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Making the Leap Towards Linked Data
ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2016 January 21
Iris Lee, Metadata Analyst at AMNHJennifer Cwiok, Digital Projects Manager at AMNHNick Krabbenhoeft, CodedCulture
ANTHROPOLOGYPALEONTOLOGYINVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGYVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGYPHYSICAL SCIENCE plus RESEARCH LIBRARY
34.5 MILLION SPECIMENS & ARTIFACTSand
25,000 LINEAR FEET OF ARCHIVESincluding• Thousands of film reels• Over a million negatives• Almost a petabyte of digital data
2005-2007IMLS RISK ASSESSMENTResearch Collections
2009-2012IMLS RISK ASSESSMENTPermanent Exhibits
2011-2012IMLS RISK ASSESSMENT & INVENTORYLibrary & Archives in Science
CLIR HIDDEN COLLECTIONSCatalog Library Archives
2013-2016CLIR HIDDEN CONNECTIONSFinding Aids & Biographical/Historical Notes for AMNH Expeditions
Expeditionary Field Work at the American Museum of Natural History2013-2016
• Finding aids for archival collections (EAD)
• Entity records for expeditions and personnel (EAC-CPF)
Expeditionary Field Work at the American Museum of Natural History2013-2016
• Finding aids for archival collections (EAD)
• Entity records for expeditions and personnel (EAC-CPF)
Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930)
Nest of dinosaur eggs!
What did they
bring back?
• Specimens & artifacts
• Notes & sketches
• Diaries• Journals• Specimen
books• Photographs• Recorded
sound• Moving
images
Encoded Archival Context – Corporate Bodies, Persons, Families (EAC-CPF)• Reconnect collections• Increase resource discovery• Reuse biogHist notes across finding aids• Reduce redundant work• Linked data friendly
Metadata Matters
One Biog/hist to Describe Them All
Entity Record
EAC
AnthroEAD
PaleoEAD
Vertebrate Zoology
EAD
Physical Sciences
EAD
LibraryEAD
Vertebrate Zoology
EAD
EAC
EAC-CPF linked to Finding Aid
EAC
Vertebrate Zoology
EAD
EAC
Leads to Resource Discovery
EAC
AnthroEAD
PaleoEAD
Physical Sciences
EAD
LibraryEAD
Data Conversion
Templates are converted into xmlNo hand codingFiles stored on network or Archivists’ ToolkitAdditional conversion to html for review
Where are the Gaps?
Mgmt
Access
Storage
Creation
Data Management
xml ingested into a systemFile managementEnhanced admin tools
Data Management
xml ingested into a systemFile managementEnhanced admin tools
?
xEAC
xEAC• Open source web-based application
developed by Ethan Gruber• XForms-based framework • Built for the creation, management and
publication of EAC-CPF records• Publishes and uses linked data • Map visualization built into front end
FOR NOWSuite of Apps for Archives
ASpace
xEAC
NEAR FUTUREHook Systems with Linked Data
ASpace
xEACRDFRDF
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS OBJECTS ON DISPLAY
ENTITIESARCHIVES
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS OBJECTS ON DISPLAY
ENTITIESARCHIVES
THE DREAMLinking Resources
EAC entity records can link to other systemsInternal to Museum: Digital Special Collections AMNH Science databasesWider network: International Authority Cooperative (SNAC)
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS OBJECTS ON DISPLAY
ENTITIESARCHIVES
Library as a repository of relationships
The standardization of the following entities enhances discoverability and makes linking resources possible:• Expedition Names• Personal Names (Scientists, Donors, Museum
Staff, etc.)• Department Names• Permanent Hall Names• Temporary Exhibition Names
Use Case for Linked Data within the LibraryWhitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of
Natural History (1920-1941)
Charles Curtis at wheel of schooner, The FranceWhitney Hall of Oceanic Birds, 1945
Library’s Current Application Landscape
DSpace: Scientific Publications, supplemental data, dissertations, manuscripts, field books, etc.
Omeka – Digital media web publishing
Innovative Sierra OPAC – Proprietary online catalog
WordPress – Hidden Collections Archives Project blog
Archives Space – Accession records, EAD Finding Aids
xEAC – EAC-CPF Collections
Whitney South Sea Expedition
xEAC Beck, Rollo Howard
Extracts from the Journal of Rollo H. Beck
Hall & Diorama construction Logbook of the yacht “France”Extracts from the Journal of Rollo H. Beck
Whitney Hall of Oceanic Birds
Item#: 107956
Researching the ForgottenParticipants of the WSSE
AMNH Databases
Anthro
Phys Sci
Research Library
Virtual Machine
RDFxEAC
ASpace RDF
Partnered with IT to installxEAC and Archives Space ona Virtual Machine
RDF Triplestore selection & installationnext phase of project
AMNH Databases
Anthro
Phys Sci
Research Library
Virtual Machine
RDFxEAC
ASpace RDF
Ingest
Data Mgmt
Access
Storage
Preservation Planning
Administration
UserProducer
American Museum of
Natural History
ExpeditionsResearch
Publications...
VisitorsResearchersStaffExhibitions...
Library
Vertebrate Zoology
Earth & Planetary Science
Anthropology
American Museum of
Natural History
ExpeditionsResearch
Publications...
VisitorsResearchersStaffExhibitions...
Library
Vertebrate Zoology
Earth & Planetary Science
Anthropology
VisitorsResearchersStaffExhibitions...
Library
Vertebrate Zoology
Earth & Planetary Science
Anthropology
VisitorsResearchersStaffExhibitions...
American Museum of
Natural History
ExpeditionsResearch
Publications...
VisitorsResearchersStaffExhibitions...
Thank you!
AttributionsIcons provided by the Noun Project: http://thenounproject.com/Artists: Matthew Exton, Mister Pixel
Contact informationIris Lee, [email protected] Jen Cwiok, [email protected] Krabbenhoeft, [email protected]
