Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours!
When: Thurs. 27 May 2021, 1PM Eastern US (time zone converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210527T170000&p1=1440&p2=tz_et&p3=tz_cest&p4=tz_pt [update date/time and link]) Registration: Please fill in this form https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkf-mupj8iGtFYsNZLq4ZqGeat_oPxb889 to register
The May 2021 Working Hour will feature two presentations:
The history, present and future of WBStack & WBaas (Wikibase as a service): a presentation by Adam Shorland Adam will give a broad overview of WBStack and WBaas: Looking at why it exists, what it does, how it does it, and where it wants to go. Adam Shorland (Addshore) Wikidata & Wikibase Tech lead, working at Wikimedia Germany for 6+ years.
Testing WBStack at Columbia University Libraries with Timothy Ryan Mendenhall Mendenhall will provide a brief demonstration of an exploration of WBStack at CUL to try to resolve identifiers within Columbia University Libraries. Timothy Ryan Mendenhall is a Metadata Librarian at Columbia University Libraries
About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour: The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours seeks to create a space for GLAM professionals experimenting with Wikibase/WBStack implementation, the software that Wikidata is based on, to learn collaboratively and share tips, tools, and resources. For more details, see the project page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours. Sign up via this link https://groups.google.com/g/ld4-wikidata for LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour announcements.