[Metadatalibrarians] Reminder: CALA Speaker Series: Describing Chinese Rare Books and Cultural Heritage Collections on Feb. 23

[Sophia Deng]

**With apologies for cross-posting**

Dear Colleagues,

In celebration of  the 50th anniversary of the Chinese American Librarians
Association (CALA), the Wikidata Chinese Cultural Heritage Group
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the recipient of CALASYS Collection Grant Special Recognition, partners
with CALASYS
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to
host a speaker series: Describing Chinese Rare Books and Cultural Heritage
Collections. The goals of the webinar series are to provide useful
resources, to help build knowledge in Chinese rare materials cataloging,
and to facilitate the discussions surrounding challenges and opportunities
of describing Chinese cultural heritage collections in the linked data
environment.

We are very pleased to announce that the first event of the series will
take place on Feb. 23, from 10 am to 11 am (PST). The presenter will be
Jackie Shieh, Descriptive Data Management Librarian at Smithsonian
Libraries & Archives. Jackie will share the reasons and motivations for the
selection of Wikidata as a platform for connecting users to the collections
of the Smithsonian Libraries & Archives. She will discuss the advantages of
using Wikidata, including its visualization options and potential for
linking collections within and outside the Smithsonian. Additionally,
Jackie will share the challenges that the Smithsonian Libraries & Archives
team has encountered in describing the Chinese Ancestors Portraits from the
Museum of Asian Art in Wikidata, and their decision-making progress.
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives’ wiki page
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and blog
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document
their Wikidata projects and overall Wikidata experience.

The webinar is open to everyone who's interested. Please consider joining
us on Feb. 23, RSVP here
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Feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues.

Look forward to seeing you!

Best regards,
Greta Heng
On behalf of Wikidata Chinese Cultural Heritage Group
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CALASYS Committee:
Sai Deng, Suzhen Chen, Weiling Liu, Xiaoli Ma