Presentation to the ALCTS Holdings Information Forum - ALA Chicago June 29th 2013

1. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
Exposing What We Have
ALCTS Holdings Information Forum - ALA Chicago
29th June 2013
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/3352920732/

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/3352920732/
Why ?Catalog

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
Catalog

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiousexpeditions/2406513532/
Catalog
So folks can find
our stuff

6. The world’s libraries. Connected.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukje/868521323
Where are our users?

7. 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/

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

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

10. 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/

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

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

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

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

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

17. Romain Wenz BnF

19. Libraries Archives
Museums

20. Libraries Archives
Museums
The place to go
for information

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

23. Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)

24. THINGS NOT STRINGS
Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)

25. are inour users

26. are inour users

27. are in
not
not
our users

28. are in
not
not
other search engines are available
our users

29. our data are not in

30. our data are not in

31. our data are not in
Why?

32. our data are not in
Why?
does not understand:
Marc, ISBD, OAI-PMH, RDA, Z39.50, Onix ....
insert you favorite standard here!

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

34. The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 300+ Million resources
Linked Data

35. The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
Linked Data

36. The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
Linked Data

37. The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
Linked Data

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

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

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

50. The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 300+ Million resources
• Schema.org
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
Linked Data
Update: June 2013
Data available via
Content-Negotiation
• RDF/XML
• JSON-LD
• Turtle
• Triples

56. is
good enough ?

57. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange

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

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

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

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

64. BIBFRAME

65. BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org

66. 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

67. bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics

68. bibliographic description as part of the web
?
@Fascinatingpics

69. bibliographic description
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web

70. bibliographic description
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web

71. bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web

72. bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web

73. bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
• Materials of all types - print / e / digital
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web

74. We are moving from
cataloguing

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

76. Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight

77. Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight

78. Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight

79. Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight

80. Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight

81. Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight

82. Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
RDF

83. Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Subjects
Names
Locations
RDF
Publishers InstitutionsFormats

84. Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Subjects
Names
Locations
RDF
Publishers InstitutionsFormats

85. Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Subjects
Names
Locations
RDF
Publishers InstitutionsFormats

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

87. h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/
Be visible
On the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...

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

89. Building a Web

90. Building a Web
Linking to all
and
all resources

91. Building a Web
Linking to all
A holding is a link between a
library and a resource

92. Happening in a hurry?
@Fascinatingpics

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

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

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

96. Opportunity to
reach for
together ...

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

98. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
Exposing What We Have
ALCTS Holdings Information Forum - ALA Chicago
29th June 2013
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw

99. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
Exposing What We Have
ALCTS Holdings Information Forum - ALA Chicago
29th June 2013
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
http://www.slideshare.net/rjw