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- Secondly, we'll have two Lightning Round Talks from Pilot participants! -- details forthcoming
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From Wheaton College (Illinois)
Presenter: Christa Strickler, Associate Professor of Library Science (christa.strickler@wheaton.edu)
Description: One of Wheaton's pilot projects involves creating and enhancing items related to Christian hymns, using one hymnal as the basis for a test data set for the substantial collection of hymnals in our special collections. Work has included modeling data for hymn texts, tunes, composers, and hymn writers; using Open Refine to reconcile data from Hymnary.org with Wikidata; and creating/enhancing Wikidata items that link to Hymnary and Library of Congress identifiers. Some data modeling difficulties have yet to be worked out.
From UCLA Library
Presenters: Paromita Biswas, Continuing Resources Metadata Librarian (pbiswas@library.ucla.edu) and Erica Zhang, Metadata Librarian for Open Access (ezhang20@library.ucla.edu)
Description: This presentation will be a brief overview of the pilot at the UCLA Library. In particular, it will highlight the pilot's role in providing collaborative opportunities with units outside of cataloging, our work with underrepresented entities in Wikidata, and how challenges in working with Wikidata can also contribute to the pilot's success.
As always, there will be time for discussion and open Q&A.
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