Wikidata:WikiProject LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group/Affinity Group Calls/Meeting Notes/2021-04-20

Call details

• Date: 2021-04-20
• Topic: Recap: Canadian archivists’ panel on Wikidata
• Presenters:
  • Kelli Babcock, University of Toronto Libraries, Information Technology Services
  • Elizabeth Bassett, University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
  • Katrina Cohen-Palacios, York University Libraries, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections
  • Heather Dean, University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
  • Anna Dysert, McGill University Libraries, Rare and Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives
  • Bronwyn Nisbet-Gray, City of Toronto Archives
  • Tomoko Shida, University of Toronto Mississauga Library
  • Alexandra Wong, University of Toronto Libraries, Information Technology Services
• Link to original agenda with link to recording: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4kf6iQj6Jeiz3978pN5Z6g-246l9sUXnLgxFSMpZPI/edit

Presentation material

• Slides (contain notes) - Exploring “Archives At” at UTL
  • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-OgKswOZ0vlnt3zpmJP1xUafcH0xNQG7REzENA6J6cU/edit?usp=sharing

For questions, contact Kelli Babcock or Alex Wong.

Notes

• About the panel
  • Organised by University and College Archives Special Interest Section (UCASIS) of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA)
  • Panelists:
    • Kelli Babcock, University of Toronto Libraries, Information Technology Services
    • Elizabeth Bassett, University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
    • Katrina Cohen-Palacios, York University Libraries, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections
    • Heather Dean, University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
    • Anna Dysert, McGill University Libraries, Rare and Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives
    • Bronwyn Nisbet-Gray, City of Toronto Archives
    • Tomoko Shida, University of Toronto Mississauga Library
    • Alexandra Wong, University of Toronto Libraries, Information Technology Services
• The notes are contained in the slides (linked under presentation material)

Questions

• From Thad Guidry:  I guess AToM could handle ingesting this CSV?  In 1784 in Montreal, there were 17825 Horses (Chevaux) ... some cool data that I can contribute to the UTL library:  https://data.world/thadguidry/summary-of-the-census-of-canada-1784
• I’m worried about statements such as “increasing traffic” from various libraries.  I’d rather see a focus on the essence of “linked data”, and contributing to the sum of all knowledge, less worrying about organizations, depts, etc. and a focus on structured data content added into Wikidata.