Hello all, This is a friendly reminder that the October 2025 Research Showcase will be starting in about an hour. 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. Best, Kinneret On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM Kinneret Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-Sigalov (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/>* >
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