Save the date for the 2020 LD4 Conference: May 13th and 14th, 2020, in College Station, Texas, USA, at the Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center<https://www.texasamhotelcc.com/> at Texas A&M University. The Linked Data for Production initiative<http://www.ld4p.org>, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is hosting this conference to bring together anyone passionate about the adoption of linked data …
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We’re seeking volunteers with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds to join the Program Committee to plan every aspect of the meeting from the overarching themes and goals to the content and logistical details. Our contemporary venue accommodates up to 200 people, with flexibility for multiple simultaneous activities and proximity to local cultural attractions. What kind of community meeting space would you like to create? How can this community gathering best advance the adoption of linked data in all kinds of libraries? Join the Program Committee and shape an event you are excited to participate in!
To serve on the Program Committee, you should plan to attend the conference in College Station, Texas on May 13th and 14th, 2020, and be available for bi-weekly teleconference calls beginning in September.
Fill in this short form<https://forms.gle/MfDNKiWLy5tBeRCAA> by September 6th to indicate your interest in joining the Program Committee. Committee members will be selected based on a diversity of skills, interests, and backgrounds and will be notified by September 13th.
For those not joining the Program Committee, keep an eye out for a call for proposals and other announcements about the 2020 LD4 Conference!
Hilary Thorsen (Linked Data for Production project) and Christine Fernsebner Eslao (Harvard University)
2020 LD4 Conference Co-Chairs
Hilary Thorsen
Wikimedian in Residence
Linked Data for Production Project
Digital Library Systems and Services
Stanford Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305
thorsenh(a)stanford.edu
650-285-9429
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Dear all,
As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees
(August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair of
the Wikipedia & Education User Group. This means a new vacancy had to be
filled in the board composition and a new Chair had to be appointed.
I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month the
board chose *Filip Maljkovic* to serve as the new Chair of the
organization.
As for filling up vacancies -- in addition …
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board member, *Ananth Subray, *has informed the board that due to other
pressing obligations he will not be able to continue his role as a board
member. Ananth has therefore resigned and will move to a position of
"Adviser to the Board". I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for
his service to the UG's growth in the passing year.
With both me and Ananth leaving the board, 2 vacancies had to be filled.
The board of the W&E UG has always been a working board, keeping it small
but with highly involved members. In order to foster stability in the
organization and an easy as possible transition, the board has chosen to
co-opt 2 members from our UG that has always been involved and already know
the organization well - *João Alexandre Peschanski from Brazil, *who has
served as an adviser to the board since the UG's approval, throughout the
board election process and ever since; and *LiAnna Davis*, Chief Programs
Officer and Deputy Director at *Wiki Education Foundation*, *from the US*.
As some may remember, LiAnna once worked for the Education team at the WMF
and was the one to initiate the creation of the Education Collaborative,
which later evolved into our current UG. She has been involved in the
different stages of our formation and knows well many of the relevant
stakeholders.
Both LiAnna & João were natural choices and bring to the board a wealth of
experience running innovative EDUWiki initiatives. I have no doubt they
will both contribute to the continued growth of the organization, till the
next elections at the end of 2020.
*Thus, the new Wikipedia & Education User Group **board composition is: *
Filip Maljkovic - Chair
Susanna Mkrtchyan - Vice Chair
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - Membership Admin
João Alexandre Peschanski - Secretary
LiAnna Davis - Treasurer
To summarize, I feel very blessed to be leaving an even stronger board and
look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain involved
as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki
initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education
advocate.
Best,
Shani Evenstein.
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Hello,
As one of the co-organizers of the Libraries Space* at Wikimania, I thought
I would share what is going on in the Library Space in Stockholm next week.
The Wikimania schedule is a little hard to navigate because there is SO
MUCH CHOICE, so my co-organizer, Krishna Velaga, put this page together. It
shows everything in our space plus related sessions of interest.
Is there something missing? Please ADD IT!
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:…
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There is no Wikidata Space - instead, Wikidata sessions are dispursed in
relevant spaces. Those sessions are thoughtfully listed here:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikimania_2019
I look forward to seeing those of you who will be in Stockholm and sharing
session outcomes with those of you who are Wikimania-left behind.
Merrilee (*let's face it, who does not want to be a Space Leader?)
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Dear Sir,
I thank you for your answer. I was mainly interested in the medical side of the biomedical use of Wikidata as the session was included in the Health space. It is sure that attendees with limited medical knowledge will suffer a bit. However, I will simplify and explain the medical information during the session when needed. Concerning your first comment, the word "relations" is widely used in Biomedical Informatics domain to mean associations, relationships, statements or links. You …
[View More]can absolutely refer to a simple Google Scholar search query to verify that. https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=fr&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%22Biomedical+relati…. Concerning your second comment, I changed "of" by for as required.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki (he/him)
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36
GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group
Member, WikiResearch Tunisia
Member, Wiki Project Med
Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee
Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee
Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb
Founder, TunSci
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De : Stuart Ray <soupvector(a)gmail.com>
Date : 2019/08/06 02:22 (GMT+01:00)
À : Wiki Medicine discussion <wikimedia-medicine(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc : libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "Discussion list for the Wikidata project." <wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Objet : Re: [Wiki-Medicine] My Wikimania presentation slides are available
The slides make sense to me and seem to flow well, highlighting important considerations for WikiData and Medicine; however, they may be challenging for audience members with less medical training.
On the penultimate slide:
1. you use the term "relations" where I would expect "relationships" - but perhaps I am misunderstanding the use of terms
2. you state as the third Challenge, "Decide the guidelines of the verification of relations by scientists " - this is hard to parse. Should the first "of" be "for"?
-- Stuart (user: soupvector)
Stuart C. Ray, M.D.
On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 9:26 AM Houcemeddine A. Turki <turkiabdelwaheb(a)hotmail.fr<mailto:turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr>> wrote:
Dear all,
I thank you for your answer. My Wikimania presentation slides have been uploaded today. I invite you to find them in https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019:Submissions_by_Houcemedd…. I will be honoured to receive comments regarding my works. See you in Stockholm.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
________________________________
De : Jan Ainali <jan(a)ainali.com<mailto:jan@ainali.com>>
Envoyé : lundi 5 août 2019 14:06
À : Houcemeddine A. Turki <turkiabdelwaheb(a)hotmail.fr<mailto:turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr>>
Objet : Re: RE : Re: [Wikimania-l] Uploading PPTX Presentation Slides
Alright, then the short answer is: No it is not possible to upload a pptx file to the Wikimania wiki.
/Jan
5 augusti 2019 12:21:47 +02:00, skrev Houcemeddine A. Turki <turkiabdelwaheb(a)hotmail.fr<mailto:turkiabdelwaheb@hotmail.fr>>:
Dear all,
I thank you for your answer. I know about the possibility of uploading PDF files to Wikimedia Commons. I just asked if there is a way to upload my slides in PPTX format.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki (he/him)
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36
GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group
Member, WikiResearch Tunisia
Member, Wiki Project Med
Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee
Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee
Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb
Founder, TunSci
____________________
+21629499418
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De : Mina Theofilatou <saintfevrier(a)gmail.com<mailto:saintfevrier@gmail.com>>
Date : 2019/08/05 10:10 (GMT+01:00)
À : jan(a)ainali.com<mailto:jan@ainali.com>, "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>
Objet : Re: [Wikimania-l] Uploading PPTX Presentation Slides
Thank you Jan, I was just about to suggest the same: convert to PDF and upload to Commons, then link on Wikimania site (this is what I did with my presentation in Lviv last year and I suppose is the common practice)
Houce if you need any help please let me know!
See all of you soon, Best wishes
Mina
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, 11:53 Jan Ainali, <jan(a)ainali.com<mailto:jan@ainali.com>> wrote:
If you want to upload them to Wikimedia Commons, usually the best alternative is to save your presentation as a PDF. Please add the category for space you are presenting in, what day you are presenting and, of course, that it is a presentation.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2019_by_spacehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2019_by_dayhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2019_presentations
/Jan Ainali
Knowledge saver volunteer
4 augusti 2019 21:07:41 +02:00, skrev Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com<mailto:nemowiki@gmail.com>>:
Houcemeddine A. Turki, 04/08/19 20:04:
I thank you for your efforts. I have prepared PPTX Presentation slides for Wikimania 2019. I ask about how to upload them to Wikimania wiki.
Thank you for sharing your slides' sources. Please save them in ODP format (e.g. by using LibreOffice) and upload them on... ahem. I guess archive.org<http://archive.org> would be a good place, we already keep many Wikimania videos there.
On WMF wikis, these formats are currently only allowed on private wikis.
Federico
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Dear all,
I thank you for your answer. My Wikimania presentation slides have been uploaded today. I invite you to find them in https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019:Submissions_by_Houcemedd…. I will be honoured to receive comments regarding my works. See you in Stockholm.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki
________________________________
De : Jan Ainali <jan(a)ainali.com>
Envoyé : lundi 5 août 2019 14:06
À : Houcemeddine A. Turki <…
[View More]turkiabdelwaheb(a)hotmail.fr>
Objet : Re: RE : Re: [Wikimania-l] Uploading PPTX Presentation Slides
Alright, then the short answer is: No it is not possible to upload a pptx file to the Wikimania wiki.
/Jan
5 augusti 2019 12:21:47 +02:00, skrev Houcemeddine A. Turki <turkiabdelwaheb(a)hotmail.fr>:
Dear all,
I thank you for your answer. I know about the possibility of uploading PDF files to Wikimedia Commons. I just asked if there is a way to upload my slides in PPTX format.
Yours Sincerely,
Houcemeddine Turki (he/him)
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Undergraduate Researcher, UR12SP36
GLAM and Education Coordinator, Wikimedia TN User Group
Member, WikiResearch Tunisia
Member, Wiki Project Med
Member, WikiIndaba Steering Committee
Member, Wikimedia and Library User Group Steering Committee
Co-Founder, WikiLingua Maghreb
Founder, TunSci
____________________
+21629499418
-------- Message d'origine --------
De : Mina Theofilatou <saintfevrier(a)gmail.com>
Date : 2019/08/05 10:10 (GMT+01:00)
À : jan(a)ainali.com, "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Objet : Re: [Wikimania-l] Uploading PPTX Presentation Slides
Thank you Jan, I was just about to suggest the same: convert to PDF and upload to Commons, then link on Wikimania site (this is what I did with my presentation in Lviv last year and I suppose is the common practice)
Houce if you need any help please let me know!
See all of you soon, Best wishes
Mina
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, 11:53 Jan Ainali, <jan(a)ainali.com<mailto:jan@ainali.com>> wrote:
If you want to upload them to Wikimedia Commons, usually the best alternative is to save your presentation as a PDF. Please add the category for space you are presenting in, what day you are presenting and, of course, that it is a presentation.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2019_by_spacehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2019_by_dayhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_2019_presentations
/Jan Ainali
Knowledge saver volunteer
4 augusti 2019 21:07:41 +02:00, skrev Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com<mailto:nemowiki@gmail.com>>:
Houcemeddine A. Turki, 04/08/19 20:04:
I thank you for your efforts. I have prepared PPTX Presentation slides for Wikimania 2019. I ask about how to upload them to Wikimania wiki.
Thank you for sharing your slides' sources. Please save them in ODP format (e.g. by using LibreOffice) and upload them on... ahem. I guess archive.org<http://archive.org> would be a good place, we already keep many Wikimania videos there.
On WMF wikis, these formats are currently only allowed on private wikis.
Federico
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