[Metadatalibrarians] Next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, July 13th

[Hilary K Thorsen]

Hello everyone,

We have our next LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Call on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210713T160000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_et&p3=1440&p4=tz_cest>). Carlo Bianchini (University of Pavia), Stefano Bargioni (Pontifical University Santa Croce (Rome)), and Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo (University of Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore) will discuss their recent project and article “Beyond VIAF: Wikidata as a Complementary Tool for Authority Control in Libraries.” [LINK<https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/12959>].

The call details are below. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you aren't able to attend, the meetings are recorded and meeting notes are available on Google Drive<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JwTulCABs0TkGQDVSnYbIYEb7bC-j4-n>. 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>.

The LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group is associated with the LD4 Community and investigates 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, July 13, 2021 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210713T160000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_et&p3=1440&p4=tz_cest>)
Zoom link to join meeting:
https://stanford.zoom.us/j/94968331886?pwd=L0FTdnp0aytsUk03S0h4WG8xaHVrZz09
Password: 127530
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXzBo0UH4i8qs4RNG02b4uoE4fG09BlY5OJi7UD-BVU/edit#<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXzBo0UH4i8qs4RNG02b4uoE4fG09BlY5OJi7UD-BVU/edit>



Working Hours:

Join us for a collaborative hour of editing and Wikidata practice. We will provide a project for the hour, and you’re always welcome to bring your own projects to work on. This is a space for community and skill-building. We welcome your questions and your expertise about all things Wikidata. Subscribe to the ld4-wikidata Google Group<https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ld4-wikidata> for an announcement of the next working hour.


Upcoming Working Hour dates:

  *   Friday, July 9, 2021 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 17:00 UTC / 7:00pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210709T170000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_et&p3=1440&p4=tz_cest>) working with adding Structured Data to summer related images on Commons

  *   Monday, July 19, 2021 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC / 8:00pm CEST (Time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210719T180000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_et&p3=1440&p4=tz_cest>)

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



Hilary Thorsen
Resource Sharing Librarian
Stanford Libraries
thorsenh at stanford.edu
650-285-9429