Wikidata:Wikiproject Smithsonian Libraries and Archives/WikiEdu

Introduction

The Smithsonian Wikidata Institute is a course from WikiEdu for staff of Smithsonian Libraries sand Archives and the Biodiversity Heritage Library. This page is for staff participating in the course, and includes assignments, resources, and other helpful information.

WikiEdu Prerequisites

These tasks are prerequisites in order to participate in the WikiEdu class.

Tasklist

• Complete the Introduction to Wikidata course in the Wikidata Professional part of WikiEdu.
• Create a Wikidata account and edit your own profile page on Wikidata to introduce yourself and state your intent with Wikidata.
• Edit one item by adding a statement, adding a reference url, or correcting an existing statement.

WikiEdu Certification Assignments

These are the assignments for the Smithsonian Wikidata Institute. The assignments are available on the dashboard as well.

1. Property deep dive: Find a property without a reference in any Smithsonian-related item and add a reference (reference URL, retrieved, or stated in) from the Smithsonian.
   • For example, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives has the property has part(s) which includes a number of SLA branches. Some of the items in this property have reference URLs, while at least one does not (the AAPG library). https://library.si.edu/libraries is the URL that lists the library branches of SLA, so would be a good reference URL for any branches that do not have a reference URL.
   • See the Wikidata's help page about sources for more.
2. Querying Wikidata: Use SPARQL to query Wikidata for items associated with any Smithsonian project.
   • This is a breakdown of item count by project, for example.
3. Wikidata tools: Use a tool like Mix-n-match to process outstanding work on a community project or Author Disambiguator to associate a Smithsonian affiliated author to their publications in Wikidata.
   • Listeria template and examples:
     • Chinese emperors and the dynamic link
     • University administrator and faculty member, and the dynamic link
   • For Mix-n-match, journals, books, authority control , GNIS Derogatory Terms
4. Data Modeling / more tools: Add 1 Smithsonian-related item of your choice using Cradle.
5. Wikidata Projects: Sign up for any Smithsonian project
6. Batch editing, staying engaged, running your own project: Use Quickstatements to add or update items

Resources

Queries about Smithsonian (on campus only)