Presentation at Semantic Tech & Business Conference San Francisco 3rd June 2013

1. The world’s libraries. Connected.
From Record To Graph
Semantic Technology and Business Conference, San Francisco, June 2013
#SemTechBiz
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavipat/
Libraries

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavipat/
Libraries
have been around for a while...

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavipat/
Ephesus - 117 AD
Libraries
have been around for a while...

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
capturing data for a
Libraries
while...

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
capturing data for a
Libraries
Catalog Cards
while...

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
capturing data for a
From mid 19th Century
Libraries
Catalog Cards
while...

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
capturing data for a
From mid 19th Century
Melvil Dewey - 1881
Libraries
Catalog Cards
while...

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
capturing data for a
From mid 19th Century
Melvil Dewey - 1881
Library of Congress Print Service
1901
Libraries
Catalog Cards
while...

10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/3352920732/
Libraries

11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/3352920732/
Indexed by name
Libraries

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxsimius/2235761852/
Libraries

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxsimius/2235761852/
Indexed by subject
Indexed by number (Dewey)
Libraries

14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettydaisies/869136465/
Catalog Cards

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettydaisies/869136465/
Catalog Cards
Originally hand written

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/exlibris/2383688387/
Catalog Cards

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/exlibris/2383688387/
Printed by authorities
Catalog Cards

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/exlibris/2383688387/
Printed by authorities
Library of Congress - 1901
British Library
OCLC
Catalog Cards

19. Machine-Readable
Cataloging

20. Marc Records
1970’s

21. Marc Records
1970’s

22. Marc Records
1970’s

23. Marc Records
1970’s

25. Libraries Archives
Museums

26. Libraries Archives
Museums
The place to go
for information

27. Libraries Archives
Museums
The place to go
for information
not any more!

28. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2329267266/

29. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2329267266/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mibuchat/2772197722/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnoeric/232579341/

30. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malbooth/5099621729/

31. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malbooth/5099621729/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caribb/8620465508/

32. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malbooth/5099621729/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caribb/8620465508/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/22635909/

33. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?

34. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?

35. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!

36. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!

37. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!

46. Knowledge Graph

47. THINGS NOT STRINGS
Knowledge Graph

49. Romain Wenz BnF

53. WorldCat.org
290+ Million Bibliographic Resources

54. WorldCat.org
290+ Million Bibliographic Resources

55. WorldCat.org
290+ Million Bibliographic Resources

70. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012

71. Download file
• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources
(80 million triples)
• Schema.org + Library
• License: ODC-BY
• August 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat

72. Download file
• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources
(80 million triples)
• Schema.org + Library
• License: ODC-BY
• August 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat
CONTENT- NEGOTIATION
RDF/XML - JSON - TURTLE - TRIPLES
JUNE 2013

75. is
good enough ?

76. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange

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

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

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

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

83. h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/
Be visible
On the Web of Data

84. h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/
Be visible
On the Web of Data

85. h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/
Be visible
On the Web of Data
Light the way to resources...
... registered in the network

86. Where do I start?

87. @Fascinatingpics

88. @Fascinatingpics

89. @Fascinatingpics

90. @Fascinatingpics

91. @Fascinatingpics

92. @Fascinatingpics

93. @Fascinatingpics

94. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/

95. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/
Do I need to link to
everywhere?

96. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/
Do I need to link to
everywhere?
Link to partners
and hubs
They will interlink

98. DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox
LincolnMovieUK

99. So, what can
libraries do?

100. Stop Copying

101. Stop Copying
Start Linking
Be of the Web
of Data

102. Happening in a hurry?
@Fascinatingpics

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

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

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

106. Opportunity to
reach for
together ...

107. Opportunity to
reach for
together ... reassert
our role as a
discoverable source
For all materials
Print/ /Journals/Articles/DigitalEBook

108. The world’s libraries. Connected.
From Record To Graph
Semantic Technology and Business Conference, San Francisco, June 2013
#SemTechBiz
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw

109. The world’s libraries. Connected.
From Record To Graph
Semantic Technology and Business Conference, San Francisco, June 2013
#SemTechBiz
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
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