iSchool Capstone

Electronic Theses & Dissertations Wikidata Conversion Project

Project tags:

The information problem we addressed was University of Washington’s electronic theses and dissertations not being easily accessible and discoverable online. Our results included an updated workflow and code, three improved master schemas, thousands of new master’s and doctoral theses, students, and committee members now discoverable via Wikidata, and handoff documentation and a training video for library staff and future Capstone students. Having thesis records converted to an open-source linked data format improves their reliability and discoverability. Our work helps future UW CAMS and PCC professionals, and also makes the scholarship of UW graduates more accessible outside of traditional catalogs.

Project participants:

Olivia Davis

MLIS

Matthew Bryce Hagan

MLIS Online

Valerie H. Robinson Rollins

MLIS