The UC Davis BIBFLOW Project Michael Colby Principal Cataloger and Music Librarian University of California Davis Library February 24, 2017

Overview of BIBFLOW Project A research project that will address questions like “What impact will adoption of BIBFRAME have on technical services workflows in an academic library”? Its primary purpose is to understand the ecosystem, test solutions, and provide a roadmap of how libraries can iteratively migrate to linked data without disrupting patron or business services.

Overview of BIBFLOW Project A 2-year project of the UC Davis University Library and Zepheira, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (May 2014 – April 2016) Official title: “Reinventing Cataloging: Models for the Future of Library Operations”

Roadmap: Primary Stakeholders Triplestore Human Discovery LD Catalog Interface Machine Discovery Vendors ILS Roadmap: Primary Stakeholders

Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore OCLC BIBFLOW:SCRIBE Pull Authority Data Discovery Interface Push User Contributions SPARQL Endpoint Exchange Circulation Data Pull Graphs Triplestore Respond to Machine Queries Push Triples Push Triples Push Thin MARC Pull Schema OCLC Pull Triples ILS BIBFLOW:SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB Pull Authorities Catalogue / Ingest URI Based Marc Authorities Pull MARC URI Push Native Operation or Ingest Script / Tool (All other transactions are via API / Endpoint)

Title: Die Dreigroschenoper Composer: Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 Title: Die Dreigroschenoper Call number: M1503.W45 D7 2000 (not checked out) Location: Shields Library Publisher: Miami, Fla. : European American Music Corp. Publication date: 2000 Format: 1 vocal score (123 p.) ; 31 cm Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. Show more... Shields Library

Graph Building (user inquiry, bibliographic, authority information) Triples in the rectangle form a record view which is displayed to a user via the discovery interface

Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore OCLC Schema.org ILS BIBFLOW:SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB Authorities MARC URI

Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore OCLC Schema.org ILS BIBFLOW:SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB Authorities MARC URI

Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore OCLC BIBFLOW:SCRIBE Push Thin MARC OCLC ILS BIBFLOW:SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB Authorities MARC URI

The Importance of Authority Work

Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore OCLC BIBFLOW:SCRIBE Pull Authority Data Discovery Interface Push User Contributions SPARQL Endpoint Exchange Circulation Data Pull Graphs Triplestore Respond to Machine Queries Push Triples Push Triples Push Thin MARC Pull Schema OCLC Pull Triples ILS BIBFLOW:SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB Pull Authorities Catalogue / Ingest URI Based Marc Authorities Pull MARC URI Push Native Operation or Ingest Script / Tool (All other transactions are via API / Endpoint)

What did BIBFLOW achieve? A roadmap that serves as a bridge from MARC to linked data The roadmap provides intermediate steps for libraries to eventually move away from MARC entirely. MARC Roadmap Linked Data

Acknowledgements Carl Stahmer, BIBFLOW Project Manager, provided many of the PowerPoint slides used in this presentation.

BIBFLOW: A Roadmap for Success Thank you!