Submissions:2024/Expanding book citations by using WorldCat and linking to archived online copies

This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2024.

Etherpad

Title:

Expanding book citations by using WorldCat and linking to archived online copies

Type of session:

Lecture (15-30 min)

Session theme(s):

Open Data, Reliable Sources

Abstract:

This will present a workflow for using worldcat.org to find book records then to look for online copies of the books, usually in the Internet Archive or HathiTrust, and occasional other sources. The slide deck is at commons:File:Expanding book citations by using WorldCat and linking to archived online copies.pdf.

Author name(s):

Peaceray Leonard

Wikimedia username(s):

Peaceray

E-mail address:

peaceray@duck.com

Affiliated organization(s):

Cascadia Wikimedians

Estimated length of session

15-30 min

Will you be presenting remotely?

I will present in-person

Okay to livestream?

Livestreaming is okay

Previously presented?

I have had previous presentations about my experience using WorldCat with Submissions:2016/Beyond the basics of citation templates & Submissions:2015/How I supercharged the bibliography of a featured article – the (mostly) pros and (a few) cons of Worldcat and the OCLC. This will be more of a "how-to" presentation than those two.

Special requests:

I would like this to precede Submissions:2024/Using shortened footnote templates for book references. I would also like it to be on a different day than my Wikidata presentations, Submissions:2024/Adding authority control properties in Wikidata for writer and artist biographies & Submissions:2024/Using Wikipedia films and film makers red links to seed Wikidata. Adjacent presentations are Submissions:2024/Enhancing Digital Collections through Wikimedia Commons and Submissions:2024/How We Rescued 20 MILLION Dead Wikipedia URLs: An Internet Archive Update, and it would be best not to conflict with them and perhaps be in the same track.