Hello! I wanted to send a quick reminder to the MCN community that Wiki Education has a registration deadline approaching for a 3-week intensive virtual course <https://wikiedu.org/wikidata/>* around Wikidata (course dates: *August 17th–September 3rd*).
We still have some open seats for anyone interested in collaborating with other librarians and data professionals (some from this group!). If you follow through the registration form, you'll see we may be able to offer financial aid / discounts for those whose institutions cannot cover the full cost. You also receive a discount if you join with a colleague, which gives you someone to work alongside both during and beyond the course. If you're wondering how Wikidata may help you in your work, here's a great recent blog** from a former participant at the Smithsonian about how she's using Wikidata to diffuse knowledge more broadly. I hope you'll join us and consider sharing with your networks. Course details are available at data.wikiedu.org. Best, Jami * data.wikiedu.org/ ** https://wikiedu.org/blog/2020/07/16/how-wikidata-might-help-the-smithsonian-with-its-mission-to-diffuse-knowledge/ *** Here's an interesting Wikidata item <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81068910> about the COVID-19 pandemic that shows how Wikidata serves to document global data all in one place. -- Jami Mathewson Director of Partnerships Wiki Education [email protected] <[email protected]> User:Jami (Wiki Ed) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jami_(Wiki_Ed)> Pronouns <https://www.mypronouns.org/>: she/her/hers _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
