Open AccessMind the Wikidata Gap
Author(s) -
Christa Strickler
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
summary of proceedings/summary of proceedings. annual conference - american theological library association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-2027
pISSN - 0066-0868
DOI - 10.31046/proceedings.2021.2978
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , citation , computer science , world wide web , cultural heritage , power (physics) , knowledge base , data science , political science , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , law , radiology
Wikidata, a community-curated knowledge base related to Wikipedia, affects our access to information, wielding more power than many realize. Seeing an opportunity for improving access to knowledge and promoting their collections, libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions have been experimenting with Wikidata in various ways. One burgeoning area of activity is in Wikidata’s scholarly citation data, but that participation has largely concentrated in the sciences, leaving a gap in its theological and religious studies coverage. This presentation demonstrates how this gap matters to theological libraries and shows how you can contribute to efforts to fill it, even in small ways. Delving into Wikidata can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. As long as you have basic computer skills, you can find a way to participate.