Re: [libraries] [External] Re: WorldCat holdings for gap projects?

Hi all, my OCLC colleague Chris Cyr and I have been workshopping an idea with Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight and Rob Fernandez -- that is incorporating library holdings from WorldCat into the Women in Red Redlists. We acknowledge that WorldCat holdings aren't perfect, and that they certainly aren't a surefire way of indicating notability -- however, they may be helpful in guiding editors (in the same way that other indicators in these lists might inspire an editor to get started -- for example, site links, a photo, country of origin etc.) If you are interested in exploring this topic with us for your own gap area, please let me know. We have developed a methodology for getting the holdings numbers via OpenRefine so you can incorporate this into your own projects. You can see some example of this at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_ar… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Missing_ar… Note that the examples have taken the OpenRefine outputs and incorporated them into Wikidata -- so work is required on your end to get this product! Best, Merrilee Merrilee Proffitt (she/her) *OCLC*· Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership *M*+1-510-684-4717 orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337> <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337>> OCLC <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo>> OCLC.org <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link<http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link>> * * Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726<http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726>> * * Twitter <http://twitter.com/MerrileeIam<http://twitter.com/MerrileeIam>> * * YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo<http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo>> The OCLC Research Library Partnership <http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership<http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership>> provides a unique transnational collaborative network of peers to address common issues as well as the opportunity to engage directly with OCLC Research.Join with us! _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:Libraries@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries<https://lists.wik…