Wikidata:WikidataCon 2017/Submissions/Facilitating collaboration between GLAMs

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 This is an Open submission for WikidataCon 2017 that has not yet been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee.

Submission no. 21
Title of the submission
Facilitating collaboration between GLAMs
Author(s) of the submission
Simon Cobb
E-mail address
sncobb82@gmail.com
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Leeds University Library
Type of session
Lightning talk
Length of session
10 minutes
Ideal number of attendees
No preference or limit
Abstract
Many major cultural institutions have donated collection metadata and authority control data to Wikidata. There are WikiProjects, such as sum of all paintings, to improve and curate these data by, for example, linking objects to their creators or associated items, and tools like Mix’N’Match to link Wikidata items to authority data. There has, however, been little systematic collaboration between GLAM institutions to enhance or reuse their data within Wikidata. This talk will begin by suggesting tasks and projects in Wikidata that could feasibly become foci for collaborative work by GLAMs before outlining the potential benefits that can be realised through such collaboration. Next, extant barriers to collaboration are considered, including, for example, a lack of awareness of other projects and the difficulties in establishing a mutually beneficial partnership between two or more institutions. The session concludes by questioning whether a framework to facilitate inter-institutional collaboration is required.
What will attendees take away from this session?
  1. Awareness of the issues that make collaboration difficult
  2. Ideas about focus areas for collaboration
Slides or further information
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  1. Daniel Mietchen (talk) 07:41, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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