Part I: The Future of Wikidata + Libraries (A Workshop) – Diff

"In a world with AI hallucinations, information overload, and digital isolation, libraries’ pursuit of enriched knowledge and community engagement is paramount. Many librarians have walked the Open Linked Data and the Wikidata paths in this transformative journey. If you’re curious about which projects libraries have done, which challenges they face, and what tools are out there, this blog series is for you! 

In this series, Silvia Gutiérrez and Giovanna Fontenelle (from the Culture and Heritage team at the Wikimedia Foundation) have put together the results of a collaborative session that sought to build a direct bridge between the Library-Wikidata community and WMF during the 2023 LD4 Conference on Linked Data. The session was designed to foster a dynamic feedback environment where participants delved into their shared knowledge and curiosity about the role of Wikidata, Wikibase, and Structured Data on Commons (SDC) in libraries.

We harnessed some Design Thinking strategies, including Octopus Clustering and Group Dot Voting (with emojis!). The result was a very inspiring input from participants, so in this series, we will try to sum up what we learned from you, and we’ll add the links to each post at the end of this one as we publish them. Here is a quick overview of the four sections in which this workshop was structured...."