Libraries' WikiProject surpasses editing 1,000 items - News | UMD Libraries

peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-09-21

Summary:

"The UMD Libraries WikiProject, an effort to link data to related content from the Libraries’ archival collections, has surpassed editing its 1000th item on Wikidata. These valuable resources are now more discoverable by scholars across the globe.

Ever wonder where those quick facts that show up alongside your Google search results are pulled from? Much of that information comes from Wikidata, a free knowledge base of structured data. Much like its widely known sibling project, Wikipedia, Wikidata can be edited by anyone, and especially benefits from contributions by cultural heritage organizations. Wikidata’s extensive collection of interconnected data points makes it a robust and valuable database useful to both a curious browser and those undertaking a major research project.

Since June 2020, a team of editors from the Libraries’ cataloging and metadata services and special collections teams have been working to develop and enhance Wikidata items for people and organizations whose records are held in the UMD Special Collections and Archives (SCUA). UMD's editors searched Wikidata for names from the Libraries’ archival collections. If an entry existed, they added a link directly to the UMD Libraries’ resource. In many other cases, the team created items from scratch...."

Link:

https://www.lib.umd.edu/news/2021/09/wikiproject-milestone

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Tags:

oa.new oa.u.maryland oa.wikidata oa.milestones oa.libraries

Date tagged:

09/21/2021, 10:30

Date published:

09/21/2021, 06:30