Link-by-Link – Melbourne - 1st November2013

They have left the building
The Web route to library users
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw

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

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2329267266/

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

http://www.flickr.com/photos/malbooth/5099621729/

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

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

The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Romain Wenz BnF
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The problem with access to library
collections:
People aren’t using the library catalog?
(No… that’s just a fact.)

The real problem is that we don’t expose our
collections very well on the web.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
What the Web wants

Some things
the web wants:
1. Size
2. Familiar structures
3. A network of links
4. Entity identifiers

The world’s libraries. Connected.
library data:

stored as records
author

location

edition

title

holding

source

classification
publisher

ISBN

subject publication
date of

The world’s libraries. Connected.
library data:

stored as records
person

place
author

location

edition

title

holding

source

object

concept

classification
publisher

ISBN

date of publication

organization

The world’s libraries. Connected.

work
library data stored as entities
person

author

place

object

concept

item
availability

subject

organization

The world’s libraries. Connected.

work
library data stored as entities
library knowledge graph
person

place

object

concept

organization

The world’s libraries. Connected.

work
Knowledge cards for libraries

Günter Grass
Born: 16 October 1927
Gdaosk, Poland
German novelist, poet,
playwright, illustrator,
graphic artist, sculptor and
recipient of the 1999 Nobel
Prize in Literature.

Works

Subjects
Germany | German literature | Historical fiction
War stories | Black humor | Fantasy

Quotes
“Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—
The Tin Drum

Find Günter Grass works at:
Libraries near me | Online Retailers

The world’s libraries. Connected.

Google Knowledge Graph
Knowledge cards for Library data stored as entities
libraries
the library knowledge graph

Günter Grass

Born: 16 October 1927
Gdaosk, Poland
German novelist, poet,
playwright, illustrator,
graphic artist, sculptor and
recipient of the 1999 Nobel
Prize in Literature.

Works

Subjects
Germany | German literature | Historical fiction
War stories | Black humor | Fantasy

Quotes
“Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—
The Tin Drum

Find Günter Grass works at:
Libraries near me | Online Retailers

The world’s libraries. Connected.

Library content
Web content
Links out to e-commerce
library data stored as entities
Field in a record vs. entity in knowledge graph
person
Günter Grass

object

this copy of
“The Tin Drum”

library
organization

The world’s libraries. Connected.

place
Germany

Historical
Fiction concept

expression
“Die Blechtrommel”
“The Tin Drum”
work
library data:

stored as records
author

location

edition

title

holding

source

classification
publisher

ISBN

date of publication

The world’s libraries. Connected.
library data stored as entities
library knowledge graph
person

place

object

concept

organization

The world’s libraries. Connected.

work
We are moving from

cataloguing
to

catalinking

http://

The world’s libraries. Connected.

Eric Miller - Zepheira
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Tell them about our
resources… their language and methods
…using

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487

The world’s libraries. Connected.
WorldCat Linked Data

Linked Data
•
•
•
•

300+ million data resources
Schema.org
Embedded RDFa
Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF,
DOI, VIAF, FAST
• ODC-BY license
• June 2012
• Continuing development:
• Vocabulary, Content-negotiation, Links, Works, …
The world’s libraries. Connected.
How we are sharing with the web

Some things
the web wants:

What the web
gets:

1.
2.
3.
4.

• WorldCat 300M+
• Schema.org
• VIAF, LCSH, Dewey, …
• WorldCat persistent
identifiers (URIs)

Size
Familiar structures
A network of links
Entity identifiers

The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Part of the Web of Data

The world’s libraries. Connected.
Part of the Web of Data

The world’s libraries. Connected.
Part of the Web of Data

http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238514

Nawal El Saadawi

VIAF

sameAs

http://viaf.org/viaf/84254254/

author

Worldcat.org/oclc/81453459

The Hidden Face of Eve

The world’s libraries. Connected.

sameAs

Nawal El Saadawi

sameAs

http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000120296695

Nawal El Saadawi
The world’s libraries. Connected.
is
good enough ?
For library data exchange?

No

For sharing library resources with the web? Almost

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

The world’s libraries. Connected.
BIBFRAME

Bibliographic Framework as a
Web of Data:
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.

http://www.bibframe.org
The world’s libraries. Connected.
≈ Complementary ≈
? Conflict ?
bibliographic description as part of the web

@Fascinatingpics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54136840@N00/4921290518/

The world’s libraries. Connected.
Be Visible on the
Web of Data

Lighting the way to your resources …
…. registered in the network

http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/

The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Building a Web
of Data
Linking to all
and
all their resources
We all need to participate
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Happening in a hurry?
The web will to
Opportunities
Years not
progress
reach for
Decades
without us
together

The world’s libraries. Connected.
to

Opportunity

connect

users

with

our

The world’s libraries. Connected.

resources
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Link-by-Link – Melbourne - 1st November2013

They have left the building
The Web route to library users
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw

The world’s libraries. Connected.
Questions

The world’s libraries. Connected.
Link-by-Link – Melbourne - 1st November2013

They have left the building
The Web route to library users
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw

The world’s libraries. Connected.

They have left the building: The Web Route to Library Users

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    Link-by-Link – Melbourne- 1st November2013 They have left the building The Web route to library users Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist @rjw The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Where are ourusers? http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/2329267266/ The world’s libraries. Connected. The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Where our usersare! The world’s libraries. Connected. The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Romain Wenz BnF Theworld’s libraries. Connected.
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    The problem withaccess to library collections: People aren’t using the library catalog? (No… that’s just a fact.) The real problem is that we don’t expose our collections very well on the web. The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    What the Webwants Some things the web wants: 1. Size 2. Familiar structures 3. A network of links 4. Entity identifiers The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    library data: stored asrecords author location edition title holding source classification publisher ISBN subject publication date of The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Knowledge cards forlibraries Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdaosk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”— The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers The world’s libraries. Connected. Google Knowledge Graph
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    Knowledge cards forLibrary data stored as entities libraries the library knowledge graph Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdaosk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”— The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers The world’s libraries. Connected. Library content Web content Links out to e-commerce
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    Tell them aboutour resources… their language and methods …using http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487 The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    WorldCat Linked Data LinkedData • • • • 300+ million data resources Schema.org Embedded RDFa Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST • ODC-BY license • June 2012 • Continuing development: • Vocabulary, Content-negotiation, Links, Works, … The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    How we aresharing with the web Some things the web wants: What the web gets: 1. 2. 3. 4. • WorldCat 300M+ • Schema.org • VIAF, LCSH, Dewey, … • WorldCat persistent identifiers (URIs) Size Familiar structures A network of links Entity identifiers The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Part of theWeb of Data The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Part of theWeb of Data http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238514 Nawal El Saadawi VIAF sameAs http://viaf.org/viaf/84254254/ author Worldcat.org/oclc/81453459 The Hidden Face of Eve The world’s libraries. Connected. sameAs Nawal El Saadawi sameAs http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000120296695 Nawal El Saadawi
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    http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex • Short livedgroup • Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked Data, Standards Bodies • Library is only one focus The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    BIBFRAME Bibliographic Framework asa Web of Data: 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. http://www.bibframe.org The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    ≈ Complementary ≈ ?Conflict ? bibliographic description as part of the web @Fascinatingpics http://www.flickr.com/photos/54136840@N00/4921290518/ The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Be Visible onthe Web of Data Lighting the way to your resources … …. registered in the network http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/ The world’s libraries. Connected.
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    Building a Web ofData Linking to all and all their resources We all need to participate The world’s libraries. Connected.
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Editor's Notes

  • #38 As Ted reminded us – all these developments are part of a continuumUsing the technology of the day to best achieve our mission We are using today’s technology – to build a web of data..