1. Accelerating The Visible Library or Don’t wait – Iterate! LC BIBFRAME Update Panel American Library Association January 10, 2016 Eric Miller em@zepheira.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/erimille @erimille

2. 23,000,000 = Salt Lake County Library Annual Catalog Search Traffic 2014 Annual Report OR = 9.58 minutes on Google

3. Exploring Together What’s happened since ALA 2015? Strategic connections and plan –Community engagement, outreach Libraries are more than a catalog Linked Data is about linking first (but it is just technology) Speak so others can understand and act Stop waiting, learn by iterating

4. Zepheira’s Perspectives on Leadership and Practice Libraries, Web, Data & Technology

5. Expectations of Library Web Visibility “When my community searches the Web for something we have, we better show up as an option.” - Chuck Gibson, Director & CEO Worthington Public Library

6. But we aren’t “speaking” in a way the Web understands We have a wealth of content, special collections, capabilities, and resources locked behind legacy, closed technology and niche vocabularies

8. Transform Link Publish Consume

9. The Visible Library Start with Agreement and Purpose “Everyone benefits from the visibility of libraries and their content on the Web.” Initiative

16. Learning Together & Impact Through Action Over 1000 Library Locations –Community connections & Geo-density matter Millions of Items Made Visible –Typical catalogs transform & publish in less than an hour Billions of –Resources described –Connections created –Opportunities to reach new and current users re-enforcing relevance

17. Local Systems Able to Publish to the Network Alexandria Auto-Graphics Agent Baratz Absys Biblionix Apollo Book Systems Atriuum Capita CARLX CDS/ISIS ELiAS Amicus Evergreen Ex Libris Aleph Follett Destiny Innovative Encore Innovative Millennium Innovative Sierra Koha LibSys OCLC Amlib OCLC Central Bibliotheek Systeem (CBS) OCLC Lokaal Bibliotheek Systeem (LBS) OCLC Olib OCLC Pica OCLC SISIS-SunRise OCLC WMS Polaris (Innovative) Prism Sagebrush (Follett) Winnebago SirsiDynix Enterprise SirsiDynix Horizon SirsiDynix Symphony SirsiDynix Unicorn SoftLink ALICE TLC LibrarySolution VTLS (Innovative) Virtua

18. Telling the whole story requires Collaboration

19. Weaving the best of libraries and the Web together This isn’t about gaming a system It’s not about optimizing to any one service It’s about speaking in a way the Web understands Leveraging the power of our community And benefiting from what all this enables

22. Initiative