Congratulations, Wikimedia Sverige! McKensie Director, Art+Feminism
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Mardetanha <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a wonderful news, congratulations to Wikimedia Sverige > Mardetanha > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 6:18 PM John Andersson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Hi everybody and sorry for crossposting,Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be >> the recipient of $65,500 in support from the Swedish National Library for >> our project Library Data.We will work in collaboration with the Swedish >> National Library to include a number of datasets onto Wikidata, such as >> data about authors, libraries and different special databases of >> bibliographies[1]. This is a pilot project where we aim to discuss with >> the >> community what to include and what to exclude. Based on the discussions >> and >> the requests from the community we will design a continuation of this >> project (if this first part is deemed successful continuous funding is >> possible for 3-4 more years).We started investigating a possible long term >> partnership with the National Library in 2017 when Wikimedia Sverige >> delivered inputs to the new National Strategy for the Library Sector on >> how >> Sweden's libraries can work with Wikimedia for mutual benefits.[2] The >> National Library has just made history as the world's first national >> library to fully transition to Linked Open Data (BIBFRAME 2.0),[3] so the >> timing could not have been better; we are now in position to examine how >> this move can benefit Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects.Please contact >> the project manager André Costa ([email protected] >> <[email protected]>) or the developer Alicia Fagerving >> ([email protected] <[email protected]>) if you >> have >> any questions. As always, you can find the full application on our wiki >> (in >> Swedish): >> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_ >> inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_på_Wikidata_2018/Ansökan >> <https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_ >> inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_p%C3%A5_Wikidata_2018/Ans%C3%B6kan>[1] >> https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp <https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp> >> [2] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-_ >> Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_ >> Sverige_-_Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf> >> (in Swedish)[3] >> http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/ >> pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to- >> fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975 >> <http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/ >> pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to- >> fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975> >> * >> Kind regards, >> >> John >> - - - - >> John Andersson >> Executive Director >> Wikimedia Sverige >> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 >> Email: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > -- Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + McKensie Mack + Michael Mandiberg Lead Co-Organizers [email protected] www.artandfeminism.org
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