On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 03:49, Mylee Joseph <mylee.joseph(a)gmail.com> wrote: library (public, academic, etc.) to Wikidata. Teaching new editors to create an item and add statements manually is a good approach, because it helps them to understand the mechanics of Wikidata. But if you need to add several libraries, then using Cradle will speed things up: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Cradle (if you need to add hundreds then use QuickStatements, but that's a whole different game). Looks good. Other properties that could be added include "located at street address", "e-mail address", and "named after". Images, too, if they are on commons - or you could encourage people to take and upload them. You should add references to each statement - with a couple of exceptions, like "official URL" and perhaps "coordinates". Note that Cradle also does not add references, so these need to be done after using it. The "DuplicateReferences" gadget: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Edit_items#DuplicateReferences will make this much easier. Finally, the QIDs of the newly-added libraries could be added to the equivalent objects in OpenStreetMap (or new OSM objects created if needed). This is obviously too much for an introductory Wikidata session, but you could at least collate a list of QIDs and let your local OSM mappers know. Great questions! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries

You might also find this Wikidata in One Page resource useful in doing a general introduction before you get folks to dive into editing. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:In_one_page Figuring out how to structure organizations and their parent / child relationship is important. As Olaf mentioned, they library system is the overall administrative home and the branch is a physical location -- some things belong with the parent, some with the child. It would be great to model this consistently. In the work that OCLC did to acquaint librarians with WIkidata, people on that project did an discovery and exploration exercise that I think was good and gave people a chance to explore Wikidata before diving into editing. I can't take any credit for that whatsoever but you might consider structuring an activity like that. I can share a copy of that with anyone who is interested. Merrilee On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 7:49 PM Mylee Joseph <mylee.joseph(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries