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

2. 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.

3. 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”

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

6. 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)

7. Title: Die Dreigroschenoper
Composer: Weill, Kurt,
Title: Die Dreigroschenoper
Call number: M1503.W45 D (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

8. 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

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

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

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

12. The Importance of Authority Work

13. 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)

14. 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

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

16. BIBFLOW: A Roadmap for Success
Thank you!