Seeing linked data in action
Kiley Jolicoeur is a graduate student at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies currently doing an internship with the Syracuse University Libraries’ (SUL) Digital Library Program (DLP), where she evaluates possible linked data solutions to implement for the digital collections metadata. A major highlight in her everyday life with the DLP is the application … Continued
How Wikidata is helping the CU Boulder library
Wikidata’s overlap with cataloging has increased in recent times, prompting many librarians to transition into using it more. Chris Long, who is the Director of the Resource Description Services Team at the University of Colorado Boulder’s library, has been an avid user of Wikidata since 2019, creating and editing a variety of items. Though Long’s … Continued
Improving discoverability and accessibility of information resources with Wikidata
Jay Colbert is the Metadata & Discovery Strategy Librarian at the University of New Hampshire, where he develops policies, best practices, standards, and directions for all forms of metadata. Having a background in participating in many Wikipedia edit-a thons including organizing Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thons at the College of William & Mary and the … Continued
Discovering new comics with Wikidata’s powerful tools
Daniel A. Reboussin is a cultural anthropologist who serves as the African Studies Collections Curator of the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries. With his interest in open access digital resources and gaining a new perspective on expanding his own collections, he felt prompted to enroll in Wiki Education’s Wikidata Institute with 10 other … Continued
Black Lives Matter in Wikidata
Gina Solares, MLIS, is a Librarian at the University of San Francisco. Her work is focused on cataloging and metadata projects such as special collections cataloging and data cleanup. I recently had the opportunity to participate in the March 2021 Wikidata Institute, a Wiki Education course designed to increase engagement with Wikidata. The course introduces … Continued
Libraries and Wikidata: Using linked data to expand access to library collections worldwide
Libraries are among the many institutions that benefit from linked data sharing on Wikidata. Sierra Laddusaw, an assistant professor and curator at Texas A&M University, participated in one of Wiki Education’s Wikidata Institute courses this past fall. As someone with professional capabilities in archives and academia, Laddusaw’s experience using Wikidata is a testament to the … Continued
Using Wikidata as a tool for inter-institutional collaboration and accessible collection data: SFMOMA
Wikidata’s emphasis on context, accessibility, and data visualization makes it a relevant asset to cultural institutions like museums, as a way to document art facts and history. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is one such institution becoming increasingly interested in the possibilities of using Wikidata to explore collaborative art documentation in … Continued
“SPARQL, baby!” – How linked data inspires me to be a better archivist
Arabeth Balasko is the Photograph Archivist at the Anchorage Museum. She recently participated in the July 2020 Wikidata Summer Institute course, and reflects on how linked data inspires her to want to be a better archivist in this guest blog post. con·nec·tion/kəˈnekSH(ə)n/ – Noun: “A relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked … Continued
Using Wikidata as a tool for digital archives: Dr. Anne Chen of Yale University
Anne Chen is a postdoctoral associate at Yale University, trained as an art historian and archeologist. She participated in our July 2020 Wikidata Institute course, where she discovered the practical applications of Wikidata in her own work and classroom. Chen offers a useful perspective to the Wikidata platform and course program as an academic and … Continued
A solid foundation for Wikidata
Heidi Raatz is Owner and Consultant at Collections Management Solutions, LLC. She recently took the Wikidata Training course through Wiki Education and reflects on her experience with the Wikimedia community in this guest blog post. In September I had the opportunity to take the three-week Wikidata training course offered through Wiki Education. What an amazing … Continued