1. Putting Linked Data at the Service of Libraries
I would like to thank the members of the Canadian Linked Data Initiative, The Canadian Linked Data Summit sponsors and the University of Montreal for hosting this summit.
Ex Libris – A Partnering Perspective
Tom Hall| Northeast Account Manager
2016 Canadian Linked Data Summit

2. The Linked Data Opportunity
Connect to the greater online knowledge
Enhance data accessibility and value
Evolve to accommodate new exchange format
Enable new uses of discovery and resource management
Ex Libris sees Linked Data as and opportunity to:
There are a several common themes…
Enriching new and existing resource records with metadata and references
Enabling machine automation to identify new relationships
Enabling the discovery of the non-obvious relationships
Collaboration between vendors and libraries, as well as libraries and content/knowledge sources
Collaborate to influence the future of Linked Data

3. Lead the way in developing Linked Data functionality and services
Our Vision
Lead the way in developing Linked Data functionality and services
while
Enhancing LD’s use in Resource Management and Discovery for the benefit of libraries and end-users.
Our Vision is to the lead the way in providing functionality and services from a development standpoint in Resource Management and Discovery

4. Linked Data Essentials: Catalogers and Library Staff
Authority control
Authority control via Linked Data is more immediate, internationalized and transparent
Adding metadata while cataloging
Present catalogers with additional enriched data that can complement the cataloging process
Essentials for Library Staff:
Technical services
Enable new possibilities for streamlining technical services workflows through the use of linked data

5. Linked Data Essentials: End Users
Enhanced searching
Automatically enhance Patron searches based on linked data
Outbound links
Present end users with links to related information based on URIs stored with the metadata
Essentials for End Users include:
Exploration
Use the web/graph created by the linked data to facilitate a new category of information search

6. As with any opportunity Execution is critical. How does it all happen?
Making it Happen

7. Linked Data Collaboration Projects
Ex Libris leads and participates in multiple linked data initiatives, including:
Ex Libris 2016 LD Initiative –
with selected customers
Lined Open Data SIWG –
Special Interest Working Group ELUNA and IGeLU
Europeana cultural portal
European Digital Library
Key objectives:
Define main use cases for implementation
Advise on LD features and data-services functionality
Actively test and evaluate functionality
Share information among key stakeholders & users
I cannot emphasize enough the value of collaborating with the community. One such group is the Linked Open Data Special Interest Working Group from both the North American and International User Groups. The value brought be this group is:
•Early use-cases setting the stage for a linked data white paper and collaboration project
•Provision of oversight and guidance around linked data collaboration
•Facilitating customer and vendor presentations and discussions at the annual user group conferences
•Collaborating on Show & Tell sessions online to bring customers together to learn from each other about projects
Alma:
LD in the Alma technical service workflows. This will be a first step towards Linked Data support across the functions of the library.
Loading and publishing of LD formatted bibliographic data
Primo:
Interaction between the new Primo UI and external LD sources.

8. Alma & Primo: Linked Library Data
The goal
Providing end-to-end support of Linked Data (LD), from library cataloging technical services to end-user advanced services.
Key Principles
Alma
Primo
Loading & publishing of bibliographic in LD format
URI support in cataloging technical services – identifying “things” based on URIs instead of simple identifiers
Access to LD to enrich data displayed to staff in every-day workflows
Evolutionary support for the BIBFRAME model and ontology as it matures
Discovery and access via URI of the underlying metadata
Focus on LD use by non-library apps
Discovery system – key interface to make data accessible to people & PCs
RESTful APIs to provide support for LD- based applications
Key Principles for supporting Linked Data in workflows.

9. Alma and Linked Data: Current Status
Many of the Alma objects are accessible using URIs
Alma supports a wide variety of RESTful web services returning JSON output
All Alma objects are referenced by URIs in the outputs
As demonstrated here with Alma’s resource management…
Objects are accessible using URIs
RESTful web services returning JSON output
Objects in outputs are referenced by URI

10. Alma and Linked Data: Current Status

11. Alma and Linked Data: Current Status

12. Primo and Linked Data: Current Status
Primo records are accessible using URIs
User e-shelf and content are accessible using URIs
Supports RESTful web services returning JSON-LD output {
"context": "L",
"
"book",
"title": "The World book dictionary",
"contributor": [
"Barnhart, Clarence Lewis",
"Barnhart, Robert K",
"World Book-Childcraft International" ],
"date": "1979",
"pnxId": "TRIAL_1_INST_ALMA ",
"sourceId": "TRIAL_1_INST_ALMA",
"originalSourceId": "TRIAL_1_INST",
"sourceSystem": "Alma",
"almaId": "TRIAL_1_INST: ",
As demonstrated here with Primo Discovery…
Records are accessible using URIs
Users e-shelf content is accessible using URIs
RESTful webservices returning JSON output

13. Primo and Linked Data: Current Status

14. Linked Data: Alma and Primo
Expose URI enriched metadata API
3rd Party Systems
Alma
Calculate URI’s to LD services
Linked Data services menu
Publish enriched metadata
External Services
VIAF
Publish
Library Of Congress
Primo
GND
Linked Data Flow Chart
Load enriched URI metadata
Retrieve relevant external data
Embed external data in the user interface
Others
Expose URI enriched PNX API
3rd Party Systems

15. Load/Publish Metadata Enriched by Linked Data
Linked Data URI fields in PNX:
Linked Data URI in API response:
"type": "book",
"title": " The soldier and the state: the theory and politics of civil-military relations ",
"creator": {
"sameAs": "
"label": " Huntington, Samuel P ",
"
"date": “1957",
"publisher": [ "Belknap Press of Harvard University Press" ],
"language": ["

16. Enhanced Cataloging Services – Example
Use a default or to create linked data URIs in the resource record.

17. Enhanced Patron Services – Example
Retrieve information from VIAF to display information about selected co-authors and other author works

18. The Linked Data Opportunity
Enabling next generation library services
Multiple benefits for both library staff and end users
Collaboration projects to identify use cases with best potential
Existing functionality already available as part of Alma and Primo
In Summary
New functionality planned as part of Ex Libris roadmap

19. THANK YOU