[Metadatalibrarians] This Friday, April 28th: LD4 Wikibase Working Hour, Batch tools for working with properties

[Hilary K Thorsen]

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: Fri. 28 April 2023 (time zone converter<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20230428T180000&p1=tz_et&p2=tz_ct&p3=tz_pt&p4=tz_mt&p5=tz_hadt&p6=1440&p7=tz_cest>)

Registration: Please fill in this registration link<https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrc-6vqjwiG9XTwv9smFYMWDcqo2Q0ikNi> to register


The April 2023 Working Hour will focus on Batch tools for working with properties (and items) in Wikibase: PyWikibot, QuickStatements, and VanderBot.  The demos will focus on using these tools for batch-loading properties, will be run by members of the LD4 WBWH planning group: Christine Fernsebner Eslao (Harvard University), Jim Hahn (University of Pennsylvania), Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (Columbia University), and Jackie Shieh (Smithsonian Libraries & Archives)


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> is part of the LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group> and 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.

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