ALIAWest is pleased to
announce a free evening event with Andy Mabbett, Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID, who is
visiting Perth during his Wikidata Tour Down Under.
Andy will give an overview of Wikidata, the Wikimedia Foundation project which
aims to collate data and connect data sources worldwide by aggregating unique
identifiers used by the GLAM sector. For more information on Wikidata see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
In addition, Gideon Digby, President of Wikimedia Australia,
will give an outline of Toodyaypedia, a Shire of Toodyay project which placed
QR codes around the town and through its museums to link to articles on
Wikipedia. Toodyaypedia has been recognised as one of the best Wikipedia
projects worldwide.
Event:
ALIAWest Wikidata
When:
Monday 22 February 2016, 5.30 for 6.00pm start to 7.30pm
Where:
Great Southern Room, State Library of Western Australia
Register your attendance
Please note:
Register your attendance
Please note:
Andy Mabbett will
also be the keynote speaker at the free half-day ‘Wikidata – Perth Mini Conference’
on Friday, 19 February 9.30am – 2pm, at the State Library of Western Australia.
This mini conference will include speakers on:
*Noongarpedia project
between UWA and Curtin which has created access to the Indigenous Australian
language via Wikpedia.
*Toodyaypedia
*Newspaper project by
State Library of Western Australia creating articles about every newspaper
published in Western Australia.
For more details about
the ‘Wikidata – Perth Mini Conference’ see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Perth/Wikidata_Tour_2016
To register for the mini conference on Friday 19 February please click HERE