Wikidata:WikiProject Stanford Libraries/Theses

An organizing page for the Stanford Libraries Thesis Project. Under active development ...

Project Wikidata dashboards (counting properties):

Relevant SPARQL queries

Bubble chart of thesis subjects: https://w.wiki/5jAt

Graph of student-advisor relationships: https://w.wiki/5jB6

Cross-over with other thesis projects

Other thesis projects on Wikidata include the LSE project and the NZThesisProject.

Other useful links

SourceMetaData thesis by institution dashboard - cool to see where theses are from and how many there are!

Things to do:

Parse advisor field from metadata spreadsheet in OpenRefine.
(DONE) Reconcile advisor names w/WikiData
- (DONE) Create new humans as needed until all primary advisors exist
(DONE) Add advisors to students and vice-versa
Reconcile advisor names w/:
- ORCID
- VIAF
- ISNI
- LCNAF
(DONE) Parse subject terms from metadata spreadsheet, start work on reconciling
- (DONE) Wikidata
Work with WikiProject Stanford Libraries experts to parse out Departments
Mix-n-match for thesis authors w/ Wikipedia pages
- Add reference to thesis on author Wikipedia page
Parse number of pages from thesis record, add to thesis item page
(DONE) Place Stanford Wikidata Project (Q113628913) "on the focus list of" (P5008) on all people and thesis items

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