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http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/
Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building
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Assessment and Next Steps
June 15, 2016

Director for Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of Congress

} LC engaged in linked data for several years
} First foray was sharing its authority data
} LC created its Linked Data Se...

} BIBFRAME’s beginnings were some four years
ago
} LC pressured for years to develop a
replacement for MARC
} LC Working G...

} LC contracted with Zepheira to develop model
that became BIBRAME model vocabulary 1.0
} Development of BIBFRAME 1.0 acco...

} This initial work and collaboration helped LC
stabilize the BIBFRAME and vocabulary 1.0
} This work continued for severa...

} Ca. 40 staff identified for the Pilot
} Mix of catalogers and technicians that catalog
◦ Materials in all languages, scr...

} Required to catalog in both the MARC 21
format and BIBFRAME
◦ Dual data creation affected the participants’ normal
produ...

} Pilot participants were pioneers
} Working in a system still under development
} Attended 16 hours of instruction on Sem...

} Module 1: Introduction to the Semantic Web
and Linked Data (four and a half hours)
} Module 2: Introduction to BIBFRAME ...

} Module 3 consisted of two Units:
◦ Unit 1—recap of major concepts of the Semantic Web
and Linked Data
considered neces...

} Module 3,Unit 1—
◦ 40-slide PowerPoint presentation.
} Unit 2—
◦ 51-page manual, with plentiful screen captures to
show ...

} Participants began using the BIBFRAME Editor
immediately after training in its use
} Entered data into both the LC ILS (...

} Searching was available to primary datasets
on LC Linked Data Service Authorities and
Vocabularies web site, id.loc.gov
...

} Into the Pilot, ability to access previously
input BIBFRAME descriptions was possible
} Descriptions could not be edited...

} No changes made in workflow
} Participants were still creating MARC records
in the LC ILS
} Not operating in production ...

} Good understanding of RDA needed for
working in the BIBFRAME Editor
} Need to converse using RDA terminology
rather than...

} Phase One of BIBFRAME Pilot lasted six
months (October 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016)
} Pilot participants continuing to cata...

} Network Development and MARC Standards
Office—NDMSO created technical components
that supported Pilot
} Included most of...

} Pilot’s focus was input of data and impact on
catalogers
} Function of end user access was not studied
} System did not ...

} Pilot participants submitted over 2,000
descriptions to the system
} Eight profiles for different resource types
establi...

} Modeling of Works and Instances was clear
} Participants generally just looked for the RDA
rule and viewed it or put in ...

} Dropdowns and lookups were popular
features
} They improved
◦ accuracy of data strings
◦ provided the data linking URIs ...

} BIBFRAME editor used labels
◦ closely synchronized with RDA
◦ linked to key RDA rules for an element
} Participants foun...

} Searching as implemented was adequate but
could be improved
} Look ahead fields were very useful for known
item searchin...

} Decision made to simulate BIBFRAME
environment
} Required conversion of LC file of 18 million
MARC bibliographic records...

} Good enough to illustrate Work/Instance
separation, although not thoroughly tested in the
Pilot
} MARC Authority records...

} Pilot achieved its aim and is considered a
success
} Input from catalogers participating in testing
the system enabled t...

} LC will continue to refine BIBFRAME model
and vocabulary 2.0
} LC, as member of LD4P—Linked Data for
Production, will wo...

} Beacher Wiggins bwig@loc.gov
} Director for Acquisitions & Bibliographic
Access
} Library of Congress
} 101 Independence...

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