Wikidata:WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/George Mason University Libraries

A WikiProject for contributions to Wikidata by George Mason University Libraries (Q73495368).

Aim and scope

• Train catalogers in how to use Wikidata.
• Investigate how Wikidata can fit into NACO workflows.
• Gain an understanding of the ethical issues involved in putting authority data on Wikidata.
• Connect information about unique collections at George Mason to Wikidata to enhance discoverability.

Projects

• Add "archives at" property and links to finding aids for individuals/organizations whose archives are at GMU Special Collections.
• Add Wikidata items for academic departments and schools at George Mason.
• Add Wikidata items related to the Federal Theatre Project.
• Develop guidelines for ethically handling items about persons on Wikidata.

Data models

• Data models for University departments/schools
• Data model for people

Contributors

• Dheilbrun
• Lavendrm
• DorotheeSch
• Yfergus
• Tmacken3

Resources (taken from Stanford Libraries Wikiproject)

Property resources

• List of all Wikidata properties with descriptions
• List of properties about people
• List of properties related to name authority control
• List of properties about organizations
• List of properties about different kinds of works
• List of properties related to citing sources
• List of properties related to identifiers
• List of qualifiers
• List of data types

Query resources

• Wikidata SPARQL query interface
• Introduction to SPARQL in Wikidata
• Wikidata SPARQL tutorial
• Wikidata help portal for SPARQL queries
• Wikidata sample queries
• Request a query from a Wikidata volunteer

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

Related WikiProjects

• Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production
  • Practical Wikidata for Librarians
• Wikidata:WikiProject_PCC_Wikidata_Pilot
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Archival_Description
• Wikidata:WikiProject Biographical Identifiers
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Books
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Cultural_heritage
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Events
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Historical_Place
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Informatics/Software
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Movies
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Music
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Periodicals
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Source_MetaData
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Theatre
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Universities
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Video_games
• See all WikiProjects

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