Re: [GLAM] [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sverige receives $65k+ in funding for our Library Data project - GLAM

29 Aug 2018

Thanks John!

Giselle Bordoy
Responsable de Comunicación y Cultura
Communications and Cultural Manager
*A. C. Wikimedia Argentina*

2018-08-29 16:23 GMT-03:00 John Andersson &lt;john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se&gt;se>:

...
  Hi Giselle,

 You can read more about the project in English here:
 https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_
 inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_på_Wikidata_2018/Background

 Best,

 John

 Den mån 27 aug. 2018 18:24Wikimedia Argentina <
 comunicacion(a)wikimedia.org.ar&gt;
 skrev:

  Congrats! Open data is the present and future of
cultural projects :)
 I would love to read more about the project. This is the only link in
 english that I found [1]
 Have you got something else John?

 Best,
 Giselle

 [1]
 http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/ 
pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-
 fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975

 Giselle Bordoy
 Responsable de Comunicación y Cultura
 Communications and Cultural Manager
 *A. C. Wikimedia Argentina*

 2018-08-27 11:08 GMT-03:00 Alex Stinson &lt;astinson(a)wikimedia.org&gt;rg>:

> Congratulations John! Library data is such a powerful first step for
> engaging partners, and we definitely need more case studies on this!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 9:48 AM, John Andersson <
> john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se&gt; wrote:
>
>> *Hi everybody and sorry for crossposting,Wikimedia Sverige is proud to  be
 >> the recipient of $65,500 in support from
the Swedish National Library  for
 >> our project Library Data.We will work in
collaboration with the Swedish
>> National Library to include a number of datasets onto Wikidata, such as
>> data about authors, libraries and different special databases of
>> bibliographies[1]. This is a pilot project where we aim to discuss with
>> the
>> community what to include and what to exclude. Based on the discussions
>> and
>> the requests from the community we will design a continuation of this
>> project (if this first part is deemed successful continuous funding is
>> possible for 3-4 more years).We started investigating a possible long
>> term
>> partnership with the National Library in 2017 when Wikimedia Sverige
>> delivered inputs to the new National Strategy for the Library Sector on
>> how
>> Sweden's libraries can work with Wikimedia for mutual benefits.[2] The
>> National Library has just made history as the world's first national
>> library to fully transition to Linked Open Data (BIBFRAME 2.0),[3] so  the
 >> timing could not have been better; we are
now in position to examine  how
 >> this move can benefit Wikidata and other
Wikimedia projects.Please
>> contact
>> the project manager André Costa (andre.costa(a)wikimedia.se
>> &lt;andre.costa(a)wikimedia.se&gt;) or the developer Alicia Fagerving
>> (alicia.fagerving(a)wikimedia.se &lt;alicia.fagerving(a)wikimedia.se&gt;) if you
>> have
>> any questions. As always, you can find the full application on our wiki
>> (in
>> Swedish):
>>
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_ 
inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_på_Wikidata_2018/Ansökan
 >> <
>> https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Strategisk_ 
inkludering_av_biblioteksdata_p%C3%A5_Wikidata_2018/Ans%C3%B6kan
 >> >[1]
>> https://libris.kb.se/deldatabas.jsp <https://libris.kb.se/ 
deldatabas.jsp
 >> >
>> [2]
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-_ 
Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf
 >> <
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sverige_-_ 
Wikipedia_och_biblioteken_i_Sverige.pdf
 >> >
>> (in Swedish)[3]
>>
>> http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/ 
pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-
 fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975
 >> <
>> http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/kungliga_biblioteket/ 
pressreleases/kb-becomes-the-first-national-library-to-
 fully-transition-to-linked-data-2573975
 >> >
>> *
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> John
>> - - - -
>> John Andersson
>> Executive Director
>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>
>> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
>> Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se &lt;JohnAndersson86(a)hotmail.com&gt;
>> Visiting address: Goto10, Hammarby Kaj 10D, 120 32 Stockholm
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