ARL White Paper on Wikidata: Opportunities and Recommendations | Association of Research Libraries® | ARL®

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-05-02

Summary:

"In this Association of Research Libraries white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of their collections, faculty, and institutions. Beyond the task force, many library professionals from within and outside the Wikimedia community contributed to the white paper in draft form, offering a productive mix of enthusiasm and skepticism that improved the final product. ARL convened the task force and wrote this white paper to inform its membership about GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) activity in Wikidata and to highlight opportunities for research library involvement, particularly in community-based collections, community-owned infrastructure, and collective collections. ..."

Link:

https://www.arl.org/publications-resources/4751-arl-white-paper-on-wikidata-opportunities-and-recommendations

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Tags:

oa.new oa.arl oa.wikidata oa.recommendations oa.glam

Date tagged:

05/02/2019, 10:40

Date published:

05/02/2019, 06:40