Linked Data, Discovery and Discoverability John McCullough Senior Product Manager, OCLC December 3, 2014 UCL Discovery and Discoverability

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New Bibliographic Data Initiative Linked Open Data Available for Download Two Types of Data Exposure Activities in Libraries University of Michigan University of Illinois University of Florida Harvard University Others… Converting metadata from traditional formats to linked open data in bulk for download. Linked Data for Libraries Cornell University Stanford University Harvard University “The goal of the project is to create a Scholarly Resource Semantic Information Store (SRSIS) model that works both within individual institutions and through a coordinated, extensible network of Linked Open Data to capture the intellectual value that librarians and other domain experts and scholars add to information resources when they describe, annotate, organize, select, and use those resources, together with the social value evident from patterns of usage.”

THE LIBRARY KNOWLEDGE GRAPH The Library Data Revolution personplace objectconcept organizationwork

The library knowledge graph A graph of relationships personplace objectconcept organizationwork

Entities, The Web & Library Metadata personplace objectconcept organizationwork

Umberto Eco Born: 5 January 1932 Alessandria, Italy Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Works Subjects Quotes Find Umberto Eco works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Semiotics | Religions | Thought and Thinking Art—Philosophy | Foucault’s Pendulum | Vodou “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”

Library data Stored as records edition authorlocation holding date of publication classification publisher title source ISBN authorlocation holding classification publisher personplace objectconcept organizationwork title

Born: 5 January 1932 Alessandria, Italy Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Works Subjects Quotes Find Umberto Eco works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Semiotics | Religions | Thought and Thinking Art—Philosophy | Foucault’s Pendulum | Vodou “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.” Umberto Eco Authority File Commercial Web Authority File Manifestation Entity Open Web Works & Organization Entity

Born: 5 January 1932 Alessandria, Italy Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Works Subjects Quotes Find Umberto Eco works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Semiotics | Religions | Thought and Thinking Art—Philosophy | Foucault’s Pendulum | Vodou “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.” Umberto Eco

Born: 5 January 1932 Alessandria, Italy Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Works Subjects Quotes Find Umberto Eco works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Semiotics | Religions | Thought and Thinking Art—Philosophy | Foucault’s Pendulum | Vodou “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.” Born: 5 January 1932 Alessandria, Italy Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. Works Subjects Quotes Find Umberto Eco works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Semiotics | Religions | Thought and Thinking Art—Philosophy | Foucault’s Pendulum | Vodou “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.” Umberto Eco

Library data stored as entities personplace objectconcept organizationwork author subject item availability

The library knowledge graph Putting entities in library workflows Cataloging ILL and AnalyticsCataloging DiscoveryIntegration with the web

ENTITIES AND LIBRARY WORKFLOWS The Library Data Revolution personplace objectconcept organizationwork

The library knowledge graph Works personplace objectconcept organizationwork FRBR : Manifestation FRBR: Work/Expression

The library knowledge graph Works personplace objectconcept organizationwork

Works

197+ million Work descriptions and URIs Schema.org RDF Data formats RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-LD Links to WorldCat manifestations Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, VIAF, FAST Open Data license Released April Works in WorldCat

Entities and library workflows Discovery Knowledge cards Topic search responses It’s what users expect in discovery

Entities and library workflows Discovery The Name of the Rose Summary: The year is Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. His delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror. Subjects Borrowing Options eBooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages Monastic libraries -- Italy – Fiction | Semiotics -- Fiction

Entities and library workflows Metadata management Person Editor Name Authority Record Umberto Eco Authority File

Entities and library workflows Cataloging LC NAF Expression Manifestation 1 Manifestation 2 Manifestation 3 Work Editor MARC21 Output Cascading Updates Work Authority Record Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose Authority File

Entities and library workflows Web exposure Be found on the web Connect your users to unique content What the web requires for web exposure Aggregation Familiar structures A Network of Links Entity Identifiers

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