Presentation to the 15th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat in Singapore 12th August 2013

1. Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
richard.wallis@oclc.org
The world’s libraries. Connected.
12th August 2013 - Singapore
15th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat
Challenge and Opportunity
Linked Data

2. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data

3. The world’s libraries. Connected.
•
• What challenges?
• Which opportunities?
Linked Data
What is it?

4. What is it?Linked Data -

5. What is it?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Linked Data -

6. What is it?
The Web..
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Linked Data -

7. What is it?
The Web..
..of data
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Linked Data -

8. Linked Data

9. Is NOT a Standard
Linked Data

10. 1. Use URIs as names for things
PrinciplesLinked Data

11. 1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
PrinciplesLinked Data

12. 1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information, using the standards - RDF
PrinciplesLinked Data

13. 1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information, using the standards - RDF
4. Include links to other URIs, so that they can
discover more
PrinciplesLinked Data
Tim Berners-Lee - 2006

14. Challenges

15. Challenges
Getting folks to the resources

16. Challenges
Getting folks to the resources
Metadata standards

17. Challenges
Getting folks to the resources
Metadata standards
Becoming part of the Web of Data

18. Challenges
Getting folks to the resources
Metadata standards
Hubs of authority
Becoming part of the Web of Data

19. Challenges
Getting folks to the resources
Metadata standards
Hubs of authority
Becoming part of the Web of Data
Local capability

20. Where are our users?

21. Where are our users?

22. Our users are here...

23. Our users are here...

24. Our users are here...

25. Where are our users?

26. Where are our users?

27. Our users are here...

28. Our users are here...

29. Our users are here...

31. Romain Wenz BnF

32. Searching for a book...

33. Searching for a book...

41. Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)

42. Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)

43. Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)
THINGS NOT STRINGS

44. THINGS NOT STRINGS

45. ourusers

46. are inourusers

47. are in
not
not
ourusers

48. are in
not
not
other search engines are available
ourusers

49. ourdata are not in

50. ourdata are not in

51. ourdata are not in
Why

52. ourdata are not in
Why
does not understand:
Marc, ISBD, OAI-PMH, RDA, Z39.50, Onix ....
insert your favorite standard here!

53. dataschema.org
Linked Data
The Web
Tell them about our resources...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487

54. dataschema.org
Linked Data
The Web
Tell them about our resources...
...using their language and methods
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487

55. data
schema.org
Linked Data
The Web
Tell them about our resources...
...using their language and methods
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487

56. Linked Data

57. • 300+ Million resources
Linked Data

58. • 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
Linked Data

59. • 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
Linked Data

60. • 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
Linked Data

61. • 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
Linked Data

62. • 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
Linked Data

79. is
good enough ?

80. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange

81. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange - No

82. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange
• For sharing library data with the world
- No

83. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange
• For sharing library data with the world
- No
- Almost

85. http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex
• Short lived group
• Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked Data, Standards
Bodies
• Library is only one focus

86. BIBFRAME
Bibliographic Framework as a
Web of Data:

87. BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org
Bibliographic Framework as a
Web of Data:

88. It is the foundation for the future of
bibliographic description that happens on, in,
and as part of the web and the networked
world we live in.
bibliographic description
as part of the web
BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org
Bibliographic Framework as a
Web of Data:

89. @Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

90. conflicting?
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

91. ≈ complimentary ≈
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

92. Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

93. •We produce metadata for ‘items’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

94. •We produce metadata for ‘items’
•People search for ‘works’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

95. •We produce metadata for ‘items’
•People search for ‘works’
•Materials of all types - print / e / digital
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web

96. Be visible
On the Web of Data
http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/

97. Be visible
On the Web of Data
http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/

98. Be visible
On the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...
http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/

99. Be visible
On the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...
... registered in the network
http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/

100. We are moving from
cataloguing

101. We are moving from
cataloguing
to
h"p://catalinking
Eric
Miller
-­‐
Zepheira

102. opportunities

104. Building a Web
Of Data

105. Building a Web
Linking to all
Of Data

106. Building a Web
Linking to all
and
all their resources
Of Data

107. Building a Web
Linking to all
and
all their resources
We all need to participate
Of Data

109. Linking to the future...

110. Linking to the future...

111. Linking to the future...

112. Linking to the future...
www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets

113. Linking to the future...
www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets

114. Retailer
Product
Africa and Archaeology
$61.78
Linking to the future...

115. Retailer
Product
Africa and Archaeology
$61.78
WorldCat/Library
Linking to the future...

116. Retailer
Product
Africa and Archaeology
$61.78
WorldCat/Library
Book
Radcliffe
Biography
Posnansky, Merrick
Africa
Ethnic relations
9781441637215
2009
Archaelogists
Linking to the future...
Africa and Archaeology
http://site.ebrary.com/id/10359174

117. Retailer
Product
Africa and Archaeology
$61.78
WorldCat/Library
Book
Radcliffe
Biography
Posnansky, Merrick
Africa
Ethnic relations
9781441637215
2009
Archaelogists
Linking to the future...
Africa and Archaeology
http://site.ebrary.com/id/10359174

118. Product
Africa and Archaeology
$61.78
Book
Radcliffe
Biography
Posnansky, Merrick
Africa
Ethnic relations
9781441637215
2009
Archaelogists
Linking to the future...
Search Engines
Africa and Archaeology
http://site.ebrary.com/id/10359174

119. Opportunities

120. Opportunities
Sending folks to our resources

121. Opportunities
Sending folks to our resources
Using widely understood standards

122. Opportunities
Sending folks to our resources
Using widely understood standards
Being part of the Web of Data

123. Opportunities
Sending folks to our resources
Using widely understood standards
Connected to Hubs of authority
Being part of the Web of Data

124. Opportunities
Sending folks to our resources
Using widely understood standards
Connected to Hubs of authority
Being part of the Web of Data
Enriched user experience

125. Opportunities
Sending folks to our resources
Using widely understood standards
Connected to Hubs of authority
Being part of the Web of Data
Enriched user experience
Shared Linked Data publishing services

126. Happening in a hurry?
@Fascinatingpics

127. Happening in a hurry?
Years not
decades
@Fascinatingpics

128. Happening in a hurry?
The Web
will
progress
without us
@Fascinatingpics

129. Happening in a hurry?
Opportunity
to reach for
together
@Fascinatingpics

130. Opportunity
to reach for
together

131. to (re)assert
our role as a
source for discovery
For all materials
Print/ /Journals/Articles/DigitalEBook
Opportunity
to reach for
together

132. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
richard.wallis@oclc.org
12th August 2013 - Singapore
15th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat
Challenge and Opportunity
Linked Data

133. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
richard.wallis@oclc.org
12th August 2013 - Singapore
15th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat
Challenge and Opportunity
Linked Data
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