Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Emory University

Aim and Scope edit

Build skills in Wikidata and linked data for library staff
Build entities focused on Emory University including people, departments, and buildings
Experiment with identifier creation in Wikidata within cataloging and authority workflows

Timeline edit

November 2021-November 2022

Contributors edit

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What do I do? edit

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Projects edit

Describing Emory entities edit

This project involves the creation and updating of Wikidata items for members of Emory University’s faculty, as well as academic departments, research centers, interdisciplinary programs, and endowed professorships.

Emory University faculty without LCNAF identifiers Adding LCNAFs in Wikidata will also get the Wikidata IDs into the corresponding LCNAF authority records, via an automated process run by LC. This means that if you have LCNAF identifiers in your catalog records, you will be able to programmatically access all the information related to the person in Wikidata. If additional identifiers from other schemas are present in the Wikidata item, you may also be able to pull information from those sources as well.
Some Emory presidents are missing a relationship to Emory University or are missing from Wikidata.
- List of Emory Presidents
- Biographical information

NACO entities edit

This project centers on adding Wikidata entities when a new NACO name is generated from Emory University. This may not be appropriate in all cases depending on notability. New Wikidata entities should include at least 10 properties at a minimum, including the LCNAF identifier and references to the source of information whenever possible. Some general properties and guidelines for establishing people may be found on the Stanford WikiProject page. Information about creating references can be found here.

Multilingual content edit

This project centers on enriching item page fields (specifically labels, descriptions, and aliases) in multiple languages.

Multilingual help page

Linking archival collections edit

The Stuart A. Rose Library adds statements for archival collections held by Emory University to existing items using archives at (P485). We plan to add oral history at (P9600) for oral histories of significant people in Emory's collections.

People/entities with a collection held by the Stuart A. Rose Library

Linking museum collections edit

The Carlos Museum adds statements for artists with works held by Emory University using has works in the collection (P6379).

People/entities with a work held by the Carlos Museum

Data models edit

Although Wikidata does not have formal data models, there are several WikiProjects that have created guidelines for describing entities in particular domains.

Some WikiProjects related to GLAM resources:

Modeling GLAM institutions on Wikidata lists common properties for GLAM institutions; recommends using the property pair part of (P361) and has part(s) (P527) for hierarchical relationships between organizations

Resources and training edit

Getting started edit

Allison-Cassin, Stacy, and Dan Scott. 2018. “Wikidata: A Platform for Your Library’s Linked Open Data.” The Code4Lib Journal, no. 40 (May).
Project Spotlight!: “Exploring the Use of Wikidata: Highlights of a Sabbatical Project” (Lori Robare, University of Oregon) [18:04] From PCC Wikidata Pilot kick-off meeting (late August/early September)
Wikidata resources from the PCC Wikidata Pilot