Hello Fediverse! 👋

We are the Kula: Library Futures Academy, a transdisciplinary collider space and incubator at the University of Victoria Libraries.
We explore the changing nature of knowledge creation, preservation, and dissemination—asking what the "library of the future" truly looks like. 🔮

📍We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Follow us for updates on:
🔹 Open Knowledge & Scholarship
🔹 Knowledge Resilience
🔹 Knowledge Democracy
🔹 Our Open Access KULA Journal

#Introduction #Libraries #CdnLib #UVic #AcademicMastodon #KnowledgeDemocracy #OpenKnowledge #OpenScholarship

Hello Fediverse! 👋

We are the Kula: Library Futures Academy, a transdisciplinary collider space and incubator at the University of Victoria Libraries.
We explore the changing nature of knowledge creation, preservation, and dissemination—asking what the "library of the future" truly looks like. 🔮

📍We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Follow us for updates on:
🔹 Open Knowledge & Scholarship
🔹 Knowledge Resilience
🔹 Knowledge Democracy
🔹 Our Open Access KULA Journal

#Introduction #Libraries #CdnLib #UVic #AcademicMastodon #KnowledgeDemocracy #OpenKnowledge #OpenScholarship

Super exciting to present at #EverythingOpen today with Rebecca Barber from ANU! Also what an awesome day for #GLAM sessions and some really interesting discussions around data ownership and privacy.

More fulsome notes to come, but these are the summary ~vibes~ of each session:

🔑 Keynote: “Peak Text: AI and the Golden Age of Libraries and Archives” by Keir Winesmith, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
😎 Vibe: A galvanising affirmation of serving the public good.

🎙️Session: “I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy insight into librarianship” by @hugh, La Trobe University
😎 Vibe: A warm hug for the weary soul.

🎙️Session: “A university library’s journey in making tech training resources FAIR” by Stéphane Guillou, The University of Queensland
😎 Vibe: Quietly leading with practical expertise.

🎙️Session: ”How one ISO standard led the way for national library infrastructure” by @saera, CAVAL
😎 Vibe: Actively equitable and gets the thing done.

🎙️ Session: “My degoogled life” by Joshua Hesketh, Grafana Labs
😎 Vibe: Seriously amused and terrifyingly pragmatic.

Check out the schedule and keep an eye out for the recordings! https://lnkd.in/g3qzqsSd

#EO26 #CAUL #Libraries #HigherEducation #OpenKnowledge #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenScholarship #OpenEducation

Super exciting to present at #EverythingOpen today with Rebecca Barber from ANU! Also what an awesome day for #GLAM sessions and some really interesting discussions around data ownership and privacy.

More fulsome notes to come, but these are the summary ~vibes~ of each session:

🔑 Keynote: “Peak Text: AI and the Golden Age of Libraries and Archives” by Keir Winesmith, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
😎 Vibe: A galvanising affirmation of serving the public good.

🎙️Session: “I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy insight into librarianship” by @hugh, La Trobe University
😎 Vibe: A warm hug for the weary soul.

🎙️Session: “A university library’s journey in making tech training resources FAIR” by Stéphane Guillou, The University of Queensland
😎 Vibe: Quietly leading with practical expertise.

🎙️Session: ”How one ISO standard led the way for national library infrastructure” by @saera, CAVAL
😎 Vibe: Actively equitable and gets the thing done.

🎙️ Session: “My degoogled life” by Joshua Hesketh, Grafana Labs
😎 Vibe: Seriously amused and terrifyingly pragmatic.

Check out the schedule and keep an eye out for the recordings! https://lnkd.in/g3qzqsSd

#EO26 #CAUL #Libraries #HigherEducation #OpenKnowledge #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenScholarship #OpenEducation

🔔 Tomorrow! Fact-checking with Wikidata workshop

📆 20 January 2026 | 🕟 16:30–18:00 (UTC+1)

Philippe Saadé (Wikimedia Germany) and @DataTalks.Club host a hands-on workshop using the Wikidata Model Context Protocol (MCP) for fact-checking beyond generative AI.

✔ Wikidata intro
✔ Fact-checking with MCP, Large Language Models (LLM) & semantic search
✔ Build a small fact-checking pipeline

👉 Register now: https://luma.com/7fs5v7os

#Wikidata #FactChecking #OpenKnowledge #LLM #GenAI #Workshop

⏰ Reminder! Fact-checking with Wikidata workshop

📆 20 January 2026 | 🕟 16:30–18:00 (UTC+1)

Philippe Saadé (Wikimedia Germany) and @DataTalks.Club host a hands-on workshop using the Wikidata Model Context Protocol (MCP) for fact-checking beyond generative AI.

✔ Wikidata intro
✔ Fact-checking with MCP, Large Language Models (LLM) & semantic search
✔ Build a small fact-checking pipeline

👉 Register now: https://luma.com/7fs5v7os

#Wikidata #FactChecking #OpenKnowledge #LLM #GenAI #Workshop

⏰ Reminder! Fact-checking with Wikidata workshop

📆 20 January 2026 | 🕟 16:30–18:00 (UTC+1)

Philippe Saadé (Wikimedia Germany) and @DataTalks.Club host a hands-on workshop using the Wikidata Model Context Protocol (MCP) for fact-checking beyond generative AI.

✔ Wikidata intro
✔ Fact-checking with MCP, Large Language Models (LLM) & semantic search
✔ Build a small fact-checking pipeline

👉 Register now: https://luma.com/7fs5v7os

#Wikidata #FactChecking #OpenKnowledge #LLM #GenAI #Workshop

This Week on Wikidata (8 December 2025) - Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights!
👉 Read the full report here:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_12_08

#wikidata #openknowledge

This Week on Wikidata (8 December 2025) - Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights!
👉 Read the full report here:

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_12_08

#wikidata #openknowledge

This Week on Wikidata – 1st December 2025, catch up on the latest updates and community highlights!
👉 Read the full report here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_12_01

#wikidata #openknowledge #wikimedia

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tess/115605942957826285

I understand the core idea of the message, but that doesn't mean code can't address social problems.

For example, there are several projects that use public data, such as those made by @okfn and and its international network. There's also the learning and teaching aspect of using data to better understand what could or should be changed in public policies.

The software apps we use to build the #Fediverse are based on code. Someone had to create it, and I'm sure those who took the initiative were aware of the harm that big tech social media can cause.

#SocialMedia #BigTech #OpenKnowledge #Code

💬 "Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams"

🔬 Biostatistician and epidemiologist Travis Gerke is the 19th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.

👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/11/11/travis-gerke-academia-is-still-very-supportive-of-the-singular-hero-scientist-but-most-things-take-teams/

#openscience
#openknowledge

💫 WikidataCon begins today!

Well we did it again... 9 sessions from lightning talks, presentations, panels and a workshop!
Last chance to join us: https://w.wiki/EKXz

All times stated are in UTC.

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge

💫 WikidataCon continues as we head into November.

Once again, we've crammed 9 sessions to our daily schedule before we start another round of Wikidata-powered games.

Need the room-link? https://w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge

💫 WikidataCon begins today!

We have 9 sessions scheduled today, capped off, of course, by some Wikidata games.

Want to join?

Register for access: https://w.wiki/EKXz
All times stated are in UTC.

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge

Slide deck from a talk titled "The Geopolitics of Knowledge: Who Shapes What We Know Online?" that I delivered at the ISOC India (Mumbai Chapter) yesterday: https://zenodo.org/records/17455942

#knowledge #openknowledge #epistemology #epistemicviolence #epistemicjustice #epistemicinjustice #epistemicsuppression #ISOC @internetsociety

Slide deck from a talk titled "The Geopolitics of Knowledge: Who Shapes What We Know Online?" that I delivered at the ISOC India (Mumbai Chapter) yesterday: https://zenodo.org/records/17455942

#knowledge #openknowledge #epistemology #epistemicviolence #epistemicjustice #epistemicinjustice #epistemicsuppression #ISOC @internetsociety

Wikipedia is where facts go to live

@cuny.edu @wikimedianyc

Wikimedian-in-Residence: Quarterly Brief (July–Oct 2025). From conferences to campus collaborations, a season of growth, outreach, & innovation:

https://tinyurl.com/5tftvh4f #Wikipedia #OpenKnowledge