7th Month Report | ||||
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Institution | Resident's Name | Residency Period | Period Covered | Date of Report |
University of Oxford | User:MartinPoulter | 24 October 2016-23 October 2017 | 6 May - 31 May 2017 | 6 June 2017 |
Increase the quality and quantity of coverage of subjects that are currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects, with a particular focus on cultural content
My proposed property English Short Title Catalogue citation number has been created on Wikidata. These identifiers are used across many libraries, including the British Library and in Bodleian Library research projects. This property will allow data about book editions to be imported from sites including the Oxford Text Archive.
Support the development of open knowledge in the UK, by increasing the understanding and recognition of the value of open knowledge and advocating for change at an organisational, sectoral and public policy level
There is interest among the GLAM Strategy Implementation Board in doing a pilot project with Wikidata. It would need to be in a topic that crosses multiple GLAM institutions in Oxford (among the four museums, numerous libraries, and botanic gardens) and for which there are high-quality metadata already available. I have been working on a briefing on this.
To support the use of the Wikimedia projects as important tools for education and learning in the UK
I had an inquiry from a team who are bidding for funding to create a mobile app to teach about Modernism. I explained how connections between people can be modelled in Wikidata, and how it already has useful surface data such as birth and death dates, or dates of publication of major works.
Delivered 2-hour workshop for staff in IT Services, including members of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) group. Five attendees. Evaluation at wmuk:Oxford_libraries_and_museums_May_2015#IT_Services_workshop
The Work in Progress podcast included a short interview about my work and my volunteering, recorded in the Bodleian Library, at the start of episode 26.