[Metadatalibrarians] Next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, June 2nd

Sat May 30 22:41:02 PDT 2020

Hello everyone,

Our next biweekly LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group call is Tuesday, June 2nd at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST. As my Wikimedian in Residence position ends at the end of June, I am hoping to find some co-facilitators to help lead the group going forward. As we plan for the future of the group, I’ll be joined by Alex Jung, Wikimedian in Residence/Open Technology Specialist at the University of Toronto Libraries for a discussion about our current Wikidata needs and how the group might be able to contribute to addressing them. We hope that the discussion helps us all think through our Wikidata-related priorities. These are some of the questions we'll be considering:

  *   What workflows are you still figuring out?
  *   From a Wikidata perspective, what do you want to learn to do on Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects)?
  *   Are there any projects you are working on that you would be interested in sharing on a call?
  *   What other questions do you have regarding Wikidata--or adjacent Wikimedia projects?

Everyone is invited to help brainstorm!

As we're preparing for the discussion, it would be helpful if you could fill out this 3 minute survey: https://forms.gle/hnV8j8XZoPPrihG86

The call details are below. To receive notifications about upcoming calls and meeting notes you can subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ld4-wikidata>. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>.

The LD4-Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the Linked Data for Production project<https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104568167>. One of the goals of the project is understanding how libraries can contribute to and better integrate library metadata with Wikidata to improve access to library resources on the web. The Affinity Group calls provide an informal space to share information and learn more about Wikidata.

Call Details:

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 2nd at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200602T160000&p1=1240&p2=tz_et&p3=1440&p4=tz_cest>)
Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188

Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tl-5XrWYhVbkmS7fztFzpXUDzf2LbP2DhuPpz1j4LIE/edit?usp=sharing

Wikidata Working Hour:

At our next Wikidata Working Hour, a time for hands-on work in Wikidata, we’ll have a theme of Art+Feminism+Activism.

Date and time: Friday, June 12th, 2020 at 11:30am PDT / 2:30pm EDT / 18:30 UTC / 8:30pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200612T183000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_et&p3=1440&p4=tz_cest>)

Zoom link to join meeting: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/204437188

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://wiki.duraspace.org/display/LD4P2/LD4-Wikidata+Affinity+Group

Cheers,

Hilary

Hilary Thorsen
Wikimedian in Residence / Resource Sharing Librarian
Linked Data for Production / Stanford Libraries
thorsenh at stanford.edu
650-285-9429