Hello!

We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, January 26th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time zone converter). Georgina Burnett (Partner Relationship Manager, Wikimedia Deutschland) and Barbara Fischer (German National Library) will kindly be walking us through Wikibase, the Integrated Authority File (GND) pilot at the German National Library, and the WikiLibrary Manifesto. As usual, there will be time for discussion and Q&A. This presentation will be useful for participants who are curious to hear more about Wikibase, the partnerships surrounding it, and what a Wikibase project can look like in practice.

Call details are below. Everyone is welcome to attend the call. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata google group. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes available on Google Drive.

The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the Linked Data for Libraries 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: January 26, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET  (Time zone converter)
• Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/92323291257?pwd=eHNBZGdla1F5QmZySkExTGxvWWtzdz09
• Password: 621395
• Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1436bhpcKEPjaLm9ITZ6x35TWgl5MA2TiQjabkQBpwFk/edit?usp=sharing

Working Hours

Join us for a collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice. We will provide a project for the hour, and you’re always welcome to bring your own projects to work on.

Upcoming dates

• Friday, January 22, 2021 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 7:00pm CET (Time zone converter)
• Monday, February 1, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 19:00 UTC / 8:00pm CET (Time zone converter)
• Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 7:00pm CET (Time zone converter)

Take care and hope to see you on Tuesday!

On behalf of LD4-Wikidata affinity group co-facilitators:

Alex Jung

Open Technology Specialist

University of Toronto Libraries