Hello!
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, August 10th at 9am PT / 12pm
ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone
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The possibilities for hosting Wikidata related edit-a-thons in library and digital
humanities contexts are wide-ranging. We will learn about a few that have taken place:
* Boston Rock City Wikidata edit-a-thon on Boston music history with Christine
Fernsebner Eslao, Metadata Management, Harvard Library and Dory Klein, Community History
Librarian, Boston Public Library
* Wikidata and Comics Edit-a-thon with Kate Topham, Digital Humanities Archivist
at Michigan State University
* Wiki-Relays, a concept where Wikidata items are created and edited to facilitate
Wikipedia edit-a-thons with a focus on women in STEM with Liz Miraglia, Assistant Program
Director & Head of Books & Serials, Metadata Services and Aislinn Sotelo, Program
Director, Metadata Services
If you are interested in hosting your own Wikidata edit-a-thon or have hosted or
participated in an edit-a-thon before, we hope you will join us for a lively discussion!
Call Details:
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 10th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone
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Zoom link to join meeting:
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99064795857?pwd=VGN3ZFFVZFFTMGJZSHpSL29IbisyQT09
Password: 275730
Agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E7qaIXJi7Nf7mmAvflRse9E-Zazg5vjx247rdA7…
Everyone is welcome to attend. 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/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7b…-n>. To
receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the
ld4-wikidata Google
Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-wikidata>ta>.
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.
This is a space for community and skill-building. We welcome your questions and your
expertise about all things Wikidata. Subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google
Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> for an announcement of the
next working hour.
Upcoming Working Hour dates:
Monday, August 16, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 8:00pm CEST (Time zone
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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
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack:
http://bit.ly/ld4slack
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 Technology Specialist
University of Toronto Libraries