hearing about updates to the Query Service and some of our favorite related tools, we will provide resources and discuss learning SPARQL and using the Wikidata Query Service. We will also hear from Stanford University researchers Shicheng Liu and Sina Jandaghi Semnani who developed the Spinach Wikidata Agent, an LLM-based tool to translate "challenging real-world questions" into Wikidata SPARQL queries. Call Details: Date and Time: Tuesday, June 24th at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1750780800>). Series Event Page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr… June 24th Zoom Link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/91007097930?pwd=jg7SkWV7Fg9gOYWiLk769OzwNIsVae.1 Meeting ID: 910 0709 7930 Passcode: 478111 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. Communication: Ld4-wikidata Google group: <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata #wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: <https://ld4.slack.com/> https://ld4.slack.com/ Website: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr… On behalf of the Wikidata Affinity Group Co-Facilitators, Hilary Thorsen Resource Sharing Librarian Stanford Libraries thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429

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Decision-making survey for GLAM-Wiki conferences
by Giovanna Fontenelle 19 Jun '25

19 Jun '25

Hi everyone, I hope you are well! The Wikimedia Foundation's Culture and Heritage team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Culture_and_Heritage_t…> is launching a *decision-making survey for GLAM-Wiki conferences* <https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/671593?lang=en>. The goal of this process is to gather input and data to decentralize decision-making away from the Wikimedia Foundation and enable the GLAM-Wiki community to take collective ownership of the conference. This may include forming a steering committee and making key decisions, such as determining the location of future conferences, their frequency, and other related matters. The conference will still follow the Conference & Event Fund <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund> guidelines. This survey will remain open until *June 30*. This survey contains 25 questions. If you would like to review the questions beforehand or have any comments or concerns, please refer to this page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Conferences/Survey>. Please review the privacy statement for this survey here <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Decision-Making_Framework_for_G…> . *Privacy notice: *You can choose to share your contact information if you would like to be informed of the results. The data is maintained solely to create a decision-making framework for GLAM-Wiki conferences. Thanks for your consideration. Your input in this survey is very important and will help to improve the next GLAM-Wiki conferences! Best regards, Giovanna Fontenelle Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her) Program Officer, Culture and Heritage Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Deadline Extended! - GLAM Wiki Conference Call for Proposals
by seehbe＠gmail.com 16 Jun '25

16 Jun '25

Hello! *(sorry for cross posting)* The deadline for Program Call for Proposals has been extended :) Submission deadline is 24:00 UTC, *17 June!* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025 Best, Connor

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This Month in GLAM: May 2025
by Romaine Wiki 10 Jun '25

10 Jun '25

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Next Wikidata Affinity Group Session on Tuesday, June 10th
by Hilary K Thorsen 09 Jun '25

09 Jun '25

Hi, everyone, Mark your calendars for our upcoming event series on the Wikidata graph split project and SPARQL skills! On June 10th, guest speakers Daniel Mietchen and Lane Rasberry will provide an update about Scholia and their ongoing work to navigate the changes with the Query Service. Next, Mary Aycock and Sarah Kasten will lead two sessions on developing SPARQL skills and using federated queries, which will be a mix of discussion and hands-on work, on June 24th and July 8th. June 10th Session Time: 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__zonestamp.toolforge.or…>) Zoom Info for June 10th Session: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/94003128224?pwd=uf5qFUaXFDwau6a7zMyyWxV8o7JBvq.1<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uchicago.zoom.us_j_940…> Meeting ID: 940 0312 8224 Passcode: 304267 Series Event Page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr… 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. Communication: Ld4-wikidata Google group: <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata #wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: <https://ld4.slack.com/> https://ld4.slack.com/ Website: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr… On behalf of the Wikidata Affinity Group Co-Facilitators, Hilary Thorsen Resource Sharing Librarian Stanford Libraries thorsenh(a)stanford.edu 650-285-9429

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Elections for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group
by Fiona Romeo 06 Jun '25

06 Jun '25

Hi, I noticed that the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group is electing its steering committee. Nominations opened on May 5 and will close on May 25 (this Sunday). https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_and_Libraries_User_Group/Steering… Recently, the user group organized the Wikimedia + Libraries International Convention 2025 with Wikimedia Mexico and COLMEX. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia%2BLibraries_International_Convent… Please consider nominating yourself, or encouraging others to consider this important role. Best wishes, Fiona -- *Fiona Romeo* (she/her) Director, Community Programs Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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