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Getting the most out of Wikibase4Lib

Getting the most out of Wikibase4Lib


Jim Hahn, Timothy Ryan Mendenhall, Esther Jackson

Monday May 23, 2022 | 9am-12pm EDT | Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo | Conference Website


Workshop Summary

This three hour session will provide an introduction to getting Wikibase, the software that powers Wikidata, configured on your local machine by way of Docker Desktop. The session includes an accessible and newbie friendly introduction to using Docker on your laptop, followed by a necessary (though not overly technical) delineation of the unique technology stack that makes up the Wikibase linked data system.

3 new techologies

Technologies That Are Going To Change Everything

The future is looking bright.

Vanadium Flow Batteries

limited to mostly stationary applications.

The main issue with Lithium batteries is the lack of profitability for recycling. The elements such as cobalt, nickel, and lithium all need to be extracted and separated, and then reassembled into new batterie

Programmable cells

Xenobots” and have essentially become living nanobots.

Germany China move from Windows to Linux

After Germany, China Now Wants To Ditch Windows & Run Linux On 50 Million PCs!

It’s a big win for the open-source community!

https://fossbytes.com/china-wants-to-run-linux-on-50-million-pcs/

While this is a big win for Linux and open-source software, it’s bad news for laptop/PC manufacturers like Dell, HP, etc., and software companies like Adobe and Microsoft, except Lenovo and Kingsoft. While manufacturers will be driven into the corner to become “foreign” companies, homegrown companies like Lenovo, Huawei, and Kingsoft might see rapid market growth in the forthcoming years.

Tools 4 Student Engagement

Edtech Is Looking to Build Tools to Foster Student Engagement. Can That Scale?

https://www.edsurge.com/amp/news/2022-04-11-edtech-is-looking-to-build-tools-to-foster-student-engagement-can-that-scale

With student disengagement and mental health problems on the rise, edtech solutions are trying to help rebuild that student connection.

Organizations like Flatiron School and Stack Overflow make particularly good use of this strategy. Focused on helping software developers build out their skill sets, these businesses facilitate collective learning through group problem-solving and community feedback. “It’s also just [having] people to vent with,” said Kate Cassino, CEO of Flatiron School. “How are you making your way through?”

Handshake, an early career exploration platform for college students, uses student-to-student messaging to help users reach out to others like them on the platform.

Ruben Harris, chief executive officer of Career Karma, a career navigation and mentorship platform, highlighted just how powerful audio rooms can be as a tool to drive meaningful conversation and community. “I can just organize everybody together, and they’ll give you the sauce that you’d never be able to find,” he said. “Someone that comes from an underestimated background that already broke in [to the tech industry] can give you insight.”

Jenn Hofmann is a graduate fellow working on student engagement issues for Stanford University’s Digital Education team.

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