Hi,
@Alex: Thanks for pointing out the FindingGLAMS initiative, I'll check it out.
@ Merrilee : yes, indeed, that's also my experience, there are quite a few cases where
library organisations (systems) and library branches are not well separated, not to
mention (data about) library buildings, which is sometimes also mixed into the same
WD-item. In my library modeling efforts I'm very strict about maintaining the proper
parent/child relations (via Part of/HasPart pair, although Operator/Operated by is also
commonly used)
@ Stacy: thanks for the
coffeecode.net article, a very interesting read, and useful for
further work!
Best,
Olaf
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 09:22:44 -0300
From: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
Thanks Olaf!
This kind of Wikidata data collection is actually a huge part of the
conversation behind The Finding GLAMs initiative led by Wikimedia Sweden.
If you want to contribute, learn more on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs
Cheers,
Alex
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 05:35:47 -0700
From: Merrilee Proffitt <mproffitt(a)gmail.com>
I think this is a better approach - doing the work in Wikidata.
In Wikidata I don't think we've done a great (or consistent) job of
modeling organizational data well for things like libraries. For example
many public libraries are branches that are part of a system. Both should
be represented as parent / child.
Fwiw there are over 16,000 public libraries in the United States.
Merrilee
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 13:09:59 +0000
From: Stacy Allison-Cassin <sacassin(a)yorku.ca>
To: Wikimedia & Libraries <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [libraries] Libraries Digest, Vol 82, Issue 3
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Hi, all.
As a point of potential interest on this topic. Dan Scott, Monica Fazekas, and I gave a
session at the Ontario Library Association conference last year about getting library
organization data into the Wikimedia projects.
Read Dan Scott's write up on adding library organizational info to Wikidata here:
https://coffeecode.net/creating-and-editing-libraries-in-wikidata.html
and you can see our meet-up page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/olasuperconference
Wikipedia:Meetup/olasuperconference -
Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/olasuperconfereā¦
As trusted knowledge mediators, libraries have a responsibility to help improve the
presence of Canadian culture on Wikimedia platforms. In this edit-a-thon, participants
will ensure their own libraries are represented on Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and
Wikipedia, and be better prepared to lead edit-a-thons in their own communities.
en.wikipedia.org
Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
Associate Librarian
York University Libraries