I’d like to explore how digital humanities can incorporate linked data into their projects, using identifiers from ORCID;, as well as projects like DBpedia, GeoNames, and FOAF. We should also discuss library-centric projects like VIAF and FAST. Is anyone in DH using linked data? Is there an ontology of DH projects? Discuss!

The GLAM Wiki project is an effort to get more libraries, archives, and museums contributing to Wikipedia. I’d argue that it’s also appropriate for digital humanists! In this session, we’d learn about GLAM Wiki; and the process of becoming Wikipedia editors, for those who have never done it, and then get people signed up to start sharing information about digital humanities projects in one of the most effective ways possible, using the power of the crowd.

To make the day as useful as possible, I propose that we start off with a brief overview session, based largely on the materials collected by Lisa Spiro at journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/getting-started-in-digital-humanities-by-lisa-spiro/ (Lisa, if you’re planning to attend, you can lead!). At the same time, we can define library-centric terms like metadata, curation, and interoperability, so that folks from the humanities community can follow what we’re saying.