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SWIB 2013 – Hamburg – 26 th November 2013 Linked Data for Libraries: Great Progress but what is the benefit? Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist OCLC @rjw The world’s libraries. Connected.

The OCLC cooperative: a nonprofit, membership organization Further access to the world’s information Reduce the rate of rise of library costs 72,035 libraries in 170 countries OCLC serves libraries The world’s libraries. Connected.

Representing the collective collection in WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org Bibliographic Licensed digital information in content/articles in Digitized WorldCat library collections local library content 300+ million 38 million items bibliographic records 980million records (Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster) 2+ billion holdings As of 11 June 2013 The world’s libraries. Connected.

Multilingual WorldCat Total Records 274 m English 108.6 m German 36.5 m French 25.5 m Spanish 11.3 m Japanese 8.0 m 60.2% Chinese 6.5 m Italian 4.7 m Dutch 4.3 m Russian 3.6 m Latin 3.5 m 30 June 2012 The world’s libraries. Connected.

SWIB 2013 – Hamburg – 26 th November 2013 Linked Data for Libraries: Great Progress but what is the benefit? Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist OCLC @rjw The world’s libraries. Connected.

Library Linked Data on the Web Yes A Web of Data? Not quite yet… … but things are happening The world’s libraries. Connected.

Knowledge Graph Knowledge Graph K The world’s libraries. Connected.

An issue for libraries? Where are our users? The world ’ s libraries. Connected. The world’s libraries. Connected.

Where our users are! The world ’ s libraries. Connected. The world’s libraries. Connected.

Romain Wenz BnF The world’s libraries. Connected.

The problem with access to library collections: People aren’t using the library catalog? (No… that’s just a fact.) The real problem is that we don’t expose our collections very well on the web. The world’s libraries. Connected.

library data: stored as records author location edition title holding source classification ISBN publisher subject date of publication The world’s libraries. Connected.

library data: stored as records person place author author location location edition title title holding holding source object concept classification classification ISBN publisher publisher date of publication organization work The world’s libraries. Connected.

library data stored as entities author person place object concept item subject availability organization work The world’s libraries. Connected.

library data stored as entities library knowledge graph person place object concept organization work The world’s libraries. Connected.

Knowledge cards for libraries Knowledge cards for libraries Knowledge cards for libraries Knowledge cards for libraries Google Knowledge Graph Google Knowledge Graph Google Knowledge Graph Google Knowledge Graph Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”— The Tin Drum Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers The world’s libraries. Connected.

Knowledge cards for libraries Knowledge cards for libraries Knowledge cards for libraries Knowledge cards for libraries Library data stored as entities L L L ibrary data stored as entities ibrary data stored as entities ibrary data stored as entities the library knowledge graph Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”— The Tin Drum Library content Find Günter Grass works at: Web content Libraries near me | Online Retailers Links out to e-commerce The world’s libraries. Connected.

library data stored as entities Field in a record vs. entity in knowledge graph person place Germany Günter Grass Historical this copy of object concept Fiction “The Tin Drum” expression “Die Blechtrommel” “The Tin Drum” library organization work The world’s libraries. Connected.

We are moving from cataloguing to http:// catalinking The world’s libraries. Connected. Eric Miller - Zepheira

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Tell them about our resources… Tell them about our resources… Tell them about our resources… Tell them about our resources… …using their language and methods …using their language and methods …using their language and methods …using their language and methods http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487 The world’s libraries. Connected.

WorldCat Linked Data WorldCat Linked Data WorldCat Linked Data WorldCat Linked Data Linked Data • 300+ million data resources • Schema.org • Embedded RDFa • Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST • ODC-BY license • June 2012 • Continuing development: • Vocabulary, Content-negotiation, Links, Works, … The world’s libraries. Connected.

OCLC Heads-up Linked Data Works Work Hardback Paperback eBook 2nd Edition Example: <http://www.worldcat.org/entity/work/id/31233333> The world’s libraries. Connected.

OCLC Heads-up Works Linked Data <http://www.worldcat.org/entity/work/id/31233333 > <http://www.worldcat.org/core/work/id/31233333> a <http://purl.org/vocab/frbr/core#Work>, schema:CreativeWork; dc:isPartOf [ a <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/Series>; schema:name "Occasional paper (Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies) ;" ]; schema:about [ a schema:Intangible; schema:name "Political parties -- Public opinion. -- Hong Kong" ], [ a schema:Intangible; schema:name "Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government." ]; schema:author [ a schema:Person; schema:name "Liu, Zhaojia." ]; schema:description ""; schema:inLanguage "eng"; schema:name "Public attitude toward political parties in Hong Kong"; skos:narrower <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29556612>, <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647245064>, <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/654783642> . The world’s libraries. Connected.

OCLC Heads-up Works Linked Data <http://www.worldcat.org/entity/work/id/31233333> Current project state: • Experimental pre-release • Only RDF/XML • Vocabulary changes coming • No lookup service yet The world’s libraries. Connected.

WorldCat Linked Data WorldCat Linked Data WorldCat Linked Data WorldCat Linked Data Linked Data • 300+ million data resources • Schema.org • Embedded RDFa • Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST • ODC-BY license • June 2012 • Continuing development: • Vocabulary, Content-negotiation, Links, Works, … The world’s libraries. Connected.

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Part of the Web of Data The world’s libraries. Connected.

Part of the Web of Data The world’s libraries. Connected.

Part of the Web of Data http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238514 Nawal El Saadawi sameAs VIAF sameAs http://viaf.org/viaf/84254254/ Nawal El Saadawi author http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000120296695 sameAs Nawal El Saadawi Worldcat.org/oclc/81453459 The Hidden Face of Eve The world’s libraries. Connected.

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is good enough ? For library data exchange? No For sharing library resources with the web? Almost The world’s libraries. Connected.

http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex • Short lived group • Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked Data, Standards Bodies • Library is only one focus The world’s libraries. Connected.

BIBFRAME Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: It is the foundation for the future of bibliographic description that happens on, in, and as part of the web and the networked world we live in . http://www.bibframe.org The world’s libraries. Connected.

≈ Complementary ≈ ? Conflict ? bibliographic description as part of the web http://www.flickr.com/photos/54136840@N00/4921290518/ @Fascinatingpics The world’s libraries. Connected.

Be Visible on the Be Visible on the Web of Data Web of Data Lighting the way to your resources … Lighting the way to your resources … …. registered in the network …. registered in the network http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/ The world’s libraries. Connected.

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A Future Role for Discovery Interfaces? When part of the Web of Data • Destinations for external discovery • Linked Data publishing hubs • Specialized local discovery The world’s libraries. Connected.

Building a Web Building a Web of Data of Data The world’s libraries. Connected.