Hi, everyone! We're in the final days before an upcoming Wikidata course[1] with Wiki Education. We've worked with several GLAM professionals we met through this listserv to bring them into the Wikidata community, and we'd love for you to join us on our endeavor to make Wikidata more equitable and complete.
Wikidata is a powerful tool for open linked data, and we invite you to join our upcoming virtual course. In this 3-week course (January 25th–February 11th), participants will meet with Wiki Education's Wikidata expert twice a week to learn more about how Wikidata can serve their institution. Why is Wikidata so important? As you may know, all Wikimedia projects pull information from Wikidata, including 300+ language versions of Wikipedia. Plus, Wikidata is machine readable, meaning digital assistants, AI, bots, and scripts can interact with Wikidata’s structured, linked data. Wikidata has created incredible potential to increase access to information, ensure consistency across languages, and give any language-speaker the opportunity to contribute knowledge to this database. That's why we're inviting you to join the open data movement and begin building Wikidata into your work, bringing higher quality and more equitable information to the public. Some things you can do with Wikidata: * Learn about tools you can use to make it easier to find scholarly communications * Get introduced to initiatives like WikiCite and tools like Scholia, which aim to represent all scholarly articles on Wikidata * Connect with other linked data enthusiasts to establish new standards and data models for scholarly communications * Familiarize yourself with Wikidata’s Query service and its powerful visualization tools which can reveal new insights about your collection data * Spend time using tools that will integrate your collection’s data to the rest of Wikidata, enhancing the impact of your institution’s data in the world Discounts and financial aid Register with a colleague for $100 off each participant's tuition fee, and please note we may be able to provide partial financial aid for those whose institutions cannot cover the fee, as we still have room for a few more people to participate! I hope you'll join us and consider participating with a colleague. Further course details and the registration form are available at data.wikiedu.org. Best, Jami [1] https://data.wikiedu.org/ -- 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://lists.mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
