Bringing Linked Data into Libraries via Wikidata: PCC Wikidata Pilot Project at Texas State University

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dc.contributor.authorAycock, Mary
dc.contributor.authorCritchley, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorScott, Amanda
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-10T15:00:35Z
dc.date.available2021-11-10T15:00:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractThe promise of linked data to free library data from closed silos and promote more open scholarship possibilities through better global access has generated excitement over the past decade but proven elusive for libraries to implement. This impasse may be changing as “Linked open data technologies are reaching a very promising point” (CNI Program Plan, 2019-2020) and new possibilities are now realizable on pragmatic implementation levels. Wikidata offers a low barrier gateway for GLAM institutions and academic research libraries to easily contribute to this linked data platform. As part of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Wikidata pilot, Texas State University Libraries has embarked on new linked data projects: authority work for faculty, an oral history project, and linked data for special collections archives. This presentation will outline methodologies and discuss new opportunities and obstacles presented by these projects, as well as how Wikidata can promote identity management, digital scholarship, and historical research on wider global online levels.
dc.description.departmentUniversity Libraries
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dc.format.extent40 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationAycock, M., Critchley, N., & Scott, A. (2021). Bringing linked data into libraries via Wikidata: PCC Wikidata Pilot Project @ Texas State University. Presented at the CNI Fall Membership Meeting, Washington, D.C.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/14815
dc.language.isoen
dc.sourceCoalition for Networked Information (CNI) Fall Membership Meeting, 2021, Washington, D.C., United States.
dc.subjectlinked data
dc.subjectwikidata
dc.subjectmetadata
dc.subjectauthority records
dc.titleBringing Linked Data into Libraries via Wikidata: PCC Wikidata Pilot Project at Texas State University
dc.typePresentation

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