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An A+ Plan to Transform Your Library with Linked Data
The document outlines a plan for transforming libraries through the use of linked data, highlighting the shift from traditional web pages to a more interconnected web of data. It emphasizes the need for libraries to adopt new vocabularies and technologies to enhance visibility and connections, ultimately improving user experiences. Key actions include awareness, assessment, and taking tangible steps toward integrating linked data practices within library systems.
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An A+ Plan to Transform Your Library with Linked Data
- 1. An A+ Planto Transform Your Library With Linked Data NISO Two-Day Virtual Conference, October 21-22: Using the Web as an E-Content Distribution Platform: Challenges and Opportunities Jeff Penka Executive Director, Product and Channel Development jeffpenka@zepheira.com
- 2. Hi, I’m Jeff • Zepheira – Product Management – Organizational Strategy • OCLC – End User and Reference Service Portfolio Director – Worldcat.org, FirstSearch, QuestionPoint, Partnerships • NISO – D2D, NetRef • Passion – Helping bring ideas to life – Identifying and solving problems through iteration – Audience centered design – Learning
- 3. Zepheira - BroadExperience and Specific Leadership
- 4. Overview • Focuson – Semantic Web, Linked Data, BIBFRAME, schema.org – Zepheira’s market research, client experiences, solutions – Library visibility – BIBFLOW – Libhub Initiative
- 5. A Three PartPlan Awareness Assessment Action
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- 7. Moving from webpages to “a web of data”
- 8. There is asignificant gap between what browsers and humans see on the Web
- 9. Remember when siteswere just link lists and there was a web master…
- 10. Now the Webplays a central role for the library and most staff
- 11. But we aren’tspeaking in a way the Web understands • We have a wealth of content and resources locked behind legacy, closed technology systems and niche vocabularies
- 12. The traditional, VisibleWeb focuses on Harvesting and Links to Pages
- 13. The emerging InvisibleWeb focuses on Data, Resources, Vocabulary, and Connections
- 14. New Interfaces andUses Mobile, Weather, Sports, Personalization, Geo
- 15. New Vocabularies andCharacteristics Retail – items, reviews, geo, descriptions, inventory, hours, social, events
- 16. New Vocabularies andCharacteristics Movies – Geo, reviews, ratings, images, previews, times, tickets
- 17. New Vocabularies andCharacteristics Restaurants – locations, reviews, hours, reservations, menus
- 18. How does theWeb see Libraries?
- 19. Libraries = CommunityBusinesses Location, photos, hours, reviews, social, events
- 20. External Perspectives •Are websites and systems harvestable? • Is there a unified and accessible industry vocabulary? • Are there strong connections and relationships? • What is the consistency and reliability of the user experience and available data?
- 21. Electronic and PhysicalResources Still harvesting pages, not data assets
- 22. The Time isRight Standard, adopted technologies and practices • Linked Data Emerging shared vocabularies • BIBFRAME, schema.org A motivated, collaborative community
- 23. Linked Data ”arecommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on the Semantic Web using URIs and RDF." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data
- 24. Unifying Vocabularies •Schema.org – Bib Extend - W3C group – group focused on discussion and preparation of proposals to extend schema.org for improved representation of bibliographic information markup and sharing. • BIBFRAME – Extensible replacement for MARC – “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.”
- 25. A Descriptive Blueprint • BIBFRAME common model – flexible, designed to accommodate the needs of our community. • Recognize creative tension between past and future • Profiles are a blueprint for a specific community or entity description
- 27. Phases of LinkedData / BIBFRAME Adoption http://zepheira.com/ala2014 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!?”
- 28. Assessment where areyou today, where do you want to go • Assets – Data, Formats, Access – Resources – Collections – Events • Providers & Partners – Systems – Services – Content • Organization – Goals – Staff – Culture – Relationships • Impact and Assessment – Priorities – Baselines – Measures
- 29. Action what canyou do to begin actively learning 1. Invest in Staff Professional Development 2. Pilot Projects 3. Define Organizational Priorities 4. Baseline Web Visibility 5. Talk with Providers and Partners 6. Monitor and Engage in Community Activities
- 30. Staff Professional Development Zepheira’s Practical Practitioner Community http://zepheira.com/training
- 34. Phases of LinkedData / BIBFRAME Adoption http://zepheira.com/ala2014
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- 40. Library Web Visibility We believe that everyone benefits from the visibility of libraries and their content on the Web, and we feel this problem can be addressed in a relatively short timeframe.
- 41. Learning, Leading, Linking • Build on existing investments • Use BIBFRAME to reflect content in the Web • Leverage the Web’s cooperative infrastructure • Accelerate and support libraries’ cooperative nature • Link between shared assets to test impact on search results • Help the Web understand libraries Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption
- 42. Incremental Steps 1.Make it extremely easy to project Library data to Linked Data (BIBFRAME) 2. Start with Visibility – publish to the Web in a way the Web understands – Relationships! – RDFa (schema.org, BIBFRAME) 3. Increase discoverability – accelerate linking among / across assets 4. Learn! Inform! Educate! Iterate!
- 43. Moving the Needleand Transforming the Web http://libhub.org 1. Take the pledge 2. Get Involved 3. Offer your support
- 44. Define your A+Plan 1. Awareness 2. Assessment 3. Action Thank you! Learn more @ http://zepheira.com/solutions/library/ http://libhub.org