WikiData Days 2020/Calls

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IMPORTANT DATES

Call for proposals is open until April 15.

Announcement of accepted proposals: May

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

We are seeking proposals for presentations, posters and panel discussions that focus on the three main themes of the conference: Academia, GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) and Communities. We welcome communications showcasing ongoing and completed projects using Wikidata (or related projects) in these areas. Being a regional conference, we encourage proposals that reflect on and discuss the reality in countries with close affinities (proximity/language) to Portugal.

THEMES AND SUBTHEMES

Science & Research

Wikidata and other related projects can be a powerful tool to make open scholarship a reality and advance the goal of free knowledge accessible to everyone. This includes:

• Open Data
• Open Access
• Open Citations
• Citizen Science
• Researcher Profiles
• Bibliometrics
• Scholarly communication
• Wikicite
• Scholia

GLAMs

What benefits can Wikidata bring to GLAM? We will get to know and discuss the Wikimedia strategy for GLAMs and how it aligns with the goals of these institutions, identify opportunities for using Wikidata and showcase ongoing and completed projects.

• Collections Development
• Data Curation
• Bibliographic Data
• Underrepresented heritage
• Authority Data
• Archival and Special Collections Discovery
• Metadata and Linked Data
• Data models
• Ontologies

Communities

To foster relationships between the Portuguese community and other Wikimedian communities, mainly from Spain and Africa (neighbour affiliates) and Brazil (language proximity) we want to discuss:

• Capacity building
• Recruitment and retention of editors
• Partnerships
• Diversity and underrepresented communities
• Wikimedia strategy
• Wikidata tools
• Open Licenses

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS

We are seeking proposals in the following formats:

Lightning Talks Visually impactful presentations. Tell us a story in a compelling and creative way, within 5 minutes. This format is best for projects and initiatives showcasing.

Lectures 15-minute sessions about a specific theme or project worth sharing with a wider audience that will be followed by a debate at the end of the presentations.

Posters Posters should highlight projects and initiatives around Wikidata and will be available throughout the conference.

Final submissions should include an abstract and should be delivered in A1 format (59,4 x 84,1 cm or 16,53 x 23,38 in) in PDF or SVG (dates for final submissions to be announced).

All proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by our Program Committee.

Contributions can be submitted openly in the Wikidata wiki. The conference will be in English.Please create an account (any Wikimedia project such as Wikipedia will do) and submit your contribution. The submission form opens a template to publish your submission with full title and additional information. All submissions are listed at Category:WikiData_Days_2020_submissions.