Wikidata Workshop for Librarians
We look forward to exploring Wikidata with you 24 September 2025 at VID Campus Stavanger. Would you like to lean more about the schedule and some available resources? Take a look!
Schedule
- 9:00 The Wikimedia projects and GLAM
Elisabeth Carrera, Executive Director of Wikimedia Norway
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. How does the global Wikimedia movement team up with GLAM institutions to help make our vision a reality? And what are the Wikimedia projects beyond Wikipedia? - 9:30 Wikidata – bringing structured data to the world
Jon Harald Søby (online), Community Outreach Specialist of Wikimedia Norway
Wikidata is the “brain” that provides structured data to not only Wikimedia projects, but also to search engines such as Google and the Large Language Models (LLMs) that AI services rely upon. How does Wikidata work, and how is it possible for humans (volunteers and professionals) and machines to collaborate on building a large-scale free and multilingual data repository? - Coffee break
- 10:15 Three Wikidata use cases
Learn about some of the ways in which GLAM entities and research institutions compile and communicate knowledge through Wikidata.
Expeditia – scientific expeditions mapped and visualized using Wikidata
Scholia – plenty of visualizations powered by Wikidata queries, with a focus on literature and science
Mix-n-Match – crowdsourcing tool to reconcile external databases with Wikidata
- 10:30 Bouncing ideas: How your library can benefit from Wikimedia projects
Facilitated group discussions
Share ideas with your peers and get advice from Wikimedia staff. - 11:00 What now?
Summary of the workshop and Wikimedia projects’ opportunities for libraries
Workshop output
Our collective notes and ideas.
Do you want to learn more?
Wikidata Tours
Interactive lessons that show you how Wikidata works and teach you how to add data.
Learn Wikidata: a course for information professionals
Short video tutorials in English, Spanish or Chinese. (Sorry about the annoying robot!)
Wikimedia GLAM
Newsletter, activities and network.
Find a Wikimedia affiliate
National chapters, user groups and global thematic organisations.