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The document discusses the importance of libraries adapting to the evolving web landscape by utilizing linked data to increase visibility and connections within their communities. It highlights the need for libraries to communicate in a way that the web understands to reach users effectively and discusses the potential of publishing linked data through local link graphs. Additionally, it emphasizes collaboration within the library community to enhance the representation of libraries on the web.
Gonzalez-8-jun15
- 3. Learning Together • Over 1,100 Library Locations • Community connections & Geo-density matter • Millions of Items Made Visible • Typical catalogs transform & publish in less than an hour • Billions of • Resources described • Connections created • Opportunities to reach new and current users re-enforcing relevance
- 4. 3-5%
- 5. Resetting the Web’s Information Landscape Growing Library Visibility with Linked Data Gloria Gonzalez Library Strategist, Zepheira gloria@zepheira.com
- 6. Captured December 11, 1997 available at https://web.archive.org/web/19971211091113/http://www.library.upenn.edu Remember when…
- 8. 23,000,000 = Annual Catalog Search Traffic @ a Large Public County Library in 2014 OR = 9.58 minutes on Google
- 10. Every library, museum, and archive has a story… How is the Web illuminating and connecting with your story?
- 11. The Web rapidly resets expectations and requires iterative learning through practice.
- 13. The Web is better when libraries participate “We can’t see them or their content.”
- 14. The Web Values Happy Users and: 1. Geography/Location 2. Personalization 3. Scarcity/Uniqueness
- 16. Most of the Web is… 1. Pages and links 2. Designed for humans 3. Simple Links 4. Data has been hidden…
- 17. There is a significant gap between what browsers and humans see on the Web
- 19. The Web is moving from web pages to “a Web of Data”
- 20. The simple links of the original Web
- 21. Are becoming typed data-data links subject – predicate – object
- 22. Linked Data becomes useful when we have a common, accessible, and actionable approach.
- 23. This enables the Web to begin behaving differently
- 24. The emerging Web focuses on ANSWERS using Data, Resources, Vocabulary, and Connections
- 33. The Next Generation of Search is rooted in Questions, Geography, Personalization, and Relationships
- 37. How does the Web “see” Libraries?
- 38. Libraries = Community Businesses Location, photos, hours, reviews, social, events
- 39. Imagine an information landscape that has learned about Libraries, their content, and services
- 40. I’m looking for the newest resources on Ben Franklin that I can pick up before my final exams are due later this week? Let me check on some options, but first – When is your report due?
- 41. Libraries aren’t “speaking” in a way the Web understands We have a wealth of content, special collections, capabilities, and resources locked behind legacy, closed technology and niche vocabularies
- 42. Libraries have a rich tradition of Descriptive Vocabularies and Authorities
- 43. What would it take for Libraries to be part of the conversation?
- 44. What would it take for Libraries to be part of the conversation? Personalization Geographic Density Readers Advisory Content Access Control Availability
- 48. Putting it all together How libraries are seeding the Web with Library Data
- 50. Expectations of Library Web Visibility “When my community searches the Web for something we have, we better show up as an option.” - Chuck Gibson, Director & CEO Worthington Public Library
- 51. BIBFRAME Baseline “Resources” Instance Agent Concept Events Family Form Meeting Organization Temporal Works Persons Collection Place Topic Series Just the beginning. BIBFRAME is inherently extensible and is moving beyond MARC & catalogs.
- 52. publishing at scale via Transformed Library Data Can Teach the Web
- 54. Libraries Publish Linked Data through Local Link Graphs Each “Resource” is published and linked in the Library’s Local Link Graph pages. The data is designed to to bring together disparate resources, surface relationships and provide entry paths for the Web into what’s available in the library.
- 55. Catalog Export of approximately 3 Million MARC Records (link.bu.edu) Instance (3,363,365) Agent (412,459) Concept (1,824,180) CopyrightEvent (534) Family (2,050) Form (8,978) Meeting (35,443) Organization (161,080) Temporal (8,296) ProviderEvent (1,001,696) Works (3,333,486) Persons (1,151,294) Collection (233,667) Place (119,029) Topic (297,280) Series (331,739)
- 56. Catalog Records become millions and millions of Link Graph Data Resources Instance (3,363,365) Agent (412,459) Concept (1,824,180) CopyrightEvent (534) Family (2,050) Form (8,978) Meeting (35,443) Organization (161,080) Temporal (8,296) ProviderEvent (1,001,696) Works (3,333,486) Persons (1,151,294) Collection (233,667) Place (119,029) Topic (297,280) Series (331,739)
- 57. 677,443 Works (369,239) Persons (184,688) Collection (33,954) Place (17,951) Topic (32,698) Series (38,913) A Person Resource doesn’t yet have a Catalog “page”, but look at what your data can teach the Web…
- 62. Learning & Iterating • Current Content • A living Pathfinder • Consistency • Local • Industry • Data Density • Context • Surface the “whole” library • Relate to others & the Web • User Actions • Mobile Friendly
- 68. Telling the whole story requires Collaboration Coming PLA 2016 Library.Link Growing Library Visibility Together The A Zepheira Collaboration Network The Library.Link NetworkGrowing Library Visibility Together A Zepheira Collaboration
- 69. Stories at Scale • Who? • Descriptive • Where? • Locations • When? • Hours • What? • Content • Services • Events • How? • Access & Policies • Why? • Purpose & Strategy
- 70. Full collection with enrichment: • Novelist & Readers Advisory • Licensed Content • Staff Directory • Events • Special Collection • Archive • eContent • Services Connect and amplify libraries on the Web Reserve & activate Local Link Graph on the Network “Get Started” Define & Publish Library location & some content EnrichmentDomain & Library Set Up Content Publishing Full Publish: Publish full collection and links to catalog/discovery systems Partial Publish: • Events • Messaging • Social • eContent • Special Collection • Archives Tell your whole story
- 71. Coming PLA 2016 Library.Link Growing Library Visibility Together The A Zepheira Collaboration Network The Library.Link NetworkGrowing Library Visibility Together A Zepheira Collaboration Thousands of libraries are represented in the Network
- 72. Coming PLA 2016 Library.Link Growing Library Visibility Together The A Zepheira Collaboration Network The Library.Link NetworkGrowing Library Visibility Together A Zepheira Collaboration
- 73. Weaving the best of libraries & the Web together • This isn’t about gaming a system • It’s not about optimizing to any one service • It’s about speaking as an industry in a way the Web understands • Leveraging the power of our community • And benefiting from what all this enables
- 74. Resetting the Web’s Information Landscape Growing Library Visibility with Linked Data Gloria Gonzalez Library Strategist, Zepheira gloria@zepheira.com