Vojtěch Dostál: Bringing Czech authority files into 21st century: Integration with Wikidata
Channel: Wikimedia Česká republika
Date: 2021-09-13

Fifteen years have already passed since the first collaboration between (then) Wikipedians and the Czech National Library. Their database of authority files stands at the crossroad of all data related to Czechia - bibliographical, personal, geographical etc. Over the years, we have learned how to link their entries to Wikidata items, display mutual links and enrich authority files with automatic links to ISNI and ORCID, export MARC files into a CC0-licensed wikibase and run various events aimed at promoting the cross-pollination between the worlds of libraries and Wikidata. Many ideas can likely be replicated worldwide.

Presentation of Vojtěch Dostál (User:Vojtěch Dostál) at Quality Days 2021, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Data_Quality_Days_2021#Events . Slides available at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vx_BC10xjZZlWyeAgKALicu-mxlC-yTW