[OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data

Kristian Nordestgaard kristian9k at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 20:41:32 UTC 2016


Danish artists: https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/

The page is in a mix of English and Danish, sadly, but I believe you can
work out the basics regardless.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Hamilton, Gill <G.Hamilton at nls.uk> wrote:

> Hi Marco
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> Not sure if this is the sort of thing you are looking for …..
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> *The biographical dictionary of Scottish Women *
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> ISBN 0748617132
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> https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_biographical_dictionary_of_Scottish.html?id=QIRnAAAAMAAJ
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> *Histories of Scottish families*
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> http://digital.nls.uk/93506071
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> *Genealogical collections concerning families in Scotland, made by Walter
> Macfarlane, 1750-1751*
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> http://digital.nls.uk/74466633
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> *Biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen*
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> http://digital.nls.uk/74458002
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> *Library of Congress Name Authority file (LCNAF)*
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> These authorised versions of names are created as a result of literary
> warrant
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> http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First -
> text version
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> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html - RDF/LOD version
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> *Virtual International Authority File*
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> In use already on Wikipedia, includes LCNAF and many other name authority
> files from national libraries.
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> https://viaf.org/ has RDF representation too
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> Cheers
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> Gill
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-glam [mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of
> Marco Fossati
> Sent: 20 January 2016 16:40
> To: open-glam at lists.okfn.org; Lista di discussione per bibliotecari e
> wikipediani; wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [OpenGLAM] Call for reliable sources for biographical data
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> Hi everyone,
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> The StrepHit IEG project [1] is currently in the phase of curating a list
> of reliable sources containing biographical data.
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> The mix'n'match tool [2] already maintains a list.
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> Can anyone involved in GLAM projects please suggest any more reliable
> sources?
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> Thanks for getting in touch with me!
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> Cheers,
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> Marco
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> [1]
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> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References
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> [2] https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/
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