Hello all, The October 2025 Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, October 15, at 9:30 AM PT / 16:30 UTC. Find your local time here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1760545800>. Our theme this month is *Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata’s Role in Learning and Culture*.
*We invite you to watch via the YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/3NMOvOUCd8Q <https://www.youtube.com/live/3NMOvOUCd8Q>.* As always, you can join the conversation in the YouTube chat as soon as the showcase goes live. This month's presentations: Lessons learned from a decade of implementing Wikidata into AcademiaBy *Shani Evenstein-Sigaltov (University of London; Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees)*The presentation will cover lessons learned from over a decade of working with Wikidata in Academia from 3 complementary perspectives: 1) Teaching: implementing Wikidata into the academic curriculum of a for-credit elective course; 2) Research: A PhD research exploring Wikidata as a learning platform; 3) Outreach: using Wikidata / Wikibase as a platform for preserving academic heritage. The presentation will conclude with a note to the future, and current work exploring how GenAI could be harnessed to help cultural and academic heritage institutions preserve knowledge through LOD platforms like Wikidata. Using Wikidata in GLAM Institutions: a Labs ApproachBy *Gustavo Candela (University of Alicante)*GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) organisations host extensive digital collections that have been made available to the public for over three decades. Advances in technology have facilitated the reuse of digital collections as rich data sources. In this context, Wikidata has emerged as a leading, innovative, and collaborative platform that enriches the digital collections provided by GLAM institutions. However, a comprehensive analysis of the current status, potential and challenges of its use in the GLAM sector was still lacking. This presentation will introduce an overview of Wikidata use in GLAM institutions within the context of the work of the International GLAM Labs Community (glamlabs.io). This work was presented in 2024 at the TPDL conference. Looking into the future, in this talk we will describe additional research topics and discuss how Wikidata will continue to play a central role in GLAM. Looking forward to seeing many of you, Kinneret -- Kinneret Gordon Lead Research Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Learn more about Wikimedia Research <https://research.wikimedia.org/>* _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
