User:MSwierenga/LDUG Wikidata Workshop 2022

Welcome to the 2022 MCLS/LDUG Wikidata Edit-a-thon: Michigan and Indiana Book Awards. Everything you need will be listed below. If ever you have a question, please don't hesitate to reach out to the event team.

Opening Event Schedule

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Opening event: Monday, April 25, 2022, 2-3:30pm Eastern (1-2:30pm Central), via Zoom - recording link

1. Welcome
2. Orientation to the edit-a-thon
3. Introduction to Wikidata/Linked data ~15min
4. Examples ~15min
5. Questions?
6. How to edit/Let's edit ~15min
7. Editing ~30min
8. Wrap-up and next steps

Closing Event Schedule

Closing event: Monday, April 29, 2022, 2-3pm Eastern (1-2pm Central), via Zoom - recording link

1. Review of Dashboard Statistics
2. Querying Wikidata
3. Questions/Comments
4. Future Edit-a-thons?

Edit-a-thon Orientation

Tools

• The Edit-a-thon Dashboard: What is it? How do I join it? Where is it?
  • What: The Dashboard is a course/workshop/edit-a-thon management platform. It works with both Wikipedia and Wikidata. It neatly tracks edits for the duration of a workshop or program. It also can contain trainings, resources, and tips. It is customizable and presents data that may be otherwise difficult to find
  • Where is it?: Dashboard link
  • How to join: Follow the link to the dashboard and click the button Join Program. Enter the passcode azngerqt
    
  • Problems joining? send your Wikimedia username to marianne.swierenga@wmich.edu
• The MCLS Wikidata Slack Channel: Communicate with other participants, ask questions, get clarifications, share your best edits
  • https://mclsldugwikidata.slack.com
  • Sign up for the Slack Channel
  • Problems joining? send your email to marianne.swierenga@wmich.edu

Training Resources

• What is Wikidata? What is linked data? Why is this important?
  • Wikidata Training Modules: Introduction to Wikidata and Databases and Linked Data
    
  • Wikidata Tours area a great place to start: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours
  • Wikipedia in One Page: Wikidata:In_one_page
• How do I edit?
  • Wikidata Training Module: Adding to Wikidata
    

The Project

• What do I edit?
  • For this program we are utilizing data sets for the Michigan Notable Books program and the Indiana Authors Awards to create and edit items for authors and books, and add the property "award received" for books receiving these awards.
  • Data set: Michigan Notable Books.
  • Data set: Indiana Authors Awards.

Properties

Wikidata calls predicates properties. Properties are relationships that describe the connection between items (subjects) and their values (objects). Listed below are some commonly used properties for describing authors and books.

Author Properties examples

• occupation (P106): occupation of a person; see also "field of work" (Property:P101), "position held" (Property:P39)
  • writer (Q36180): person who uses written words to communicate ideas and to produce literary works
  • novelist (Q6625963): writer of novels
  • playwright (Q214917): person who writes plays
  • poet (Q49757): person who writes poetry
• notable work (P800): notable scientific, artistic or literary work, or other work of significance among subject's works
  • Hamlet (Q41567): tragedy by William Shakespeare
• award received (P166): award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work
  • for winners
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Q833633): American award for distinguished works of fiction, since 1948
  • National Book Award for Poetry (Q3873146): annual literary award in the United States
• nominated for (P1411): award nomination received by a person, organisation or creative work (inspired from "award received" (Property:P166))
  • for finalists
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Q833633): American award for distinguished works of fiction, since 1948
  • National Book Award for Poetry (Q3873146): annual literary award in the United States

Book Properties examples

• author (P50): main creator(s) of a written work (use on works, not humans); use P2093 (author name string) when Wikidata item is unknown or does not exist
• publisher (P123): organization or person responsible for publishing books, periodicals, printed music, podcasts, games or software
• publication date (P577): date or point in time when a work was first published or released

Data Models

A data model is a set of common properties we use to describe things on Wikidata. Data models are not prescriptive. Often the best way to learn how to model items is to look at existing well-modeled items. Here is a small list to get you started.

Author examples

• Douglas Adams (Q42): English science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)
  • This person is well-described
• Angeline Boulley (Q105457918): American author and educator
  • This person is an author from Michigan

Books

There has been work done on mapping out a Book Data Model.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Q3107329): 1979 book by Douglas Adams
  • This written work is well-described
• Mister President (Q3050361): novel written by Miguel Ángel Asturias
  • This literary work is well-described
• The Tradition (Q93293007): poetry collection by Jericho Brown
  • This poetry collection is well-described
• Firekeeper's Daughter (Q110264260): 2021 novel by Angeline Boulley
  • This example shows the awards the book received

Book Awards

• Michigan Notable Books (Q110667892): list of notable books by a Michigan resident or about Michigan or the Great Lakes
• Indiana Authors Awards (Q110952919): literary award

Data Set

For this event, the following tables contains a set of books, authors, and awards:

Library of Michigan's cumulative list of Michigan Notable Books 1992-2022 (file name: LM_2021_MNB_MI_Reads_Cumulative_List)
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IjZ-ztCtqzH7iAZwGI-mBFt7IVF0AkGrMDun-qxgEho/edit?usp=sharing
Indiana Authors Award (file name: Indiana_Authors_Awards_Cumulative_List)
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ERviqsEcLfLmrvD3ACg1SyOGigYFZVt9EOEa6MMptXg/edit?usp=sharing

Queries of Indiana and Michigan Book Awards

• Books that received the Michigan Notable Book award (using Wikidata Query Builder): https://w.wiki/4rGD
• Books that received the Indiana Authors Award (using Wikidata Query Builder): https://w.wiki/528g
• Recipients of the Indiana Authors Award: https://w.wiki/57KK; timeline view: https://w.wiki/57KJ