Wikidata:WikiProject Penn State Libraries

A WikiProject for work done at the Penn State University Libraries to connect library data with wikidata and enhance wikidata coverage of local entities about whom we may have specialized knowledge. This is an emerging project and will result in the creation of further guidelines, workflows, statistics, and specific projects to reuse existing data.

Projects

• Wikidata:WikiProject_Penn_State_Libraries/PCC_Project see main Wikidata:WikiProject_PCC_Wikidata_Pilot

Descriptive guidelines and tools

Resources and guidelines to aid in creating or enhancing records for different entities.

Creative Works vs. Editions

Wikidata uses a FRBR-inspired method of describing works vs. their editions. It's not always consistently applied throughout the site, which makes it frustrating to work with at times.

The WikiProject for books has a pretty good documentation page for which properties should be used on which kind of entry.

Describing People, Corporate Bodies, Archival Collections, GLAM Institutions

Corporate Bodies and GLAM Institutions:

• Describing Corporate Bodies from corporations to organizations
• Describing GLAM institutions

People:

• Describing People
• Descriptive fields for people
• Finding Authority Identifiers (PDF hosted on GDocs)

When creating records for people, consider using the following Cradle forms for data entry. Be sure to login to Cradle with your wikidata account before you start.

• Create author
• Create person in archival context

Note: when using Cradle forms, be sure to go to the completed record and add qualifiers and references.

Archival Collections:

• Describing Collections and Items

Queries

Use these to find records which could use enhancement or disambiguation.

• People employed at Penn State at any time with no LCNAF (includes "position held" information, if any)
• Same LCNAF assigned to different items (instances of humans only, limit 1000)
• Same VIAF assigned to different items (limit 50)
• Entities whose archives are at the Eberly Family Special Collections Library

(thanks Wikidata:WikiProject_Stanford_Libraries for some of these queries)

• People employed at Penn State who DO have a position held property

Making Your Own Queries

Whether to find records that may need enhancement or to learn more about wikidata, learn more about making your own queries:

• The wikidata SPARQL query interface allows you to build your own query using forms. Contact Ruth to practice using it.
• Wikidata SPARQL tutorial
• Sample Wikidata Queries which you can adapt and use.
• Request a query from a Wikidata volunteer. (Talk to Ruth first about formulating the query if possible.)

Wikidata policies and guidelines

• Distinguishing between instance and subclass
• Describing living people
• Notability in Wikidata
• Referencing data sources (also includes information on Wikidata's interpretation of FRBR)
• Criteria for verifiability of statements
• Weekly status updates for Wikidata

Some WikiProjects related to Library, Archival, and Museum resources:

• Wikidata:WikiProject Archival Description
• Wikidata:WikiProject Authority control
• Wikidata:WikiProject Biographical Identifiers
• Wikidata:WikiProject Books
• Wikidata:WikiProject Cultural heritage
• Wikiproject Cultural Venues
• Wikidata:WikiProject Libraries
• Wikidata:WikiProject Movies
• Wikidata:WikiProject Music
• WikiProject Performing Arts
• Wikidata:WikiProject Periodicals
• Wikidata:WikiProject Source MetaData
• Wikidata:WikiProject Theatre
• Wikidata:WikiProject Universities
• Wikidata:WikiProject Video games

External resources

• Stanford Library guide to using Wikidata help pages
• "Creating structured linked data to generate scholarly profiles: a pilot project using Wikidata and Scholia" by Mairelys Lemus-Rojas and Jere D. Odell, 2018
• Materials from wikidata workshop for catalogers by Ruth Kitchin Tillman, 2019

Subpages

• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Account Configuration
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Describing People
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/External IDs Through VIAF
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Joining the Project
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/PCC Project
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Participants
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Progressive Rock Project
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Querying
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Recording Locations
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Western Art Music Project
• WikiProject Penn State Libraries/Works Presentation

Participants

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