Back to the Future: The Reinvention of the Library Catalog, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Special Collections Rule!)

Back to the Future: The Reinvention of the Library Catalog,

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

RBMS Pre-Conference Las Vegas, NV June 26, 2014

!Eric Miller

em@zepheira.com

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aka Special Collections Rule!

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caveat

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500$a: Signatures: A-G{u0070}2{u0073}

For example

(Eeek! Useful, structured data hidden in notes)

BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data

Model and Supporting Services, Zepheira for the Library of Congress, November 21, 2012

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BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data

Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress, November 21, 2012

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• robust enough to deal with 40 years ago • flexible enough to deal with 40+ years from now

BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data

Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress, November 21, 2012

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• memory organization (libraries, museums, archives) • community / users they server

BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data

Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress, November 21, 2012

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• not just on the web • but of the web

Purpose and Promise• Purpose: MARC Replacement

• Promise: But so much more

• Purpose: Serving Libraries

• Promise: Related memory organizations and the users / patrons they serve

• Purpose: Leverage existing Web standards and speak with a consistent voice

• Promise: Visibility, Discoverability and Effectiveness

hasInstance

creatorsubject

publisherpublishedAt format

Work

Instance

Authority Authority

Authority Authority Authority

BIBFRAME !!

Core model for defining Web control points of bibliographic

data for more effective sharing, navigation and

collaboration !

Simple, replicable linked data patterns

!And we can replicate these simple patterns

to define as many control points we need

creatorsubject

provider mediaCategory

Work

Instance

Authority Agent

CategoryCategory

agent

place

Agent

PlacecarrierCategory

CategorycontentCategoryLanguage language

Event

Relationships

Work Work

• preceededBy • …

• succededBy • ….

• part • series • subSeries • …

• derivative • translation • original • otherEdition • …

• relatedTo • expression • hasPart • accompanies • …

• …

!And more importantly,

define a core set of relationships among the

various Classes

Relationships

• hasInstance

• instanceOf

• …

!And more importantly,

define a core set of relationships among the

various Classes

InstanceWork

Relationships

• equivalence

• issuedWith

• reproduction

• otherPhysicalFormat

• …

!And more importantly,

define a core set of relationships among the

various Classes

InstanceInstance

!And even more

important, extend in a local manner, but

connect in a global framework

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RDF

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BIBFRAME Vocabulary

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Global / General to Local / Specific

• Agent • Person,

Organization, Meeting, Family

• Place • Topic • Temporal

bf:creatorWork

• Person

bf:creatorDissertation

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BIBFRAME Profiles

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Small is Beautiful • BIBFRAME common model -

flexible, designed to accommodate the needs of our community.

• Recognize creative tension between past and future

• Recognize creative tension of being useful across communities, but also community specific

• Profiles are a simple, small, subset to of the model to support a specific community or entity description but sharable in a global context

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Demo!

RBMS Profile• Metadata patterns than make sense to your

community

• Designed to accelerate collaboration and discovery

• Interoperable in a larger descriptive framework

• Allowing for experimentation

• Benefiting from not having to wait for it “to be done”

Value of Linking RBMS data

• Linking provides access to related content - richer context and new discoveries

• Materials can be enhanced by others in the field to add to the value of your content.

• Don’t need to know the relationships in advance grows organically

General Technology Hype Cycle

Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption

Experimenters Early Implementers

Data Publishers& Connectors

Mainstream Workflow

Back Office Systems

• Clarify Space • Determine the

Need • Define a

Foundation • Draft

Specifications

• Test the Assumptions • Draft Standards • Evaluate Data, Processes, & Gaps

• Begin to work at scale • Use other’s data • Participate – Publish, Share,

Connect

• “Final” Standards & Best Practices

• New businesses and models

• “There’s Linked Data in there!?”

Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption

Conclusions• BIBFRAME “MARC Replacement” but so much more

• Serving not just libraries but related memory organizations and the users / patrons they serve

• Recognizing the wide variability within libraries

• No more gaming!

• Leverage existing Web standards and speak with a consistent voice to support more effective visibility and discoverability of assets

• BIBFRAME is a bridge between the best of the Web and Libraries

• A mechanism for weaving the trust and credibility of Libraries into the Web.