Presentation to the BIC New Trends Seminar 2013 29th July 2013 - London

1. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Metadata / Linked Data
Guiding Folks To Our Resources
BIC New Trends Seminar
29th July 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/10699036@N08/2995562917
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

26. Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)

27. THINGS NOT STRINGS
Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)

28. are inour users

29. are inour users

30. are in
not
not
our users

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

32. our data are not in

33. our data are not in

34. our data are not in
Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. 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

42. 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

52. 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

53. 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

62. is
good enough ?

63. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange

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

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

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

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

70. BIBFRAME

71. BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org

72. 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

73. bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

83. We are moving from
cataloguing

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

86. Building a Web

87. Building a Web
Linking to all

88. Building a Web
Linking to all
and
all their resources

89. Building a Web
Linking to all
and
all their resources
We all need to participate

91. Linking to the future...

92. Linking to the future...

93. Linking to the future...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Metadata / Linked Data
Guiding Folks To Our Resources
BIC New Trends Seminar
29th July 2013
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw

109. The world’s libraries. Connected.
Metadata / Linked Data
Guiding Folks To Our Resources
BIC New Trends Seminar
29th July 2013
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
http://www.slideshare.net/rjw