Note: Information updated on 09.06.2023

Free event available to all.

This is an online event.

A Zoom link to the event will be sent out the day before the event to those who have registered to attend online.

This is a White Rose Libraries co-hosted event at the University of York library based around advocacy for the use of Wikidata within the research lifecycle. We are bringing together researchers and professionals from across the three institutions and Wikimedia UK to showcase the use of Wikidata, a free linked database of secondary data that can be read and edited by both humans and machines, in their research. The event will start with a presentation from Martin Poulter, a trainer and adviser to academics, librarians, and other experts on how to work with open projects such as Wikidata and Wikipedia. He will be addressing the strengths of Wikidata for Digital Humanities.

We will also be hosting two members of Wikimedia UK: Dr. Richard Nevell, Programme Manager and Connected Heritage Programme Lead, and Dr. Lucy Hinnie, Digital Skills Wikimedian.

Dr Fran Allfrey, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Archaeology, University of York, will be talking to us about Medieval Wiki: learnings from editing wikidata with medieval scholars. The Medieval Wiki project page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_MedievalWiki

Ruth Elder, Collections Management Spcialist at the University of York, will give us an insight into the collaborative work with adding information to Wikidata from their respective university libraries’s theses repository.

Please note that the presentations will be recorded and published on the White Rose webpages.

The role of Wikidata within the research lifecycle