WikiIndaba 2023/Submissions/Mind the Wikidata Gap: Why we should care about African content on Wikidata and what we did about it

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Author(s): Alice Kibombo, Dr.Nkem Osuigwe, Stanley Boakye-Achampong, Doreen Appiah	Username(s): AKibombo , African Librarian	Type of submission: Presentation / Lecture
	Affiliation: AfLIA	Theme(s): Wikidata, GLAM, Education, Content Gap, Community Engagement, Partnership, Diversity
Abstract: Wikidata, a community-curated knowledge base related to Wikipedia, affects our access to information, wielding more power than many realize. Seeing an opportunity for improving access to knowledge and promoting their collections, African librarians through the AfLIA Wikidata Project have learnt about Wikidata and contributed to it in various ways as a result. One growing area of activity is in Wikidata’s scholarly citation data, but that participation has largely concentrated on the global North, leaving a gap in its African content, collections, research and scholarly output coverage. This presentation demonstrates how this gap matters to African librarians and shows how they contributed to efforts to fill it.		Level of advancement: All levels
		Special requirements: Microphone and projector
		Extra information: Etherpad

How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region? Showcase the existing gaps on Wikidata that we looked to fill and why they particularly mattered ; Appreciation of the complexities surrounding limited coverage of African-related research and scholarly content on Wikidata ; Showcase the efforts and contributions that we made to fill the gaps ; Create awareness for the benefits of having librarians in Africa learn about Wikidata and its potential ;

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