Index:ARL White Paper on Wikidata Opportunities and Recommendations.pdf

Title	ARL White Paper on Wikidata Opportunities and Recommendations
Author	Association of Research Libraries
Year	2019
Source	pdf
Progress	To be proofread
Transclusion	Index not transcluded or unreviewed

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Table of Contents

About ARL	2
ARL Task Force on Wikimedia and Linked Open Data	2
Contributors and Editors	2
Executive Summary	6
Recommendations	8
Introduction	10
A Brief History and Introduction to Wikidata	17
Wikidata and Wikibase Lower Barriers to LOD, Help Scale Its Applications	25
The Culture and Policy Environment of Wikidata	26
Wikidata and Wikibase Applications	27
Authority Data and Using Wikidata as a Linking Hub	27
Notable Examples in the Research Library Community	30
Enhanced Data in Library Catalogs	30
Archival and Special Collections Discovery	32
How Can an Institution Get Started Adding Bibliographic Data to Wikidata?	34
Wikidata in the Landscape of Scholarly Communication	35
Scholarly Communication Exemplars	36
How Can an Institution Get Started Adding Scholarly Data to Wikidata?	37
Wikibase and Infrastructure for Linked Open Data	38
Wikibase Exemplars	39
How Can an Institution Get Started Implementing Wikibase?	40
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	40
How Can an Institution Get Started Improving the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of Wikidata?	43
Community Outreach and Training	43
Community Outreach Exemplars	44
How Can an Institution Get Started Doing Outreach on Wikidata?	44
Conclusion	45
Endnotes	47