If OCLC and/or Wikmedia are interested in hosting something at Midwinter, I'd be happy to talk with you about whether LITA involvement is useful. (We'd need at least placeholder plans very soon though - it's well past the time that event metadata is supposed to be in the scheduling system, and people will be booking their flights soon.)
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Proffitt,Merrilee <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate to argue with Bob, or Daniel (or anyone frankly) but I’d like to > weigh in and say that for MOST librarians, the most useful thing would be > an overview and introduction to Wikipedia. This is the resource they are > most familiar with (or think that they are….). Most librarians do not do > cataloging or authority control and although they may be interested in this > I do not think that Wikidata is a natural starting point for MOST > librarians. And if you are talking about ALA you are talking about > librarians of all stripes. > > > > Start with the thing they already know about, demystify it for them, and > leave them wanting more. There is plenty. Wikidata for some, Commons for > others, and the Education track for others. But patrons start at Wikipedia > and so should librarians. > > > > I’m seeing if OCLC would be willing to help host something at ALA > midwinter (I think the dates do not exactly line up with #1lib1ref, but > that’s okay…) > > > > Your librarian in residence, > > > > Merrilee > > > > *From:* GLAM [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Raymond > Leonard > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 01, 2016 2:07 PM > *To:* Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Wikimedia & Libraries <[email protected]>; Wikimedia > Chapters cultural partners coordination <[email protected]>; > wikiCite <[email protected]>; North American Cultural Partnerships < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [GLAM] Getting ready for #1lib1ref 2017 > > > > Folks, > > I may be preaching to the choir, but I think that there are two important > pieces for encouraging librarians in entering bibliographic data into & > retrieving it from Wikidata . > > The first would be some sort of web form that has multiple inputs with > pre-determined properties such as Work, Edition, & Cataloging properties > listed at :wikidata:Template:Book properties > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Template:Book_properties> & > :d:Wikidata:WikiProject > Books <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Books>. (*especially > the OCLC #!!!*) While this may be contrary to the way things normally go > into Wikidata, it could provide a format that I believe many librarians > would find more user friendly. I write this as someone who once entered > journal bibliographic data into a minicomputer > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer>-based online university > catalog about 2½ decades ago. Some means for automatically loading MARC > &/or OCLC data into Wikidata might also be a viable method, too. > > The second would be to implement a citation module for placing data into > articles. The French Wikipedia (& I have also heard the Arabic Wikipedia) > has already done this. It would be truly beneficial to get this translated > to the English Wikipedia, although it would be better yet if we could come > up a means of putting the module on a repository that could be used across > projects. I am neither fluent in Lua or French, so producing an English > version is a challenge for me, otherwise I would do it. > > Here's an example of how the French Wikipedia & Wikidata work together to > produce a citation: > > *Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en quatre parties* item in > Wikdata: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23906197?uselang=en > > > > The Modèle:Bibliographie (bibliographic template): > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Bibliographie > > How the Wikimarkup looks for its use in *Chocolat* article ( > {{bibliographie|Q23906197}} should be at the top): > https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chocolat&action=edit§ion=50 > > What the end result looks like (Du chocolate : discours curieux divisé en > quatre parties should be at the top): > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat#Bibliographie > > Yours, > > Peaceray <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray> > -- > > [email protected] (forwards to) > > [email protected] > > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Bob Kosovsky <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Great suggestion, Daniel. I think there can should be a greater effort to > promoting Wikidata among librarians with technical expertise because it is > closer to what these librarians do (especially among catalogers and other > tech types). In sessions introducing editing Wikipedia that included > librarians, I've seen the librarians express greater interest in Wikidata > than the encyclopedia. > > > > Bob > > > > > Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, > Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts > blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 > Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users > - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - > > *Inspiring Lifelong Learning* | *Advancing Knowledge* | *Strengthening > Our Communities * > > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Daniel Mietchen < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Alex and Jake, for keeping the ball rolling on this. > > Have you considered including a Wikidata component? In the long run, I > expect librarians to spend more of their Wikimedia time on Wikidata, > especially around > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData . > > Cheers, > d. > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Alex Stinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Wikimedians! > > > > > > We are excited to finally start coordinating among #1lib1ref organizers > this > > month. > > > > > > If you haven’t yet, we invite you to read the lessons that we learned > from > > last year’s great campaign: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library/1Lib1Ref/Lessons > > > > > > As with last year, we hope to launch #1lib1ref on Wikipedia’s 16th > birthday > > in January, asking librarians to “Give a birthday present to Wikipedia, > by > > adding a reference”. > > > > > > What’s new? > > > > > > Last year we got a lot of feedback from librarians that they would have > > planned more activities if “they just had a bit more warning and time” > so we > > are extending the campaign from eight days to 19 days, from January 15 > > through February 3. > > > > > > We hope this does two things: a) it allows for several waves of > > communications and people adopting the campaign for local events and b) > fits > > better with the start of the Spring Term at many universities in the > > Northern Hemisphere, where librarians are in demand for various > activities. > > > > > > We also noticed last year a lot of social media about informal > gatherings: > > librarians wanted to learn about Wikipedia socially at physical events. > We > > think this is a great opportunity, so the Wikipedia Library team is > > developing a coffee hour kit that provides enough material to help > > librarians coordinate a small gathering, where they can talk about > Wikipedia > > with their peers and add their one reference. > > > > > > The kit is going to include: a) recommendations for planning, b) a > series of > > discussion questions, c) easy suggested activities, and d) a flyer > template > > for promoting the event locally. If you would like to help build the > kit, > > or a new 1lib1ref logo, let us know. > > > > > > How you can help > > > > > > We hope the campaign offers a platform for engaging librarians in your > > region and context to learn more about Wikimedia projects. We know > > librarians use Wikipedia for a variety of purposes, but the campaign’s > > story--specifically how our references work--becomes a shared foundation > for > > understanding and entering our community. If you would like to > coordinate > > #1lib1ref in your area, here are the main steps: > > > > > > Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group: > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikilibrary > > > > Fill out this survey: > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflWCp9QkNbIZWXCWU02bp_ > FGCAua4Z6UaBj7P6Gcn1csT-6g/viewform > > > > Review Citation Hunt -- a volunteer-developed tool that allows for > randomly > > being offered a citation. Check if your language is supported in the top > > right. > > > > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/citationhunt/ > > > > Report Bugs or request features or language support: > > https://github.com/eggpi/citationhunt/issues > > > > Review Hashtag Tracking -- a way to track edits made through the edit > > summary field. > > > > URL: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hashtags > > > > Report bugs or request features or language support: > > https://github.com/hatnote/hashtags/issues/new > > > > Translate the campaign page to your local language. We want to have it > ready > > for translation no later than November 10th and will notify you with an > > email that it’s ready. > > > > Begin reaching out to partners that you think will want to participate > > during the campaign through a) communications or b) activities. > > > > > > We look forward to collaborating with you! Thanks so much for your > help--it > > should be a lot of fun. > > > > > > Best, > > > > Alex Stinson > > Jake Orlowitz > > > > -- > > Alex Stinson > > GLAM-Wiki Strategist > > Wikimedia Foundation > > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads > > > > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other > > Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: > > http://glamwiki.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GLAM mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > > -- Andromeda Yelton Vice President/President-Elect, Library & Information Technology Association: http://www.lita.org http://andromedayelton.com @ThatAndromeda <http://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda>
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