Data is Valuable – So Why Give It Away? CRIStin Spring Conference April 2015, Oslo Neil Grindley Jisc Head of Resource Discovery
What are the consequences of releasing WorldCat and other online catalogues as open data? What are the possibilities that open up for libraries and others by using data in creative ways
What has Jisc done to open up and encourage data and information sharing? PEN… Access Bibliography Citation Data Educational Resources Source Development Innovation Research Science Standards Scholarship
Why did I choose the title? Aren’t we all agreed that being open with our data is a good idea? Data is Valuable – So Why Give It Away? “If you are in the data business, you don’t give away your data” (UK Data Centre Director, April 2014)
_Digital_Infrastructure_Directions_Report%2C_Jan14_v1-04.pdf The Value of Digital Assets?
The 4C Project –
Opportunities Threats Value Motivation Governance Appraisal & Selection Resources Risk Digital Assets Organisation Stakeholders The Digital Curation Sustainability Model (DCSM)
What business are you in? Steve Matthews “Using technology to provide customer-centred services” Libraries Ray Kroc
What are the consequences of releasing WorldCat and other online catalogues as open data? What are the possibilities that open up for libraries and others by using data in creative ways
Richard Wallis, OCLC – Technology Evangelist What are the consequences of not doing so …!
March 2015 A commitment to innovation and an investment in innovative data services seem to be inspiring confidence!
How are other databases going to respond?
Copac Usage Stats
What are the possibilities that open up for libraries and others by using data in creative ways Galleries Libraries Archives Museums
What are the possibilities that open up for libraries and others by using data in creative ways Galleries Libraries Archives Museums
Open licence Open linked data Structured data Open format Data as a URI Different Degrees of ‘Openness’
Good result …!
Comparison of Linked Data and API’s
There is a lot of focus and discussion on linked data …
Tim Berners-Lee The Next Web of Open, Linked Data (2009) Someone who has no doubts about the virtues of sharing data!
All men are mortal Socrates is a man Therefore, Socrates is mortal Neil is terribly busy Busy people are very important Therefore, Neil is very important Is Inference useful? Hmmm … not always!
But if you work within a closed system where you have trusted and objective sources of data
Using a closed linked data set for the purposes of inference
A quick glance in the direction of linked data concepts …
Establishing Unique and Stable Identifiers
Apologies to OCLC for stealing their slides …
BBC Sports Use of Linked Data
A page for every team, a page for every player …
The Recombinant Possibilities of Data (2012)
Eric Miller The Bibliographic Framework Initiative BIBFRAME
Building on the National Monograph Strategy Roadmap Going into a new phase of work March 2015 – July 2016 Jisc and strategic partner organisations need to decide how to act upon the work that has been taken forward over the last few years Where should the investment be directed?
Neil Grindley Jisc Head of Resource Discovery Thank you very much