2019:Libraries/Scholia: A web application for scholarly data
 | This is an Accepted submission for the Libraries space at Wikimania 2019. |
- Notes
- This session is a brainstorming discussion. The topic will be explained for five minutes between 10:40 and 11:15 and,
the main session will take place from 14:00 to 15:30 on Day 3 (August 18) in Alexievich (D416). - If you are interested to attend please add yourself here.
- To view the overall program of the Libraries space, please visit 2019:Libraries/Program.
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Description
[edit | edit source]Scholia is a web application with visualization of data about authors, articles, organizations, topics, etc. It uses the Wikidata Query Service to construct live updated webpages with data aggregated across Wikidata items. The idea of Scholia is to generate quick overviews to help researchers, librarians or other interested in a particular field.
Relationship to the theme
[edit | edit source]This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals — in the following manner:
Goal 3. Good health and well-being: Scholia shows health-related publications, diseases, genes and topics.
Goal 4. Quality education: Scholia can be used as a free service to navigate scholarly publications, and it can serve as a tool to educate about Wikidata, RDF and Linked Open Data (see also the session Integrating Wikidata into Education).
Session outcomes
[edit | edit source]At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:
- Awareness of Scholia and the possibilities associated with Wikidata and its query service
- Ability to enter new scholarly metadata into Wikidata
Session leader(s)
[edit | edit source]- Finn Årup Nielsen, Fnielsen (talk) 00:50, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Session type
[edit | edit source]Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:
- lightning talk
- Computer-based training
- Discussion-based training
Requirements
[edit | edit source]The session will work best with these conditions:
- Room: class room
- Audience: 30. Computer skills
- Recording: Part of it may be filmed
- Time requested: 30 minutes