The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has issued a draft white paper for comment that, very roughly speaking, proposes strategies for using Wikidata as a way to disseminate linked open data created by ARL member institutions. They are soliciting comment by November 30, 2019. This should be of considerable interest to many members of the CNI community.
Background on the work, and a pointer to the white paper, can be found at
ARL, Wikimedia, and Linked Open Data: Draft White Paper Open for Comments through November 30 — Association of Research Libraries
In June 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) charged a task force to look at Wikidata. The task force emerged from several years of discussion between ARL and the Wikimedia Foundation on where the two communities can effectively collaborate. The focus on Wikidata and Wikibase came from two points of alignment in particular: interest in linked open data for both library discovery systems and Wikipedia, and advancing a diversity and inclusion agenda in the cultures of both libraries a...
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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