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

[Sophia Deng]

The webinar will start in one minute

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 1:49 PM Sophia Deng <saideng at gmail.com> wrote:

> **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
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FWikidata%3AWikiProject_Chinese_Culture_and_Heritage&data=05%7C01%7Csai.deng%40UCF.EDU%7C6d7250c18a7247f7271008db111660d5%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C638122560034339937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FNy9AP6eHrJqorPaXl4e5AX3FWlvmANww0rTZs9uM4U%3D&reserved=0>,
> the recipient of CALASYS Collection Grant Special Recognition, partners
> with CALASYS
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fir.cala-web.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Csai.deng%40UCF.EDU%7C6d7250c18a7247f7271008db111660d5%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C638122560034339937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4W2gR6UR7DvgG3OpVf7YipsZp4gSgOBVivSzrG0seAE%3D&reserved=0> 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
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FWikidata%3AWikiProject_PCC_Wikidata_Pilot%2FSmithsonian_Libraries&data=05%7C01%7Csai.deng%40UCF.EDU%7C6d7250c18a7247f7271008db111660d5%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C638122560034339937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AgM7AhrF7iSlg77zF0Sn3vohGLD6VitNXwHEv%2BlIT2k%3D&reserved=0>
> and blog
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> 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
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsdsu.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_YZhrvRdaRzKZT3YJNTw_PA&data=05%7C01%7Csai.deng%40UCF.EDU%7C6d7250c18a7247f7271008db111660d5%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C638122560034339937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tZ0HEc5pHS%2BrTxTsXc2R6OB4npYVt1OepB840qTu0so%3D&reserved=0>.
> 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
> <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikidata.org%2Fwiki%2FWikidata%3AWikiProject_Chinese_Culture_and_Heritage&data=05%7C01%7Csai.deng%40UCF.EDU%7C6d7250c18a7247f7271008db111660d5%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C638122560034339937%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FNy9AP6eHrJqorPaXl4e5AX3FWlvmANww0rTZs9uM4U%3D&reserved=0>
>
> CALASYS Committee:
> Sai Deng, Suzhen Chen, Weiling Liu, Xiaoli Ma
>