Browsing by Subject "Wikidata"

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    ARL White Paper on Wikidata: Opportunities and Recommendations
    (Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 2019-04-18) Allison-Cassin, Stacy; Armstrong, Alison; Ayers, Phoebe; Cramer, Tom; Custer, Mark; Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; McCallum, Sally; Proffitt, Merrilee; Puente, Mark; Ruttenberg, Judy; Stinson, Alex
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    Bringing Indiana Libraries and their Collections to Wikidata
    (2018-08-21) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Odell, Jere D.
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    Bringing the Canadian Archive of Women in STEM to Wikidata: How Wikidata can be used in an archival context
    (2020-06-08) Lee, Yoo Young; Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Bokovay, Marina
    Libraries and archives can play a critical role in the creation and curation of data in Wikidata to ensure underrepresented communities are not only included, but also properly described in the knowledge base. This workshop will provide a brief overview of Wikidata in the archival context and its possible uses. We will also share our experiences using Wikidata for the the Canadian Archive of Women in STEM initiative (https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/women-in-stem/about) based on the WikiProject Archival Description initiative (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Archival_Description). The goal of the Canadian Archive of Women in STEM is to bring attention to and promote the discovery of the archival records of women in STEM held by Canadian institutions–a bilingual portal containing descriptive metadata, a biographical sketch/admin history about the women/organizations and information about the host institution–in order to provide a simplified avenue for researchers to discover all available holdings. Contributing the archival metadata and the biographical sketch, as well as links to the host institutions to Wikidata could further increase the visibility of collections, finding aids, as well as the institutions themselves, beyond archival or library systems. This workshop is designed to be interactive with a series of hands-on activities which includes a demonstration of how to contribute content from archival finding aids to Wikidata as well as an introduction on efficient workflows and useful tools for contributing, visualizing and querying the data. This workshop aims to encourage archivists to participate in the open knowledge movement and contribute their unique collections to Wikidata to expand their findability and reach.
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    Building Bridges with Structured Linked Data at IUPUI University Library
    (InULA, 2018-11-29) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Odell, Jere D.
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    Contributing to the Representation of Women Artists in Wikidata
    (2019-11-07) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
    Open knowledge projects that are part of the Wikimedia ecosystem allow users to consume, contribute, and reuse the data. Wikidata, the structured linked data knowledge base that serves as a hub for all Wikimedia projects, offers interesting opportunities for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) institutions. Despite the fact that Wikidata holds over 60 million items, and that it is constantly growing, there is a noticeable gender disparity favoring entries for males. In this presentation, I share details of my efforts toward bridging the gender divide and hope to encourage GLAM professionals to join me in reshaping the art historical narrative in ways that can positively help bridging the gender gap in Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects while also providing more visibility to female artists in museum and library collections.
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    Creating Structured Linked Data to Generate Scholarly Profiles: A Pilot Project using Wikidata and Scholia
    (2018-12-10) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Odell, Jere D.; University Library
    INTRODUCTION Wikidata, a knowledge base for structured linked data, provides an open platform for curating scholarly communication data. Because all elements in a Wikidata entry are linked to defining elements and metadata, other web systems can harvest and display the data in meaningful ways. Thus, Wikidata has the capacity to serve as the data source for faculty profiles. Scholia is an example of how third-party tools can leverage the power of Wikidata to provide faculty profiles and bibliographic, data-driven visualizations. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM In this article, we share our methods for contributing to Wikidata and displaying the data with Scholia. We deployed these methods as part of a pilot project in which we contributed data about a small but unique school on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus, the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. NEXT STEPS Following the completion of our pilot project, we aim to find additional methods for contributing large data collections to Wikidata. Specifically, we seek to contribute scholarly communication data that the library already maintains in other systems. We are also facilitating Wikidata edit-a-thons to increase the library’s familiarity with the knowledge base and our capacity to contribute to the site.
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    Enhancing the Representation of Latin American Women Scholars and their Scholarship in Wikidata
    (2019-06-28) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
    Libraries interested in exploring linked data opportunities have been engaging with Wikidata–a freely accessible knowledge base. Wikidata stores structured linked data that can be consumed by other projects that are part of the Wikimedia ecosystem, as well as external sources. The participation of libraries and other communities in Wikidata can be pivotal in modelling and building a more comprehensive data source. The SALALM community has the knowledge expertise needed to start making contributions toward achieving a more balanced representation of Latin American women scholars and their scholarship output in the knowledge base, which will ultimately enhance their discoverability.
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    Ennegreciendo Wikidata
    (2020-07-12) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
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    Exploring the Potential of Wikidata & Scholia to Generate Scholarly Profiles at IUPUI
    (2018-11-27) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
    The University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is committed to participating in and contributing to projects that offer a free, community-driven solution to sharing information openly. This presentation shares details of a recent pilot project which explored the use of Wikidata to contribute and curate data related to our faculty. The goal of this project was to create a presence in the knowledge base for a selected group of faculty members, their coauthors, and some of their scholarship. Along the way, we began connecting publications by creating entries for the works cited and citing works. Having contributed the data to Wikidata enabled the use of Scholia to generate scholarly profiles. Scholia, a web-based service that feeds from the knowledge base, has proven to be invaluable for the discovery of publications and their connections to other works. The outcome of this pilot project has informed our ongoing efforts to prioritize the inclusion of IUPUI women faculty from across disciplines and their scholarship to Wikidata.
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    Facilitating Open Knowledge: The Intersection of Wikidata and Libraries
    (2020-07-27) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Ma, Thomas