If we build it, they will come: authority data

for a linked data future

Carl HorneJennifer A. Liss @cursedstorm

ALA Annual Conference 2014PCC Participants Meeting

June 29, 2014

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Dream with us.

Photo: Jon Ragnarsson Flickr

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Premises (in which we mostly go on about linked data)

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Acknowledging tension:Interface design vs data policy

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Policy paths for enhanced discovery

Authority work as a

Data enrichment endeavor

Linking endeavor

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Those other identifiers (authority files)

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<!-- BIBFRAME Authority draft specification 2014-04-28 --><bf:Person rdf:about= "http://www.example.bibframe.org/authority/dali/">

<bf:authorizedAccessPoint>Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 </bf:authorizedAccessPoint>

<bf:hasAuthority rdf:resource="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021554"/>

</bf:Person>

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Discovery layer data composed on the fly

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IP address?

• Russian Federation

Display language?

• Russian

Display script?

• Cyrillic

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Back to the dreamspace

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Photo: Jon Ragnarsson Flickr

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What about all of that metadata stuff?

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MODS

MADS

DC

EAC-CPFEAD

BIBFRAME

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Photo: Frank Hohenberger, Lilly Library

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“I wish we had a notes field.”

Topic: Ovariotomy?

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A note is OK. Authority record data is better!

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Ready the dreamspace!

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Leveraging authority data for discovery

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Leveraging authority data for discovery

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Dreaming up new information views

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Photos clockwise from top: Didriks Flickr, Edson Hong Flickr, Kirti Poddar Flickr, Don LaVange Flickr, Dennis Wilkinson Flickr

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The Pitch

By enriching authority data:• We can use that data now!

• We can publish data openly for remix/reuse

• We can anticipate BIBFRAME/linked data implementation

We want better discovery interfaces for our users

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Photo: Mando Gomez Flickr

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Where to find the Indiana brief report:

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http://hdl.handle.net/2022/18401

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Brief report credits

• Our co-authors:• James Castrataro

Head, Serials CatalogingIndiana University, Bloomington Libraries

• Ronda L. SewaldAdministrator/Project ManagerArchives of African American Music & Culture

• Rachel WheelerElectronic Resources CatalogerIndiana University, Bloomington Libraries

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References

Schiff, A. L. (2014 April 17). RDA and authority records: Enhancing discovery. [Slideshare presentation] Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/adamschiff/rda-and-authority-records-enhancing-discovery

Program for Cooperative Cataloging. (2013 April 5). Report for PCC Task Group on the Creation and Function of Name Authorities in a Non-MARC Environment. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/RDA%20Task%20groups%20and%20charges/ReportPCCTGonNameAuthInA_NonMARC_Environ_FinalReport.pdf

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Thanks!

Carl HorneSlavic and Central Eurasian CatalogerIndiana University, Bloomington Librarieshorne@Indiana.edu

Jennifer A. LissHead, Monographic Cataloging ImageIndiana University, Bloomington Librariesjaliss@Indiana.edu 0000-0003-3641-4427

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