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Joanne S

The Strongest Link: Libraries and Linked Data - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 03 Linked Data Topic 03 IMT122

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  • For many years now we have been hearing that the semantic web is just around the corner
  • most libraries, however, is that we are still grappling with 2.0 technologies.
  • By marking up information in standardized, highly structured formats like Resource Description Framework (RDF), we can allow computers to better "understand" the meaning of content
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  • For most librarians this concept is fairly easy to understand. We have been creating highly structured machine-readable metadata for many years
  • By linking our data to shared ontologies that describe the properties and relationships of objects, we begin to allow computers not just to "understand" content, but also to derive new knowledge by "reasoning" about that content.
  • the term "Semantic Web" to refer to a full suite of W3C standards including RDF, SPARQL query language, and OWL web ontology language.
  • This article will outline some of the benefits that linked data could have for libraries, will discuss some of the non-technical obstacles that we face in moving forward, and will finally offer suggestions for practical ways in which libraries can participate in the development of the semantic web.
  • What benefits will libraries derive from linked data?
  • Having a common format for all data would be a huge boon for interoperability and the integration of all kinds of systems.
  • The linking hub would expose a network of tightly linked information from publishers, aggregators, book and journal vendors, subject authorities, name authorities, and other libraries.
  • semantic search could take us far beyond the current string-matching capabilities of search engines like Google.
  • What are the major obstacles for libraries?
  • A fundamental challenge for the development of linked data in libraries is lack of awareness.
  • Linked Data becomes more powerful the more of it there is.
  • Until there is enough linking between collections and imaginative uses of data collections there is a danger librarians will see linked data as simply another metadata standard, rather than the powerful discovery tool it will underpin.
  • a more practical concern is that changing the foundation of library metadata is no trivial task.
  • Privacy is a huge concern for many interested in linked data.
  • Related to privacy is trust.
  • Rights management poses potential problems for linked data in libraries. Libraries no longer own much of the content they provide to users; rather it is subscribed to from a variety of vendors.
  • What needs to happen to move libraries to the next level?
  • Joanne S on 10 Sep 12
     
    Byrne, G., & Goddard, L. (2010). The Strongest Link: Libraries and Linked Data. D-Lib Magazine, 16(11/12). doi:10.1045/november2010-byrne Retrieved from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november10/byrne/11byrne.html
Joanne S

How the W3C Has Come To Love Library Linked Data - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 03 Linked Data Topic 03 IMT122

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  • The number of influential libraries publishing their metadata onto the web as linked open data, which is the heart of the Semantic Web, is growing
  • many librarians at major institutions have recognized that a key to the bibliographic future lies in migrating their data out of library silos and into an open, global pool of shared data.
  • the linked data cloud is seen as the most promising way to ensure that library data remains accessible and reusable
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  • "If libraries are to retain their role as curators of the intellectual products of society, their assets must be part of that search stream."
  • web entities such as DBpedia, which offers a Semantic Web mirror of Wikipedia
  • libraries have begun to reconceptualize metadata and publish it on the web using linked data technologies, such as the Resource Description Framework (RDF) language and its extensions OWL, SKOS, and SPARQL.
  • library metadata is formatted and linked in RDF, then library content will surface more prominently in web search results
  • Recommendations from W3CThe report is still being finalized but the draft recommends that libraries:
  • — create web addresses using Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) as globally unique, web-compatible identifiers for the resources (any kind of object or concept) they manage and the metadata elements they use
  • — develop library data standards that are compatible with linked data
  • — use their expertise in metadata management to become full partners
  • — foster a discussion about open data and rights.
  • — explore using libraries' ethos of quality control in the curation and long-term preservation of linked data datasets and vocabularies.
  • "As the shared understanding expands, the benefits of publishing linked data are becoming clearer,"
  • Joanne S on 10 Sep 12
     
    Kelley, M. (2011). How the W3C Has Come To Love Library Linked Data. Library Journal. Retrieved from http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891826-264/how_the_w3c_has_come.html.csp#.TmSTdJXQprl.twitter
Joanne S

W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 03 Linked Data Topic 03 IMT122

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  • mission of the Library Linked Data incubator group is to help increase global interoperability of library data on the Web, by bringing together people involved in Semantic Web activities—focusing on Linked Data—in the library community and beyond, building on existing initiatives, and identifying collaboration tracks for the future.
  • existing building blocks of librarianship, such as metadata models, metadata schemas, standards and protocols for building interoperability and library systems and networked environments, encourage libraries to bring their content, and generally re-orient their approaches to data interoperability towards the Web, also reaching to other communities.
  • Joanne S on 10 Sep 12
     
    W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group. (n.d.).  Retrieved  from http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/ .  Browse the documents associated with this site from a group that formed mid-2010 to look at how library data can be exposed as Linked Data.
Michelle Pitman

Reinventing Society In The Wake Of Big Data | Conversation | Edge - 0 views

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  • Michelle Pitman on 07 Oct 12
     
    Engaging discussion the concept of Big Data.  As Berners-Lee asked us for data as in Linked Data, Pentland argues that people at the micro levels will provide the information in Big Data that will change the societies we live in. His spin is positive in that he believes BD will offer opportunities for improved medicine, better financial systems and better government.  Amazing discussion. Really speaks to info management technologies. 
Joanne S

The Code4Lib Journal - How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source - 0 views

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  • We experienced freedom to explore alternate avenues, to innovate, to take risks in ways that would have been difficult under the direct control of a district council.
  • patrons made it clear that while they appreciated that computers were a necessary part of a modern library, they did not consider them the most important part.
  • Our overall objective was to source a library system which: could be installed before Y2K complications immobilised us, was economical, in terms of both initial purchase and future license and maintenance support fees, ran effectively and fast by dial-up modem on an ordinary telephone line, used up-to-the minute technologies, looked good, and was easy for both staff and public to use, took advantage of new technology to permit members to access our catalogue and their own records from home, and let us link easily to other sources of information – other databases and the Internet. If we could achieve all of these objectives, we’d be well on the way to an excellent service.
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  • "How hard can it be" Katipo staff wondered, "to write a library system that uses Internet technology?" Well, not very, as it turned out.
  • Koha would thus be available to anyone who wanted to try it and had the technical expertise to implement it.
  • fairly confident that we already had a high level of IT competence right through the staff, a high level of understanding of what our current system did and did not do.
  • ensure the software writers did not miss any key points in their fundamental understanding of the way libraries work.
  • The programming we commissioned cost us about 40% of the purchase price of an average turn-key solution.
  • no requirement to purchase a maintenance contract, and no annual licence fees.
  • An open source project is never finished.
  • Open source projects only survive if a community builds up around the product to ensure its continual improvement. Koha is stronger than ever now, supported by active developers (programmers) and users (librarians)
  • There are a range of support options available for Koha, both free and paid, and this has contributed to the overall strength of the Koha project.
  • Vendors like Anant, Biblibre, ByWater, Calyx, Catalyst, inLibro, IndServe, Katipo, KohaAloha, LibLime, LibSoul, NCHC, OSSLabs, PakLAG, PTFS, Sabinet, Strategic Data, Tamil and Turo Technology take the code and sell support around the product, develop add-ons and enhancements for their clients and then contribute these back to the project under the terms of the GPL license.
  • FRBR [5] arrangement, although of course it wasn’t called that 10 years ago, it was just a logical way for us to arrange the catalogue. A single bibliographic record essentially described the intellectual content, then a bunch of group records were attached, each one representing a specific imprint or publication.
  • The release of Koha 3.0 in late 2008 brought Koha completely into the web 2.0 age and all that entails. We are reconciled to taking a small step back for now, but the FRBR logic is around and RDA should see us back where want to be in a year or so – but with all the very exciting features and opportunities that Koha 3 has now.
  • In the early days, the Koha list appeared to have been dominated by programmers but I have noticed a lot more librarians participating now
  • "Adopt technology that keeps data open and free, abandon[ing] technology that does not." The time is right for OSS.
  • Joanne S on 02 Oct 12
     
    For more information about Koha and how it was developed, see: Ransom, J., Cormack, C., & Blake, R. (2009). How Hard Can It Be? : Developing in Open Source. Code4Lib Journal, (7). Retrieved from http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/1638
Joanne S

Page 6. Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality: Scientif... - 0 views

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  • Linking to the Future As long as the web’s basic principles are upheld, its ongoing evolution is not in the hands of any one person or organization—neither mine nor anyone else’s. If we can preserve the principles, the Web promises some fantastic future capabilities.
  • Locked within all these data is knowledge about how to cure diseases, foster business value and govern our world more effectively.
  • We should examine legal, cultural and technical options that will preserve privacy without stifling beneficial data-sharing capabilities.
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  • The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine.
Joanne S

Egypt enters communication blackout with disruption to internet, SMS, and BlackBerry me... - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Other Resources Week 03 Government and Internet Topic 03 IMT122

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  • hard data showing that almost all routes for exchanging internet traffic with the country have been shut down
  • clearly an extreme step for any government to take
  • Joanne S on 11 Sep 12
     
    "In Egypt in early 2011, during the revolution the government cut off the internet between 27 January and 2 February. These links were shared by Farah, a previous student who was in Egypt during this period."
Joanne S

Berners-Lee, T., Hendler, J., & Lassila, O. (2001). The Semantic Web. (Curtin Login) - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 03 Linked Data Topic 03 IMT122 Curtin Login Required

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  • Joanne S on 10 Sep 12
     
    Berners-Lee, T., Hendler, J., & Lassila, O. (2001). The Semantic Web. Scientific American, 284(5), 34-43. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0501-34 (logged into Curtin to find)
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