Please join us for the next installment of the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>
!

When: Thurs. 27 May 2021, 1PM Eastern US (time zone converter
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Registration: Please fill in this form
<https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkf-mupj8iGtFYsNZLq4ZqGeat_oPxb889>
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The May 2021 Working Hour will feature two presentations:

The history, present and future of WBStack & WBaas (Wikibase as a service):
a presentation by Adam Shorland

Adam will give a broad overview of WBStack and WBaas: Looking at why it
exists, what it does, how it does it, and where it wants to go.

Adam Shorland (Addshore) Wikidata & Wikibase Tech lead, working at
Wikimedia Germany for 6+ years.

Testing WBStack at Columbia University Libraries with Timothy Ryan
Mendenhall

Mendenhall will provide a brief demonstration of an exploration of WBStack
at CUL to try to resolve identifiers within Columbia University Libraries.

Timothy Ryan Mendenhall is a Metadata Librarian at Columbia University
Libraries


About the LD4 Wikibase Working Hour:
The LD4 Wikibase Working Hour
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>
seeks to create a space for GLAM professionals experimenting with
Wikibase/WBStack implementation, the software that Wikidata is based on, to
learn collaboratively and share tips, tools, and resources.  For more
details, see the project page
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Wikibase_and_WBStack_Working_Hours>.
Sign up via this link <https://groups.google.com/g/ld4-wikidata> for LD4
Wikidata Affinity Group, Wikidata Working Hour, and Wikibase Working Hour
announcements.

-- 
Timothy Ryan Mendenhall (he/him/his)
Metadata Librarian
Columbia University Libraries
Original and Special Materials Cataloging
102 Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027

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