Exciting new! Congratulations! Sydney On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 9:48 AM John Andersson <john.anders...@wikimedia.se> wrote:
> *Hi everybody and sorry for crossposting,Wikimedia Sverige is proud to be > the recipient of $65,500 in support from the Swedish National Library for > our project Library Data.We will work in collaboration with the Swedish > National Library to include a number of datasets onto Wikidata, such as > data about authors, libraries and different special databases of > bibliographies[1]. This is a pilot project where we aim to discuss with the > community what to include and what to exclude. Based on the discussions and > the requests from the community we will design a continuation of this > project (if this first part is deemed successful continuous funding is > possible for 3-4 more years).We started investigating a possible long term > partnership with the National Library in 2017 when Wikimedia Sverige > delivered inputs to the new National Strategy for the Library Sector on how > Sweden's libraries can work with Wikimedia for mutual benefits.[2] The > National Library has just made history as the world's first national > library to fully transition to Linked Open Data (BIBFRAME 2.0),[3] so the > timing could not have been better; we are now in position to examine how > this move can benefit Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects.Please contact > the project manager André Costa (andre.co...@wikimedia.se > <andre.co...@wikimedia.se>) or the developer Alicia Fagerving > (alicia.fagerv...@wikimedia.se <alicia.fagerv...@wikimedia.se>) if you > have > any questions. As always, you can find the full application on our wiki (in > Swedish): > > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_på_Wikidata_2018/Ansökan > < > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_p%C3%A5_Wikidata_2018/Ans%C3%B6kan > >[1] > https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp <https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp> > [2] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-_Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf > < > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-_Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf > > > (in Swedish)[3] > > http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975 > < > http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975 > > > * > Kind regards, > > John > - - - - > John Andersson > Executive Director > Wikimedia Sverige > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se <johnandersso...@hotmail.com> > Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Sydney Poore Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety team; Anti-harassment tools team _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
