Ruth Elder
Collection Management Specialist
University of York Library
Increasing discoverability:
the Wikidata Thesis Project @ York
(and beyond…)
“Improving access and discovery of our collections online, enabling local and global audiences to discover,
use and enjoy them,
using an ‘open as possible’ approach”
University of York Library, Archives and Learning Services: Action Plan (2022 - 2026)
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Teaching by example: Cistercian exempla collections before Caesarius, 1178–1220 Q115006944 | Instance of (P31) | Doctoral thesis (Q187685) |
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Thesis title: | | |
Teaching by example: Cistercian exempla collections before Caesarius, 1178–1220 Q115006944 | Instance of (P31) | Doctoral thesis (Q187685) |
| Author (P50) | Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow (Q114664536) |
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Thesis title: | | |
Teaching by example: Cistercian exempla collections before Caesarius, 1178–1220 Q115006944 | Instance of (P31) | Doctoral thesis (Q187685) |
| Author (P50) | Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow (Q114664536) |
| Dissertation submitted to (P4101) | University of York (Q967165) |
Thesis title: | | |
Teaching by example: Cistercian exempla collections before Caesarius, 1178–1220 Q115006944 | Instance of (P31) | Doctoral thesis (Q187685) |
| Author (P50) | Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow (Q114664536) |
| Dissertation submitted to (P4101) | University of York (Q967165) |
| Language of work (P407) | English (Q1860) |
National Galleries of Scotland
National Gallery of Art (Washington, U.S.)
The Smithsonian Libraries
The opportunity for the academic libraries to
facilitate the promotion
of doctoral dissertations
to the widest possible audience through uploading existing metadata into Wikidata.
Wikidata theses project objectives
Process flow
So what do Wikidata entries look like?
Author example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114664536
Thesis example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115006944
Repository Downloads
(Feb - May 21) +14% (from Feb - May 2020 pre project)
(Feb - May 22) + 16% (from Feb May 2020 (pre project
Traffic to Repository
Referrals to LSETO from Wikipedia
2019 1%
2020 (mid project) 3%
2021 (project completed) 13%
Increase in author/supervisor data in Wikimedia
2019: 23% of LSE authors and supervisors existed in WD
2023: close to 100%
7% of authors and supervisors currently have a Wikipedia page - highlighting the quantity of unique data now added to Wikidata
LSE Theses Online
“We’ve seen an incredible 250% increase in referrals to @LSENews theses from Wikipedia since we started this work”
Ruth Elder (FCLIP)
Collection Management Specialist
University of York Library, Archives and Learning Services,
University of York
@ruthelder2
Reflections and Conclusion
Further Information & Links | |
Clark, Jason A., Williams, Helen K.R., and Rossmann, Doralyn. ‘Wikidata and Knowledge Graphs in Practice: Using Semantic SEO to Create Discoverable, Accessible, Machine-readable Definitions of the People, Places, and Services in Libraries and Archives’. 1 Jan. 2022 : 1 – 14. https://content.iospress.com/articles/information-services-and-use/isu220171, accessed December 16 2022 Williams, Helen K. R., Wikidata: what? why? how? Catalogue and Index (203). pp. 28-35. ISSN 2399-9667 (2020) http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/110987/1/Williams_wikidata_what_why_how_published.pdf, accessed November 30 2022 Williams, Helen K. R., LSE’s adventures in Wikidata-land: tears and triumphs down the rabbit hole. Catalogue and Index, 206. pp. 2-6. ISSN 2399-9667 (2022) http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/114976/1/, accessed November 30 2022 | |
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