Hi all,
The American Library Association meeting is later this week in Washington DC. What sessions are there on Wikipedia, Wikidata and other projects?
I know of a few (below). What else is out there? . Friday HOT TOPIC: Wikipedia for Health 6:00 – 6:15 pm, Washington Convention Center, OCLC Booth 1647 Sharon Streams, Director, WebJunction Learn to evaluate Wikipedia's health and medical topics.
Saturday 10:30 – 11:30 am, Washington Convention Center, Room 207B OCLC Linked Data Roundtable: Stories from the Front During this session, a panel of experts will share their current activities and recent experiences with linked data (including Wikidata!) including updates on OCLC's initiatives, an LC update on BIBFRAME, and more. Q&A will follow the panelists' brief presentations. Panelists include: Andrew Lih, Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM Matt Miller, Library of Congress Anchalee "Joy" Panigabutra-Roberts, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Monday: News You Can Use Session: OCLC Research Update: Active Engagement 10:30 – 11:30 am, Washington Convention Center, Room 151A OCLC Research examines the challenges and issues currently facing libraries and explores new and emerging areas of librarianship. In this session, Andrew Pace, Executive Director for Technical Research, will explain OCLC Research’s continuous cycle of active engagement with institutions; examples will include current discovery and access projects, open content, and Wikipedia, as well as details of OCLC’s recent linked data prototype. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Director of Library Trends and User Research, will share progress on case study research of public libraries responding to the opioid crisis with community partners. And Chela Weber, Senior Program Officer, Research Library Partnership, will talk about the work the partnership is doing with libraries and archives in the area of special collections. Time for Q&A will follow the presentations.