Hello!

We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, August 10^th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter). 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 10^th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter) 

Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/99064795857?pwd=VGN3ZFFVZFFTMGJZSHpSL29IbisyQT09

Password: 275730
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E7qaIXJi7Nf7mmAvflRse9E-Zazg5vjx247rdA7NuZM/edit?usp=sharing

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

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 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 converter) 

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_Group

On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators:

Alex Jung

Open Technology Specialist

University of Toronto Libraries