Wikidata:WikiProject Western Michigan University Libraries

This WikiProject space will be used to gather Wikidata work being done at Western Michigan University Libraries.

Aim and Scope

Western Michigan University Libraries Cataloging and Metadata Unit of the Resource Management Department created this WikiProject, with the following aims and scope:

• Help WMU Libraries staff find instructions and information about Wikidata
• Encourage collaborations on Wikidata projects
• Promote WMU's contributions in Wikidata

Getting Started

• Create a Wikidata account
• Introduction to Wikidata
• Wikidata glossary
• Main help page

Projects

• Western Michigan University Buildings Project: Creating items for WMU buildings
• WMU Archives and Regional History Collections Project: Creating items for archival collections at WMU and their creators
• WMU Faculty and their Publications
  • Example Project: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Stanford_Libraries/Data_models#Academic_faculty
• WMU Schools and Departments
  • Example Project: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_PCC_Wikidata_Pilot/University_of_Pennsylvania_Library#Establishing_Penn_Academic_Departments,_Schools,_and_Research_Centers_in_Wikidata
• WMU Libraries Digital Collections
  • Oral Histories: names
  • WMU Archives Photograph Collection: names

Potential Projects

• Western Michigan University electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • YouTube: Wikidata at Texas A&M University Libraries: Enhancing Discovery for Dissertations (WDC 21 recording)

• Contributing DPLA-aggregated images to Wikimedia Commons
  • Commons:Digital Public Library of America
  • DPLA + Wikimedia: https://pro.dp.la/projects/dpla-wikimedia
  • DPLA + Wikimedia: One Year In: https://dp.la/news/dpla-wikimedia-one-year-in
  • Adding Images to Wikipedia Articles via DPLA: https://johndewees.com/2021/03/18/adding-images-to-wikipedia-articles-via-dpla/

Resources

• Wikidata Training Modules:
  • Introduction to Wikidata
  • Databases and Linked Data
  • Adding to Wikidata
• Wikidata Tours are a great place to start: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tours
• Wikipedia in One Page: Wikidata:In_one_page
• Wikidata entry-level learning materials as part of Leveling Up Days 2024
• Great Linked Data education, plus Wikidata: 23 Linked Data Things

Description Guidelines

See individual projects for data models specific to the items being added to Wikidata.

Related WikiProjects

• Wikidata:WikiProject_Linked_Data_for_Production
  • Practical Wikidata for Librarians
• Wikidata:WikiProject_PCC_Wikidata_Pilot
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Archival_Description
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Books
• Wikidata:WikiProject_Universities

Subpages

• WikiProject Western Michigan University Libraries/Participants
• WikiProject Western Michigan University Libraries/WMU Archives and Regional History Collections Project
• WikiProject Western Michigan University Libraries/Western Michigan University Buildings Project

Participants

[+] Add yourself to the list

The participants listed below can be notified using the following template in discussions:
{{Ping project|Western Michigan University Libraries}}

• --MSwierenga (talk) 14:45, 6 June 2024 (UTC)