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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 |
ARL White Paper on Wikidata: Opportunities and Recommendations
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