Verdieping Wikidata en de KB, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 14 november 2023

Key Takeaway

This presentation provides an overview of how Wikidata is utilized in Linked Open Datasets (thesauri) and public domain heritage collections of the KB, the national library of the Netherlands.

Summary

• The presentation discusses the integration of Wikidata with the KB, national library of the Netherlands.
• It is structured into four blocks:
  • Block 1: Explores what Wikidata adds for the KB and discusses Wikidata characteristics and its added value.
  • Block 2: Focuses on Wikidata's relationship with KB thesauri (NTA and DBNLa) and outlines criteria for their suitability for Wikidata integration.
  • Block 3: Addresses the linking of Wikimedia Commons with Wikidata, covering regular metadata for KB images, structured data on Commons, SPARQL queries for KB images, and image search options in Wikimedia Commons.
  • Block 4: Discusses the suitability of KB heritage collections for Wikidata integration, WikiProject KB Collection highlights, presentation of collection highlights on kb.nl, a new paradigm for collection highlights, and 50 new possibilities with KB's collection highlights.
• Additional resources include a textual summary with links available in English, a full text transcript of the course in Dutch, and two lecture videos on YouTube.
• The presentation is authored by Olaf Janssen and is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.