Back to the Future: The Reinvention of the Library Catalog,
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
RBMS Pre-Conference Las Vegas, NV June 26, 2014
!Eric Miller
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aka Special Collections Rule!
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caveat
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500$a: Signatures: A-G{u0070}2{u0073}
For example
(Eeek! Useful, structured data hidden in notes)
BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Zepheira for the Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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• robust enough to deal with 40 years ago • flexible enough to deal with 40+ years from now
BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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• memory organization (libraries, museums, archives) • community / users they server
BIBFRAME“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in the long run, implement a new bibliographic environment for libraries that makes "the network" central and makes interconnectedness commonplace.” !- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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• not just on the web • but of the web
Purpose and Promise• Purpose: MARC Replacement
• Promise: But so much more
• Purpose: Serving Libraries
• Promise: Related memory organizations and the users / patrons they serve
• Purpose: Leverage existing Web standards and speak with a consistent voice
• Promise: Visibility, Discoverability and Effectiveness
hasInstance
creatorsubject
publisherpublishedAt format
Work
Instance
Authority Authority
Authority Authority Authority
BIBFRAME !!
Core model for defining Web control points of bibliographic
data for more effective sharing, navigation and
collaboration !
Simple, replicable linked data patterns
!And we can replicate these simple patterns
to define as many control points we need
creatorsubject
provider mediaCategory
Work
Instance
Authority Agent
CategoryCategory
agent
place
Agent
PlacecarrierCategory
CategorycontentCategoryLanguage language
Event
Relationships
Work Work
• preceededBy • …
• succededBy • ….
• part • series • subSeries • …
• derivative • translation • original • otherEdition • …
• relatedTo • expression • hasPart • accompanies • …
• …
!And more importantly,
define a core set of relationships among the
various Classes
Relationships
• hasInstance
• instanceOf
• …
!And more importantly,
define a core set of relationships among the
various Classes
InstanceWork
Relationships
• equivalence
• issuedWith
• reproduction
• otherPhysicalFormat
• …
!And more importantly,
define a core set of relationships among the
various Classes
InstanceInstance
!And even more
important, extend in a local manner, but
connect in a global framework
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RDF
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BIBFRAME Vocabulary
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Global / General to Local / Specific
• Agent • Person,
Organization, Meeting, Family
• Place • Topic • Temporal
bf:creatorWork
• Person
bf:creatorDissertation
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BIBFRAME Profiles
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Small is Beautiful • BIBFRAME common model -
flexible, designed to accommodate the needs of our community.
• Recognize creative tension between past and future
• Recognize creative tension of being useful across communities, but also community specific
• Profiles are a simple, small, subset to of the model to support a specific community or entity description but sharable in a global context
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Demo!
RBMS Profile• Metadata patterns than make sense to your
community
• Designed to accelerate collaboration and discovery
• Interoperable in a larger descriptive framework
• Allowing for experimentation
• Benefiting from not having to wait for it “to be done”
Value of Linking RBMS data
• Linking provides access to related content - richer context and new discoveries
• Materials can be enhanced by others in the field to add to the value of your content.
• Don’t need to know the relationships in advance grows organically
General Technology Hype Cycle
Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption
Experimenters Early Implementers
Data Publishers& Connectors
Mainstream Workflow
Back Office Systems
• Clarify Space • Determine the
Need • Define a
Foundation • Draft
Specifications
• Test the Assumptions • Draft Standards • Evaluate Data, Processes, & Gaps
• Begin to work at scale • Use other’s data • Participate – Publish, Share,
Connect
• “Final” Standards & Best Practices
• New businesses and models
• “There’s Linked Data in there!?”
Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption
Conclusions• BIBFRAME “MARC Replacement” but so much more
• Serving not just libraries but related memory organizations and the users / patrons they serve
• Recognizing the wide variability within libraries
• No more gaming!
• Leverage existing Web standards and speak with a consistent voice to support more effective visibility and discoverability of assets
• BIBFRAME is a bridge between the best of the Web and Libraries
• A mechanism for weaving the trust and credibility of Libraries into the Web.
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