Open Knowledge Report (2017-2018)

IUPUI University Library's Open Knowledge Report (2017-2018).This report includes all Wikimedia-related activities from January 1st, 2017 to December 31, 2018. It covers events hosted at IUPUI University Library and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, and projects focused on making our archival collections, library-hosted publications, and the scholarly output of our faculty members more accessible. In addition, it includes a list of relevant publications as well as presentations given at various conferences as a way of sharing ongoing efforts and increasing awareness of Open Knowledge projects

Contributing to the Representation of Women Artists in Wikidata

Presentation given at the 2019 MCN (Museum Computer Network) Conference.Open knowledge projects that are part of the Wikimedia ecosystem allow users to consume, contribute, and reuse the data. Wikidata, the structured linked data knowledge base that serves as a hub for all Wikimedia projects, offers interesting opportunities for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) institutions. Despite the fact that Wikidata holds over 60 million items, and that it is constantly growing, there is a noticeable gender disparity favoring entries for males. In this presentation, I share details of my efforts toward bridging the gender divide and hope to encourage GLAM professionals to join me in reshaping the art historical narrative in ways that can positively help bridging the gender gap in Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects while also providing more visibility to female artists in museum and library collections

Enhancing the Representation of Latin American Women Scholars and their Scholarship in Wikidata

Wikidata workshop as part of the 2019 Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM)Libraries interested in exploring linked data opportunities have been engaging with Wikidata–a freely accessible knowledge base. Wikidata stores structured linked data that can be consumed by other projects that are part of the Wikimedia ecosystem, as well as external sources. The participation of libraries and other communities in Wikidata can be pivotal in modelling and building a more comprehensive data source. The SALALM community has the knowledge expertise needed to start making contributions toward achieving a more balanced representation of Latin American women scholars and their scholarship output in the knowledge base, which will ultimately enhance their discoverability

Wikidata and Libraries: Facilitating Open Knowledge

Book chapter preprint. Chapter published (2018) in "Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge" (pp. 143-158). Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.Libraries and archives are increasingly embracing the value of contributing information to open knowledge projects. Users come to Wikipedia—one of the best-known open knowledge projects—to learn about a specific topic or for quick fact checking. Even more serious researchers use it as a starting point for finding links to external resources related to their topic of interest. Wikipedia is just one of the many projects under the umbrella of the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization. Wikidata, for its part, is a sister project to Wikipedia. It stores structured data that is then fed back to the other Wiki projects, including Wikipedia, thus providing users with the most up-to-date information. This chapter focuses on Wikidata and its potential uses for libraries. We hope to inspire information professionals (librarians, archivists, library practitioners) to take the next step and start a conversation with their institutions and colleagues to free their data by contributing it to an open knowledge base like Wikidata

Social Networks & Archival Context (SNAC) for Improved Archival Research

Presentation slides from the 2018 SIA (Society of Indiana Archivists) annual meeting.Despite our best efforts to make our collections accessible to the public through online finding aids, they’re still relatively invisible to researchers who don’t know where to look. SNAC (Social Networks and Archival Context) was developed as a discovery service for archival collections from institutions around the world, using data that has been already created (i.e. finding aids, MARC records, and EAC-CPF) as a starting point. Using SNAC as a search tool allows researchers to quickly access specific information about the subjects they are researching, including links to collections (archival collections, related resources, related external links) and related names (people, families, organizations). Data visualizations help users to understand connections among these entities and suggest new avenues for research. This presentation focuses on how researchers can use SNAC to find archival collections. It also includes information on the SNAC Cooperative’s plans for training editors, efforts toward bulk importing data, and developing cross-functionality with ArchivesSpace to improve quality and access

Exploring the Potential of Wikidata & Scholia to Generate Scholarly Profiles at IUPUI

Presentation given at the WikiCite 2018 ConferenceThe University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is committed to participating in and contributing to projects that offer a free, community-driven solution to sharing information openly. This presentation shares details of a recent pilot project which explored the use of Wikidata to contribute and curate data related to our faculty. The goal of this project was to create a presence in the knowledge base for a selected group of faculty members, their coauthors, and some of their scholarship. Along the way, we began connecting publications by creating entries for the works cited and citing works. Having contributed the data to Wikidata enabled the use of Scholia to generate scholarly profiles. Scholia, a web-based service that feeds from the knowledge base, has proven to be invaluable for the discovery of publications and their connections to other works. The outcome of this pilot project has informed our ongoing efforts to prioritize the inclusion of IUPUI women faculty from across disciplines and their scholarship to Wikidata

Bringing Wikipedia to IUPUI University Library: #1lib1ref Participation

A good Wikipedia article is one that contains citations to reliable sources so that readers can verify the information and find even more information related to that topic. Many Wikipedia articles, however, are missing a needed citation. For that reason, the Wikipedia Library came up with an initiative last year in an effort to bridge the citation gap. They launched the #1lib1ref campaign in January 15, 2016, which coincided with Wikipedia’s 15th birthday. The idea behind this global campaign was to encourage every librarian to provide Wikipedia with the gift of one citation to an article in need.1 The success of this initiative motivated the Wikipedia Library to host this event again in 2017 where a noticeable increase in participation was recorded. There was also an increase in the number of Wikipedia workshops and sessions held at libraries across the globe in order to provide new editors with the necessary tools to undertake the task of adding citations to the online encyclopedia. 2 Reflecting the library’s strong interest in supporting free access to quality information, IUPUI University Library was one of the institutions that participated in this effort

Facilitating Open Knowledge: The Intersection of Wikidata and Libraries

Presentation given as part of the AALL TS/OBS Joint Summi

Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP)

Presentation given at the 2016 Wiki Conference North America as part of the panel "Libraries and Wikipedia: Better Together

Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) 2.0: Recent Developments and Analysis of Wikipedia Referrals

Presentation slides from the 2016 DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.The RAMP (Remixing Archival Metadata Project) tool, developed at the University of Miami Libraries, emerged as a way of facilitating the contribution of library data to the English Wikipedia in alignment with the increasing interest in sharing and exposing distinctive library collections in the online encyclopedia. RAMP is an open source web-based editor that extracts biographical information from EAD (Encoded Archival Description) finding aids using the EAC-CPF (Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons, Families) format. It also allows for the integration of additional data from other sources like WorldCat Identities and VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) and transforms all the information into wiki markup for publication to the English Wikipedia through its API. In 2014, a pilot project was conducted using the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) Theater Collections. Google Analytics was used to track usage and referrals from Wikipedia to the University of Miami finding aids website, and a noticeable increase in traffic was seen. A report of the results of the pilot project was presented at the Fonds & Bonds DCMI Preconference in 2014. Later, the tool was further developed and has been used to contribute additional collections to Wikipedia. RAMP 2.0 was recently released, and a number of issues identified during a round of usability testing conducted at the library were addressed. This presentation will cover an analysis of referrals from all Wikipedia pages created using the tool. It will also feature a demo of the tool, and will highlight some of the recent developments, which include a major overhaul of the interface, more secure Wikipedia log in, easy upload capabilities, and an effective and convenient installation process. With this recent development, we are providing the library community with a tool that is easy to use and install and that offers a convenient way to share data with other communities on a global scale