Whose (Wiki)Data is it Anyway? Ethics & Consent in Cataloguing People, Places & Things
In-Person
Wikidata is one of the most open and widely available data tools. It powers Wikipedia and links together data from all over the internet, gathering it together in one searchable space. Can Wikidata be used in your work or research? What purpose does it serve? And how can you contribute to Wikidata? How should you contribute to it? Should you contribute to it at all?
Join us in discussion, to learn about linked data and how it can help to fill in blanks and gaps in marginalized subject areas, while getting a 101 crash course in using and creating Wikidata items. This workshop is framed within the context of ethically gathering data with and without consent, the power of language, terminology and authority files.
Bring a laptop and join the group or work on your own. Stay for the whole session or drop in when you can!
Presented as part of 2025 Love Data Week.
Please note: Library Collaboratory workshop instructors will not sign attendance forms for courses.
Finding the Library Collaboratory:
The main entrance to the Library Collaboratory is via the SLC Building.
Take the elevator (opposite the main entrance) up to the 3rd floor of the SLC Building.
Exit and turn left: the Library Collaboratory is at the end of the hall, marked with large yellow doors.