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Documenting Italian Libraries on Wikidata: From Local Projects to a Multilayered National Knowledge Graph

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|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.478 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 14, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 18, 2025
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Published on: Feb 4, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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