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CC@Home: Library Carpentry Wikidata lesson sprint

2020-07-14, 8:00 UTC

Roll call + Check in:

Niklas zimmer / [email protected] / he, him, his / @niklaszimmer Wangui Mwangi / [email protected]/ she and her/ @essmarie_1 Serah Rono / [email protected] / she, her, hers / @serahrono Till Sauerwein / [email protected] / he / @TillSauerwein Rabea Müller / [email protected] / she/her / @MueRabea Konrad Förstner / [email protected], him/her | @konradfoerstner Chris Erdmann / [email protected], he, him, his / @libcce

Notes:

Episodes 4 and 6 need to be worked on Episodes 1,2,3 and 5 are almost done. Proofreading?

  • Add Episode/Set-Up disclaimer that attendees need to make a Wikidata account at least 4(!!) Days in advance. Editing on Wikidata is limited for new user accounts. Caution: Multiple accounts might not be possilbe to be created from the same IP

History:

discussions around this lesson started in november 2018 in Berkeley at a Wikicite conference the lesson was then set up, but active work started once Rabea came on board it is now in a 'ready to use' state

Quick overview

Human and machine readable knowledge base coming from Wikimedia universe, all content is open (CC-BY, CC-0 license) that is editable editing and reuse is relatively easy for all, by design unmaintained versions of wikipedia, i.e. those run by smaller communities (languages not used by many), ---- (ask Konrad to expound here)

TODO suggestions:

Niklas Maps out of copyright, video, audio … unpublished material, possibly with links to published materials or other kinds of ‘public’ ‘products’ Also as a registry of identifiers for authors across the institution, so we don’t keep duplicating ‘person’ in our various databases One example where we focus on building academic profiles: Zimmer, Niklas; Muftic, Sanjin; Slingsby, Thomas (2020): Setting up and linking your academic profiles online. University of Cape Town. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.25375/uct.9725393.v1

  • add motivation and why to use wikidata as an librarian in episode
  • add registration for participants two weeks earlier
  • WikiProject: Women in Redhttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/03/29/increasing-visibility-women-with-wikidata/
  • add as game later on (episode 5, after introduction into querying) -source for getting DOIS
  • find your own preferred example or you use or example
  • PLOS ONE as example
  • using test instance for editing Mae Jemison
  • use the initials of the participants to keep them different
  • and then also use for reference example
  • give link to the participants and tell them to add birth with reference
  • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mae-Jemison for searching on reference

2019-04-01 Library Carpentry - Wikidata Lesson Sprint

2019-01-21 Library Carpentry - Wikidata Lesson Sprint

  • Participants (please add your name):

  • We will work separately as small teams on the 6 modules below. The modules were first transcribed at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_curricula#Wikidata_for_librarians.

    An extended version with learning outcomes can be found further below.

  • Please assign yourself to one of the 6 modules below by adding your name after the module headline and if neccesary a link to a zoom/hangouts/skype/* meeting so that others can join your work group. An extended version with learning outcomes can be found further below.

    1. What is Wikidata?
    2. Structure/Conceptual foundation/Mechanics
    3. Intro to editing
    4. Creating new items
    5. Intro to querying
    6. Advanced

Extended version with learning outcomes

(taken from https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WikiCite18Day3Tamalpais3B):

Todo:

  • Add participants of the WikiCite session to https://github.com/LibraryCarpentry/lc-wikidata/blob/gh-pages/AUTHORS after asking for their permission (Konrad)
  • Describe pro and cons of first editing an existing item vs. creating a new item (Till)
    • creating a new item and editing it:
      • pros:
        • more stable solution
        • not overwelming by too much information
        • same starting point for everbody
        • Instructor does not have to prepare
      • cons:
    • editing an already existing item:
      • cons:
        • can be overwhelming if there are already a lot of items

Current working version

Module 0: Requirements

  • Proper internet connection

Module 1: What is Wikidata?

Learning outcomes

  • Feel comfortable describing Wikidata to colleagues
  • Understand how Wikidata relates to other Wikimedia projects
  • Understand why linked open data is important in my work as a cataloging or teaching librarian

1.1 Intro interface

1.2 Play games to open

1.3 Relationship with other wiki projects

Module 2: Structure/Conceptual foundation/Mechanics

DISCUSSION:

  • There are already clashes with the previous module
  • Option 1 set focus or on the usage of it for librarians
  • Option 2: merge this completely into Module 1
  • Option 3: Put to the end (later module)

Learning outcomes

  • Identify components of a Wikidata item page (DONE ABOVE)
  • Know where to find information on navigating Wikidata (AIM NOT CLEAR)
  • Define what's different about open data and why it's important (DIFFERENT TO WHAT?)
  • Understand what a triple is, and relate structure of a Wikidata statement to traditional metadata field structure
  • How linked data can create more context for patrons/users in library catalogs
  • How linked data can improve recall in library catalogs

2.1 RDF triples

2.2 Semantic web/structured data

2.3 Wikidata one pager

2.4 How Wikidata compares with other data sets

Module 3: Intro to editing

Learning outcomes

  • Be able to create and edit a Wikidata entry
  • Understand properties and relations, and where to find lists of approved properties and relations
  • Be able to add new statements that link to other items
  • Understand property constraints

3.1 Create and edit an new item in the test instance

Here we will work in the test instance of Wikidata so you will not break anything. Also keep in mind that the editing history is kept in Wikidata so error can also be easily fixed there:

3.1.1 Create a new item

3.1.2 Add statements

  • Data types:

  • Click add statement

  • Fill a property and a values

  • Some suggestions for statements:

    • "instance of" (P82) - "book", "scholarly article"
    • "date of publication" (P151)

Have a look again at Origin of Species to get inspiration: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20124

3.4 Community norms [examples of how other libraries have used?]

Module 4: Advanced editing

Learning outcomes

  • Use some tools for editing, e.g. TABernacle, Wikidata Games, QuickStatements, Source MetaData or Author Disambiguator/Author resolver
  • Understand community norms around WikiData and why they're important
  • Be confortable with collaborative, decentralized data creation e.g. carpentry participants should be able to identify gaps in Wikidata that could be filled not just by the participants themselves (and at the event) but by their community more broadly, or specific actors within it
  • Add references appropriately
  • Be able to compare process of editing to process of editing/adding metadata in existing library information systems (ILS, IR)...?
  • Understanding Identifiers
  • Connect to how this improves things for our patrons/users...

4.1 References

  • Support a statement by reference
  • TODO - find example; Backup solution use the "origin of species example"

4.2 Citations link in wikidata

Example of a scholorly article with citations: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52641751

  • some notes regarding the "cites" statement

4.3 Norms

4.4 Finding stable identifiers (???)

Module 5: Introduction to querying

Learning outcomes

  • Understand what a query language is, and how SPARQL differs from, say, SQL
  • Be able to use SPARQL to query WikiData
  • Potentially be able to use a tool like TABernacle (sp?) to edit based on a query?
  • Have a cursory knowledge of the plethora of Wikidata querying tools (and how they can be used by librarians)
  • Understand purpose and potential usefulness of maintenance queries for identifying missing information
  • Practice creating maintenance queries

5.1 Wikidata Query Service (SPARQL)

  • Query syntax
  • What are Prefixes?

5.2 Try examples (research published that week?)

further links

Module 6: Advanced bulk updating, bots

Learning outcomes

  • Understand how to run a bulk import into Wikidata

  • practice using quickstatements? (module 3 already includes QuickStatements)

  • Be familiar with the tools used for bulk edits and imports

  • Tools for bulk upload: - Quick statements (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:QuickStatements)

  • Connect bulk import possibilities to cataloging and digital science/archive projects?

  • Understand how to write a good queries in terms of performance