The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist
OCLC@rjw
When the Web of Linked Data Arrives…
Online Information – London – 20th November 2013
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Further access to the world’s information
Reduce the rate of rise of library costs
72,035 libraries in 170 countries
The OCLC cooperative: a nonprofit, membership organization
OCLC serves libraries
The world’s libraries. Connected.
300+ million bibliographic records
2+ billion holdings
980million records38 million items
(Institutional repositories, Google, HathiTrust, OAIster)
Bibliographic information in
WorldCat
Licensed digital content/articles in library collections
Digitized local library content
Representing the collective collection in WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org
As of 11 June 2013
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30 June 2012
60.2%
Total RecordsEnglishGermanFrenchSpanishJapaneseChinese ItalianDutch Russian Latin
274 m 108.6 m
36.5 m 25.5 m
11.3 m8.0 m6.5 m4.7 m4.3 m3.6 m3.5 m
Multilingual WorldCat
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist
OCLC@rjw
When the Web of Linked Data Arrives…
Online Information – London – 20th November 2013
The world’s libraries. Connected.
When the Web of Linked Data Arrives…
Is it not here then?Is it not here then?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data on the WebYes
A Web of Data?Not quite yet…
… but things are happening
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K
Things not strings
Knowledge Graph
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?An issue for libraries?
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
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Romain Wenz BnF
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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.
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subject
edition
author location
holding
date of publication
classification
publisher
title
source
ISBN
library data:
stored as records
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edition
author location
holding
date of publication
classification
publisher
title
source
ISBN
author location
holding
classification
publisher
person place
object concept
organization work
library data:
stored as records
title
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authorperson place
object concept
organization work
subjectitemavailability
library data stored as entities
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person place
object concept
organization work
library data stored as entitieslibrary knowledge graph
The world’s libraries. Connected.
person place
work
concept
organization
object
Günter Grass
Historical Fiction
this copy of“The Tin Drum”
Germany
library “Die Blechtrommel”
library data stored as entitiesField in a record vs. entity in knowledge graph
expression“The Tin Drum”
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edition
author location
holding
date of publication
classification
publisher
title
source
ISBN
author location
holding
classification
publisher
title
library data:
stored as records
The world’s libraries. Connected.
person place
object concept
organization work
library data stored as entitieslibrary knowledge graph
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We are moving fromcataloguingto
http://
catalinkingEric Miller - Zepheira
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Tell them about our resources……using their language and
methods
Linked DataThe Web
DataSchema.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487
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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, …
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Part of the Web of Data
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Part of the Web of Data
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Part of the Web of Data
Worldcat.org/oclc/81453459The Hidden Face of Eve
http://viaf.org/viaf/84254254/Nawal El Saadawi
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238514Nawal El Saadawi
http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000120296695Nawal El Saadawi
author
sameAs
sameAs
sameAs
VIAF
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
For library data exchange?
For sharing library resources with the web?
No
Almost
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http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex
• Short lived group• Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked
Data, Standards Bodies• Library is only one focus
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BIBFRAME
Bibliographic Framework as aWeb 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
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≈ Complementary ≈
bibliographic description as part of the web
? Conflict ?
@Fascinatingpicshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/54136840@N00/4921290518/
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Be Visible on theWeb of Data
http://wallpapersfor.me/storm-beacon/
Lighting the way to your resources …
…. registered in the network
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Amazon.com
WorldCat.org
My University
My Library
Wikipedia.org
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A Future Role for Discovery Interfaces?
Different
y
• Destinations for external discovery• Linked Data publishing hubs• Specialized local discovery
When part of the Web of Data
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Building a Webof Data
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We all need to participate
Building a Webof Data
Linking to alland
all their resources
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Happening in a hurry?
Years notDecadesThe web willprogresswithout us
Opportunities to reach fortogether
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Opportunity to
connect users
with our resources
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist
OCLC@rjw
When the Web of Linked Data Arrives…
Online Information – London – 20th November 2013
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