Wikidata Tour Down Under (2018)/Wikidata and GLAM SLQ
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Wikidata is a linked, open, and structured knowledge database that is usable and friendly for both people and computers. Wikidata provides a common source of data in many languages that can be used by anyone, under a public domain license. It contains various data types, for example text, images, quantities, coordinates and dates. | Wikidata is a linked, open, and structured knowledge database that is usable and friendly for both people and computers. Wikidata provides a common source of data in many languages that can be used by anyone, under a public domain license. It contains various data types, for example text, images, quantities, coordinates and dates. | ||
This | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0BhT253F8w This presentation] at State Library Queensland brought together leading Wikidata expert Andy Mabbett, and an audience of GLAM professionals, for an accessible and engaging introduction to Wikidata and its relationship to the GLAMscape. Andy's presentation covered: | ||
* What is Wikidata? | * What is Wikidata? | ||
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* Who verifies the quality of Wikidata? | * Who verifies the quality of Wikidata? | ||
* How can my organisation contribute and how will this data be used? | * How can my organisation contribute and how will this data be used? | ||
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Find Andy on Twitter @pigsonthewing or via his blog Pigsonthewing. | |||
This presentation was followed by a hands on workshop facilitated by Andy where participants learned how to edit and worked on improving Queensland datasets. | |||
Wikimedia Australia thanks State Library of Queensland for their generous support of this event. | |||
Image: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andy_Mabbett_on_Wikidata_logo.jpg JacintaJS] | Image: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andy_Mabbett_on_Wikidata_logo.jpg JacintaJS] | ||
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Revision as of 13:06, 2 October 2018
DATE AND TIME
Tue. 11 September 2018 9:00 am – 11:00 am AEST
LOCATION
State Library of Queensland Auditorium 2, level 2 South Brisbane, QLD 4101
PROGRAM
Wikidata is a linked, open, and structured knowledge database that is usable and friendly for both people and computers. Wikidata provides a common source of data in many languages that can be used by anyone, under a public domain license. It contains various data types, for example text, images, quantities, coordinates and dates.
This presentation at State Library Queensland brought together leading Wikidata expert Andy Mabbett, and an audience of GLAM professionals, for an accessible and engaging introduction to Wikidata and its relationship to the GLAMscape. Andy's presentation covered:
- What is Wikidata?
- Why does the GLAM sector need to know about this?
- Who verifies the quality of Wikidata?
- How can my organisation contribute and how will this data be used?
PRESENTER
Andy Mabbett hails from Birmingham, England, and has been a Wikipedia editor (as User:Pigsonthewing) since 2003 and involved with Wikidata since its inception in 2012. His experience includes Wikimedian in Residence roles with GLAMs such as:
- ORCID (ongoing)
- TED
- The Royal Society of Chemistry
- The Physiological Society
- The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group
- Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum
- Queen Street Mill
- The New Art Gallery Walsall
- Ikon Gallery
- Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service
- Wildscreen/ARKive
Find Andy on Twitter @pigsonthewing or via his blog Pigsonthewing.
This presentation was followed by a hands on workshop facilitated by Andy where participants learned how to edit and worked on improving Queensland datasets.
Wikimedia Australia thanks State Library of Queensland for their generous support of this event.
Image: JacintaJS