Key Takeaway The web page discusses an introduction workshop about Wikidata conducted by Olaf Janssen for employees of the KB (national library of the Netherlands) to make them more familiar with Wikidata. Summary Olaf Janssen conducted an introductory workshop about Wikidata on June 6, 2023, for employees of the KB (national library of the Netherlands). The workshop aimed to make participants more self-reliant and familiar with the world of Wikidata. The program of the workshop covered the following topics: General: Explained what Wikidata is and its principles. Data: Covered how things are described in Wikidata, how to discover Q's and P's, how to request data, and how to add data. Community: Discussed who creates Wikidata and the Wikidata community. Tools & Projects: Explored tools and projects related to Wikidata. Help: Addressed how to stay informed and where to find help. How to proceed: Provided guidance on the next steps. A text transcript/summary with all links is available at the end of the slidedeck. Olaf Janssen, Wikimedia Coordinator at the KB, led the course. The web page is in Dutch and is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Additional resources, such as a PDF document, are available for download. The web page is hosted on Zenodo and has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). It is associated with keywords like Wikidata, linked open data, and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, national library of the Netherlands).

On 6 June 2023, Olaf Janssen gave an introduction workshop (in Dutch) about Wikidata to make employees of the KB (national library of the Netherlands) more familiar (and somewhat self-reliant) with the (sometimes confusing) world of Wikidata. The programme was as follows: General What is Wikidata? // What are the principles of Wikidata? Data How are things described in Wikidata? // How do you discover Q's and P's? // How do you request data? // How do you add data? Community Who creates Wikidata? // Wikidata community Tools & Projects Help How do you stay informed? // Where can you find help? How to proceed? ======================================================= A text transcript/summary with all links is available at the end of the slidedeck , as well as at https://github.com/KBNLwikimedia/Wikidata-General-Overview. The course leader was OlafJanssen, Wikimedia Coordinator at the KB. See also For more in-depth insights into how Wikidata is used specifically by/in/for the services of KB, national library of the Netherlands, see the (Dutch language) slide deck In-depth: Wikidata and KB (14 November 2023) here on Zenodo, or the equivalent textual summary in English available from Wikidata & KB national library of the Netherlands, an overview on Github.