Description
In June 2026, the Linked Data Users Group of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging’s EMCO Wikidata Community of Practice (CoP) held a free, semi-synchronous, week-long virtual event that explored Wikidata. No prior experience was necessary!
This edit-a-thon focused on adding corporate bodies (businesses, associations, institutions, etc.) using the PCC EMCO Wikidata CoP Application Profile for Corporate Bodies. Participants were also able to create Wikidata entries of their own choosing or create and edit entries from a list provided by the edit-a-thon staff.
If you have questions, please contact LDUG steering committee chair Marianne Swierenga, marianne.swierenga@wmich.edu.
Steering Committee Members:
Marianne Swierenga, Western Michigan University, MI (Chair)
Kathryn Bacone, Indianapolis Public Library, IN
Michael Bradford, Wayne State University Libraries, MI
Heidi Keppen Palmer, University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI
Jennifer Liss, Indiana University, IN
Julia Palos, Ball State University, IN
For questions, please contact:
Marianne Swierenga, Steering Committee Chair: marianne.swierenga@wmich.edu
Megan Dudek, MCLS: dudekm@mcls.org
Looking for resources or more information about linked data? Check out this list of resources from the steering committee.
April 2025 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2025 Wikidata Edit-a-thon: Adding People
Opening Event: Monday, April 7th - Recording
Closing Event: Friday, April 11th - Recording
November 13, 2024 All-Users Group Meeting:
Waiting for Production: Making Use of Long Liminality
Speaker:
Ruth Kitchin Tillman - Cataloging Systems and Linked Data Strategist from Penn State University Libraries
View the recording
April 2024 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2024 Wikidata Edit-a-thon: Indiana & Michigan Schools
Opening Event: Monday, April 22, 2024, 1-2:30 p.m. Eastern - Recording
Closing Event: Friday, April 26, 2024, 1-2 p.m. Eastern - Recording
Oct. 24, 2023 All-Users Group Meeting:
Future applications of AI in creating and managing library metadata
Speakers:
Philip E. Schreur - Deputy University Librarian, Stanford University Libraries
Caroline Saccucci - Chief of the U.S. Programs, Law, and Literature Division at the Library of Congress
Robin Fay - Cataloging/Metadata Librarian and Trainer
Recording link
April 2023 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2023 Wikidata Edit-a-thon: Local Theatre Arts Organizations
Opening Event: Monday, April 17, 2023 - Recording
Closing Event: Friday, April 21, 2023 - Recording
Nov. 2, 2022 All-Users Group Meeting:
Library System's Readiness for Linked Data: Presentation by Marshall Breeding
Recording link
Recording link-YouTube
April 25 & 29, 2022 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2022 Wikidata Edit-A-Thon: Indiana and Michigan Book Awards, opening event link & closing event link - Virtual exploration of Wikidata and the award-winning books from and about Indiana and Michigan, presented by MCLS's Linked Data Users Group
Oct. 28, 2021 All-Users Group Meeting:
The Making of Enslaved.org - Presentation by Seila Gonzalez Estrecha and Dean Rehberger, Matrix (the Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University)
Oct. 15, 2020 All-Users Group Meeting:
Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian: Q&A with the Authors - Discussion with Cory Lampert, Darnelle Melvin, and Anne Washington
Nov. 13, 2019 All-Users Group Meeting:
Download a recording: LD Users Group Meeting 11-13-19.mp4
Linked Data Models and Their Implications for Search 
- Presentation by Stephen Hearn, University of Minnesota
Linked Data In Inspire - Presentation by Maurine McCourry, Hillsdale College
Making the Future Happen With MARCEdit - Presentation by Robin Fay
Nov. 7, 2018 All-Users Group Meeting:
Download a recording: LD Users Group Meeting 11-7-18.mp4
Slides from Andrew Weidner's "Planting Cedar" presentation
May 2, 2018 All-Users Group Meeting:
Semantic Web, Authority Control, and You - Presentation by Jennifer Liss, Indiana University
Library.Link Network Update from Zepheira - Presentation by Jeff Penka, Zepheira, LLC
Q&A Recording: LDUG_Meeting_Recording_05022018.mp4
Meeting Chat
Download a recording of 10/4/17 Users Group meeting: LD Users Group meeting 1 - 10-4-17.mp4
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