Linked data in libraries: another fad or paradigm shift?

Linked Data in LibrariesAnother fad or a paradigm shift?

Amber BilleyMetadata Librarian

Columbia University [email protected]

@justbilley

LIBRARIANS LOVE SYSTEMS

Charles Ammi Cutter(1837-1903)

CHARLES AMMI CUTTER (1876)PURPOSES OF A CATALOG

1. TO ENABLE A PERSON TO FIND A DOCUMENT OF WHICH

● THE AUTHOR, OR● THE TITLE, OR● THE SUBJECT IS KNOWN

2. TO SHOW WHAT THE LIBRARY HAS

● BY A GIVEN AUTHOR● ON A GIVEN SUBJECT● IN A GIVEN KIND OF LITERATURE

3. TO ASSIST IN THE CHOICE OF A DOCUMENT

● BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY (E.G. EDITION, FORMAT, ETC.)● AS TO ITS CHARACTER (I.E. LITERARY OR TOPICAL)

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Henrietta Avram (1919-2006)

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Then the internet happened.

http://librarytechnology.org/mergers/By Marshall Breeding

MARC CAN’T INTEGRATE OR ENGAGE WITH THE WEB

The Web has changed. It’s Semantic.

Traditional Web

● documents● links between docs ● unstructured data● implicit

relationships● for humans

Semantic Web

● things● links between

things● structured data● explicit

relationships● for machines and

humans

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Linked data!

Get at your local library

MOCK-UP

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RDF Triple Structure

Otlet, Paul, 1868-1944

The five laws of library science

Linked Data expresses relationships!cre

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created

subject subje

ct

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90646362

http://www.worldcat.

org/oclc/18730828

Linked Data expresses relationships for machine processing.

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Otlet, Paul, 1868-1944

Traité de Documentation

Library Science

The five laws of library

science

Ranganathan, S. R. (Shiyali

Ramamrita), 1892-1972

Linked Data is all about more relationships!

birthplace:Brussels (Belgium)

occupation:Author

flieldOfActivity:Pacifists

birthplace:Sīrkāzhi (India)

occupation:Librarian

flieldOfActivity:Mathematics

lifespan:1898-1944 lifespan:1892-1972Twentieth Century

gender:male gender:maleMen

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Otlet, Paul, 1868-1944

Traité de Documentation

Library Science

The five laws of library

science

Ranganathan, S. R. (Shiyali

Ramamrita), 1892-1972

Linked Data links all the relationships!

birthplace:Brussels (Belgium)

occupation:Author

flieldOfActivity:Pacifists

birthplace:Sīrkāzhi (India)

occupation:Librarian

flieldOfActivity:Mathematics

lifespan:1898-1944 lifespan:1892-1972Twentieth Century

gender:male gender:maleMen

create

dcreated

subject subje

ct

http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1159810

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90646362

http://id.worldcat.org/fast/997916

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79013830

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80072712

http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688http://id.worldcat.org/fast/997301

http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1050133 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1012163

http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1015978

http://rdaregistry.info/termList/gender/1002 http://rdaregistry.info/termList/gender/1002

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Current Application of Linked Data in LibrariesDescription

● LC and BIBFRAME● OCLC and Schema.org● RDA in RDF● VRA in RDF● CIDOC CRM● Dublin Core● ...

Access (Authorities)

● LC Linked Data Service● National Authority Files● MeSH● VIAF● ISNI● ORCID● ...

Linked Data for Libraries Project

Columbia :: Art PropertiesFlorine Stettheimer (1871-1944), Self-Portrait with Paradise Birds (Self-Portrait in Front of Chinese Screen), no date (ca. 1905), oil on canvas, Gift of the Estate of Ettie Stettheimer, 1967 (1967.23.13)

Cornell :: Afrika Bambaataa Collection

Harvard :: Cartographic Materialshttp://www.math.harvard.edu/history/maps/orig/1838.jpg

Princeton :: Derrida Archives

Stanford :: Music

Library of Congress

Audio Visual and

Sound Recordings

Prints and Photographs

BIBFRAME and RDA

BIBFRAME 2.0

What will library catalogs look like with Linked Data?

How will our work change?

How will Linked Data benefit our users?

So, what now?

Thanks!Any questions?

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