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Refining Wikidata’s Bibliographic Domain to Increase Reuse in GLAMs Cover

Refining Wikidata’s Bibliographic Domain to Increase Reuse in GLAMs

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|Jan 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.454 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 6, 2025
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Published on: Jan 8, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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