Introducing the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
Hilary K Thorsen
Hello friends,
We wanted to introduce the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group!
We are associated with the LD4 Community and
investigate how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. We host calls every two weeks that provide an informal space to share information
and learn more about Wikidata. We host Wikidata Working Hours the weeks that we do not have calls. These are
a
collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice for community and skill-building.
We
recently started an additional Working Hour dedicated to Wikibase. The
LD4
Wikibase Working
Hour 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.
The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group
has been meeting since April 2019. All of our calls are recorded and meeting notes
are available on
Google Drive.
To receive notifications about upcoming calls, working hours, and meeting notes, you can subscribe to the
ld4-wikidata Google Group.
You can see our past and upcoming call and Wikidata Working Hour topics on our
website. You are also welcome to join our
Slack channel. The calls and Working Hours are open to anyone, so please join us and share the information widely.
Upcoming Call
We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET. It will be a crossover event with the LD4 Discovery Affinity Group! Bruce Washburn and Jeff Mixter, software engineers from OCLC Research, will talk about their approach to building out the CONTENTdm Wikibase data model outlined in Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability: A CONTENTdm Pilot Project and why they chose Wikibase instead of Wikidata. Then the following Tuesday, March 16th at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET join the Discovery Affinity Group to learn more about the project’s experimental applications that were developed to increase discoverability.
LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call Details:
Date and Time:
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 6pm CET (Time
zone converter)
Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97235432765?pwd=UEJoaDE3YVJrRGczUzFOUWFJbkNpZz09
Password: 794564
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PySajs8UGZgpJevzv21J6-5WR54kEb-c71GoVEb4DZw/edit?usp=sharing
Working Hours:
Join us for a collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice. We welcome your questions and your expertise about all things Wikidata. Subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group for an announcement of the next working hour.
Upcoming Wikidata Working Hour dates:
- Friday, March 19, 2021 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 7:00pm CET (Time zone converter)
- Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 19:00 UTC / 8:00pm CEST (Time
zone converter)
- Friday March 26, 2021 at 8:00am PT / 11:00am ET / 15:00 UTC / 4:00pm CET (Time zone converter): Wikibase, Docker, and You: Getting started with a local Wikibase instance
Communication:
Ld4-wikidata Google group: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata
#wikidata channel on LD4 Slack: http://bit.ly/ld4slack
Notes in public LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n
Website: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group
On behalf of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group co-facilitators,
Christine Fernsebner Eslao, Harvard University
Ryan Mendenhall, Columbia University
Alex Jung, University of Toronto
Sarah Kasten, University of Notre Dame
Susan Radovsky, Harvard University
Hilary Thorsen, Stanford University
Eric Willey, Illinois State University