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What place for libraries in a Linked Data world?What place for libraries in a Linked Data world?

Sarah Bartlett

Online Information, December 2010

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An old problemAn old problem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_and_Julie_Go_Boating

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An old problemAn old problem

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Looking at literary theoryLooking at literary theory

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Gérard Genette steps in...Gérard Genette steps in...

•Architextuality•Intertextuality•Paratextuality•Metatextuality•Hypertextuality

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Linked Data – a case studyLinked Data – a case study

“Jane Eyre is a book of books, a nest of narratives... Jane, cross-legged on the window-seat, ponders the pages of Bewick’s History of English Birds... Helen Burns peruses Dr Johnson’s Rasselas, and Jane is enthralled by Sir Walter Scott’s Marmion.”

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Jane Eyrehttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/Jane_Eyre

Charlotte Brontëhttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/

Charlotte_Brontë

Ornithologyhttp://

id.loc.gov/authorities/

sh85095726#concept

Gothic Writinghttp://

id.loc.gov/authorities/

sh85148644#concept

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Jane Eyrehttp://

productdb.org/gtin/

09780141441146

History of

English Birds

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Thomas Bewickhttp://

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Thomas_Bewick

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Charlotte Brontë

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I walked with a zombie

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resource/ I_Walked_with_

a_Zombie

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Wide Sargasso

Seahttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/

/Wide_Sargasso_Sea

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Intertextuality

Graham Allen

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Introduction and notes

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Stevie Davieshttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/

Stevie_Davies

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Humphry Davyhttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/

Humphry_Davy

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Chemistryhttp://

id.loc.gov/authorities/

sh85022986#concept

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The Bride of Lammermoor

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resource/ The_Bride_of_La

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Walter Scotthttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/

Sir_Walter_Scott

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Marmionhttp://

dbpedia.org/resource/

Marmion_(poem)

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What place for libraries?What place for libraries?

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Some takeawaysSome takeaways

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•Genette provides a practicable framework

•Linked Data provides definition of relationships

•We can all contribute•Broad insights rapidly surface•Scope to model scholarly developments•The graph is always incomplete but extensible

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What place for libraries in a Linked Data world?What place for libraries in a Linked Data world?

Sarah Bartlett

Online Information, December 2010