1. Stories and Lessons from the Road to Linked Data Yvette Diven Publisher & Senior Product Manager ALA Annual Conference June 23, 2012

2. Based in Seattle, WA Founded in 2000 245 employees worldwide (70+ MLS/MLIS) Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions 2800+ clients around the globe A business unit of ProQuest Serials Solutions® ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

3. Typically: E-resource holdings information Paradigm: The address book Format: Flat file, tabular, CSV, XML, etc. Used by: Machines, to connect to content Used by: Librarians, to keep track of e-holdings Example: Link resolver or A-Z knowledge base Who has one: Just about everybody It’s where we started in 2000 Library Industry “Knowledge Base” ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

4. Signs and Sights along the Road ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

5. Signpost: Knowledgebase as Ecosystem Authoritative Metadata Library Data and Collections Intota™ Summon® Service Serials Solutions Knowledgebase ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

6. Metadata management Our Journey to Linked Data: Start at Home ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

7. Start with our Knowledgebase FRBR/FRAD provides the conceptual framework Our Journey to Linked Data: Maps ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

8. RDA provides much of the schema design: ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

9. … and the controlled vocabularies: ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

10. Create a flexible data structure Support complex data relationships Provide room to grow Stories from the Road: Relational Data ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

11. The Intota™ service … a single, centrally provisioned solution that supports the entire lifecycle of the library’s collection, including selection, acquisition, cataloging, discovery, and fulfillment regardless of resource type. Uses the new Knowledgebase Linked library collections and other collections Major Signpost: Intota™ ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

12. Linked data benefits to service users Metadata’s maintained in the Knowledgebase Cataloging from/with authoritative metadata Eliminate batch loading Relational data = new access points Shared data model Discovery within collections Statement-based approach to some data sets New opportunities, e.g., Networked authority control Stories from the Road: Intota™ ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

13. On the road to linked data… Librarians care about Trust/authority Quality Privacy Lesson from the Road: Authority Matters ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

14. The Journey to Linked Data CARRIER_TYPE COUNTRY FORM_OF_WORK FREQUENCY_OF_ISSUE IDENTIFIER_TYPE LANGUAGE MEDIA_TYPE MODE_OF_ISSUANCE PARTY_ROLE_TYPE PERSON_PREFIX PERSON_SUFFIX STATE_PROVINCE SUBJECT SUBJECT_SET SUBJECT_SOURCE WORK_TITLE_VARIANT_TYPE MANIFESTATION_FORMAT_TYPE Lesson from the Road: Start out Simply These Lookup Tables… These values are defined by LOC and ISO standards Controlled Vocabularies ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

15. Published ‘Linked Open Data’ Knowledgebase data as RDF/RDFa ‘triples’ to support a growing number of new access points Suggested by our customers Open Access journal data Data from Ulrich’s Continuing the Journey: 2013 Pilot Projects ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012

16. Enhanced relational data structures now Incorporate FRBR/RDA concepts now Pilot projects in 2013 Be sure to stay tuned You can contact me: yvette.diven@serialssolutions.com Our Journey to Linked Data is Underway! ALA Annual Conference, June 23, 2012