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Agenda
Looking back to IGeLU 2013
Looking back to IGeLU 2012
Updated vision and plans
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We assume you heard of the basics:
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Expanded Focus and Involvement
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End 2 End Strategy
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Updated Vision Statement
Ex Libris sees clear advantage of using linked
data, for library staff as well as for end users
Catalogers
Authority Control Authority control via Linked Data is more
immediate, internationalized and more transparent
Adding Metadata while cataloging Catalogers may be presented
with additional enriched data can complement the cataloging process
Supply data and additional services related to suppliers and
publishers as integral part of the library flows
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Updated Vision Statement
End Users
Enhanced searching Patron searches may be automatically
enhanced based on linked data
Outbound links End users may be presented with links to related
information based on URIs stored with the metadata
Exploration Use the web/graph created by the linked data to
facilitate a new category of information search
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Hierarchical information organization
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Changing the focus to relationships
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Alma – Current Status
Many of the Alma objects are accessible using
URIs
Alma supports a wide variety of RESTful web
services returning JSON output
All Alma objects referenced by URIs in the outputs
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Alma – Current Status
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Alma - Planned
Add end-to-end support for adding URIs as part of
the cataloging process
Types of services for which URIs will be generated
include:
LC
VIAF
GND
Geonames
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Alma - Planned
Show a linked data services menu in:
Repository search results
Metadata Editor menu
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The Elephant in the Room
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Alma - BIBFRAME
BIBFRAME is on the way to becoming a viable
bibliographic description data model
Alma’s agnostic design to cataloging methods
enables Alma to have a clear roadmap for
implementing BIBFRAME
Support import and export in the BIBFRAME format
Support both existing MARC and BIBFRAME at one time.
This allows customer to evolve into BIBFRAME
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Current Status - Primo
The recent release of Primo Central and Primo
have linked data services (beta):
RESTful search returning URIs
URIs return JSON LD
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Primo - 2015
Extend the RESTful search to support all features
currently supported by the old search services
Support customer local fields in the JSON LD
output
Support more outgoing URIs as they become
available
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