Set up science – mao zedong - Richard strauss - The Hobbit

Semantic Web and RDA/FRBR Renate Beilharz School Library Association of Victoria, School libraries a new frontier – a world of opportunities, Etihad Stadium, Docklands, 15 March, 2013 © Renate Beilharz, Box Hill Institute, 2013

Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) Highest principle: convenience of the user 2009 Developed by IFLA

Statement of International Cataloguing Principles Objectives of a catalogue are to enable users to: Find – resource(s) to suit needs, based on a specific search Identify – distinguish between similar but different resources Select – resource appropriate to need Obtain – acquire the desired resource

Kannenberg, John 2010, Library card catalog, Flickr, viewed 4 September 2011,

“ … will be a new standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital world.” Joint steering Committee for the Development of RDA 2007 Strategic plan for RDA , viewed 3 September 2011,

“ … will enable users of library catalogues and other systems of information organization to find, identify, select, and obtain resources appropriate to their information needs..” Joint steering Committee for the Development of RDA 2007 Strategic plan for RDA , viewed 3 September 2011, jsc.org/stratplan.html

John-Norris 2011, Folders vs Metadata, Flickr, viewed 4 September 2011, /

Metadata standards 11 ONIX Standard developed by publishing industry Developed and maintained by cultural and computer science sectors Adapted from RDA train-the-trainer. Module 1, 2012, National Library of Australia, Canberra.

Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Semantic web Adapted from RDA train-the-trainer. Module 1, 2012, National Library of Australia, Canberra.

Semantic Web Adapted from RDA train-the-trainer. Module 1, 2012, National Library of Australia, Canberra. Internet = computers talking to each other Semantic Web = computers understanding what they are talking to each other about RDF and Linked data = connecting data about things or concepts through relationships

Possum magic Mem Fox written by illustrated by Julie Vivas work first published in born in format 1946 Picture book 1983

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records “ FRBR [is] a conceptual model for organizing bibliographic and authority information based on the needs of the data’s users.” (Hart 2010, p. 10)

Entity has attributes Entity has attributes Entity has attributes Relationship

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“ … will be a new standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital world.” Joint steering Committee for the Development of RDA 2007 Strategic plan for RDA , viewed 3 September 2011,

Virtual International Authority File

WorldCat Identities Network

Classify

Kindred Works

WorldCat Genres

Final words from Linked data for Libraries video “… and because cataloguers and other librarians are already so good at creating and maintaining data about these kind of relationships, libraries can be in the forefront of the linked data revolution, building resources and services that help people find the information they need from as many linked, authoritative sources as possible.”