Helen Williams

Metadata Manager @LSELibrary. Exploring and developing new ways in which metadata can support research, teaching and learning. Usual caveat - opinions my own!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@ruthelder2 @SiobhanLeachman Great to see so much detail on all the success of the NZ project - and thanks to the authors for the mentions!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

Definitely - Wikidata came up in the context of collections as data only yesterday! And shout out to @ruthelder2 who co-wrote the toolkit with me!

[We Thneed Clean Air @KnitMeAThneed]

@espejolento @HelsKRW Yes! There’s so much potential to use Wikidata to make research discoverable, and find new connections. Helen’s toolkit is a great guide to getting theses into Wikidata and I’m always keen to support (I dream of getting the world’s dissertations in!)

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@KnitMeAThneed just been watching the KG session... someone mentioned, in the Qs, that they were running a version of Blazegraph that won't split... do you know any more about it. That was new to me.

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@socialsciencec2 @WomensHistNet Sorry, that link hasn't come through correctly - this is the right one. https://t.co/wLtNtjZCS7

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@socialsciencec2 @WomensHistNet Lots more ways to explore connections in the Suffrage Interviews at https://t.co/q8da0XwpqI

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@socialsciencec2 She's mentioned in 5 of the suffrage interviews too - https://t.co/MKrmcsWFTj

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@ohiowomenshist @LSELibrary @K_Marino1 You might also be interested in some work we've done to link our Suffrage Interviews metadata with Wikidata in the hope of furthering discovery and new connections https://t.co/wLtNtjZ52z

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@KellyElizaLloyd @mlpoulter @OpenResLeeds Really great session - thanks for organising!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@heald_j @Tagishsimon @wikidata I think determination is a necessary part of the SPARQL skill set! Thanks again for your help

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

Mired in SPARQL complexity I turned to ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to see if they could modify my working query to add the extra filter I want - 3 different results, but none of them work either! So it's back to manual brain power instead!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@Tagishsimon @heald_j @wikidata @heald_j in awe of your SPARQL skills having seen that last query with the arrows! Thanks for sharing your expertise!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@Tagishsimon @heald_j @wikidata Thank you both! Noted the need for the variables to be different but I can't replicate on other queries so just updated my post to see if I can learn what I'm missing.

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@heald_j @wikidata Just posted it - thanks for offering to help! Really appreciate it.

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@heald_j @wikidata The 2nd is trying to just get one image for each person to appear in results, instead of duplicates. I must be doing something wrong with (SAMPLE(?image) as ?image) - I'll pop it on the query page as my multiple different attempts haven't yet achieved success!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@mrnick Sorry you'll miss it Nick - it sounds brilliant. Thanks for the plug - I've just registered!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@mlpoulter @mrnick @annreynolds988 Nice! Great query - had a go for us too, and then added in optional images for a different view https://t.co/jE2HecL91Z Same caveats as you!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@JaneDaniels1 @wikimediauk @CILIPinfo @MuseumsAssoc @ARAUK_IE @ARLIS_UKI Yes please! Currently working on a couple of things that would really benefit from access to some Wikipedia training!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@mrnick @WikiWomenInRed @ellycope I'd also like to think how we make a page like this, or https://t.co/YveSasX8CH useful to researchers - at the moment it doesn't look inviting, and I think only librarians really know of its existence!

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@WikiWomenInRed Keen to make contact about our Suffrage Interviews Project https://t.co/8ci5rOl2ao and some potential Wikipedia editing I had in mind. Is there someone I could get in touch with to talk further?

[Helen Williams @HelsKRW]

@mrnick @WikiWomenInRed @ellycope Would love to hear more about what your group is thinking Nick. The project page will need refining as the project develops, but I was keen to record where we're up to.