Hello Wikimedians & librarians,
Please join us tomorrow for a free webinar, launching the News On Wiki initiative. Sherry Antoine and I will be talking with librarians Jessamyn West and Molly Schwartzburg, about how to build lists (of newspapers that need articles, and of source materials for writing articles).
We expect this to be a lively session, of interest to new and experienced Wikipedians alike. We hope you can join us!
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RkxHD0WZSqSqzfVjls2dzQ More information about News On Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:News_On_Wiki
-Pete
Pete Forsyth, 11/09/20 02:12:
how to build lists (of newspapers that need articles, and of source materials for writing articles).
Speaking of lists, there was a question on how to best store information about the availability of (old) runs of periodicals. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Periodicals#Tables_with_information_on_periodical_copyright_and_free_issue_availability
I'm not especially interested in creating English Wikipedia articles about newspapers but I'd like to help improve the corresponding Wikidata entries with archival status.
Federico
I wasn't able to get to the webinar today, but I did want to follow up on the email Federico Leva sent earlier today.
As an update on the project mentioned in that email: Librarians at Penn are now researching status and free issue availability of periodicals and other serials held by Penn. As a result, many of the Deep Backfile tables linked from the discussion are being filled in considerably more quickly than before, as you can see at
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/backfile/
(Indeed, we're currently getting information more quickly than I can verify it and turn it into Wikidata-linked data records, which is why you'll see numerous occurrences of "Pending" in some of the tables while we try to catch up.)
Once information on a serial is supplied in one of the tables, it's also automatically filled in on any other table listing the serial.
We continue to welcome outside participation, and can consider creating tables for other sets of serials as well. If you're interested or have questions, please feel free to get in touch.
John Mark Ockerbloom University of Pennsylvania libraries
On 9/11/20 3:28 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Pete Forsyth, 11/09/20 02:12:
how to build lists (of newspapers that need articles, and of source materials for writing articles).
Speaking of lists, there was a question on how to best store information about the availability of (old) runs of periodicals. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Periodicals#Tables_with_information_on_periodical_copyright_and_free_issue_availability
I'm not especially interested in creating English Wikipedia articles about newspapers but I'd like to help improve the corresponding Wikidata entries with archival status.
Federico
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Hello Everyone,
I am guest editing a special issue of the International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion called "Queering Information: LGBTQ+ Memory, Interpretation, Dissemination".
Abstracts due Oct 1st. We are looking for new voices, marginalized voices, QTBIPOC voices, and non-Western / non-European voices. Please spread the word about this publishing opportunity and consider submitting (or encouraging someone to submit) an abstract! https://www.ifla.org/node/93294 https://www.ifla.org/node/93294?fbclid=IwAR1YrsacCQQbglN1Ravwjc5QuKWcqmFTnK320I_nPNq-Ax-g7cTtkDCNP8A
Please let me know if you have any questions, or would like to bounce any ideas off of me about a topic.
Sincerely, Rachel Wexelbaum