Technology and Change

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistTalis

Technology and Change

Monday, 12 April 2010









Technology


TechnologyLibrary


TechnologyLibrary


TechnologyLibrary

OPAC c1930


TechnologyLibrary

OPAC c1930

X


TechnologyLibrary

OPAC c1985


TechnologyLibrary

OPAC c2010


Technology


Technology


Technology

1973£39.95


Technology

1973£39.95

2009$259.00


Technology

1973£39.95 → £388 in 2010

2009$259.00


Technology


Technology


Technology


Technology


Technology





Finding things


Finding things

Where does the user start?


Finding things

Where does the user start?


Finding things


Finding things

Where does the information reside?


Finding things



Finding things



Finding things



Finding things



Finding things



Finding things



Finding things



Finding things



Linking Resources to Students








Getting you to the Answer


Getting them to the Answer



Search Compute Navigate






















Powered by MetadataMonday, 12 April 2010

Library Metadata


A History of Reading - Alberto ManguelMonday, 12 April 2010



Library Metadata


Library Metadata

Data about the stuff the library holds


Library Metadata


Locally managed


Library Metadata


Locally managed

Local practices


Library Metadata


Locally managed

Local practices

Often copied from a shared source


Library Metadata


Locally managed

Local practices


Subjects etc. sometimes copied from authorised sources


Library Metadata


Locally managed

Local practices



Built on principles that worked for physical stuff


Library Metadata


Locally managed

Local practices




Corrupted to cope with digital resources


Library Metadata


Locally managed

Local practices




Corrupted to cope with digital resources

Only available from the library!Monday, 12 April 2010

Metadata and the Web


Metadata and the WebThe Web of linked documents



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click here for more


Metadata and the WebThe Web of linked data



Hamlet



HamletShakespeare

Creator



HamletShakespeareWorld as a Stage

CreatorSubject

Bryson

Creator




CreatorSubject

Bryson

Creator

Shakespeare

CreatorSubject

Topic

Person

PlaywrightAuthor




CreatorSubject

Bryson

Creator

Shakespeare

CreatorSubject

Topic

Person

PlaywrightAuthor

Shakespeareconcept #1234 name



http://openlibrary.org/work/OL362709Whttp://openlibrary.org/autor/OL9388Ahttp://openlibrary.org/work/OL9235456M

creatorsubject

http://openlibrary.org/autor/OL947811A

World as a Stage HamletShakespeare

Bryson

dc:dc:

dc:

dc:titledc:title

foaf:name

foaf:name

creator


http://openlibrary.org/work/OL9235456M










creatorsubject



Bryson

dc:dc:

dc:

dc:titledc:title

foaf:name

foaf:name

creator http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator










http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator

http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator


Showing is better than telling......


creatorsubject



Bryson

dc:dc:

dc:

dc:titledc:title

foaf:name

foaf:name

creator


































Linked Open Data


Linked Data in Libraries














Linked Data Principles



1. Use URIs as names for Things




2. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names





3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF)





3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF)

4. Include links to other URIs, so that they can discover more things

– Linked Data Design Issues, Tim Berners-Leehttp://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html


http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html

http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html

A [Library] Linked Data Vision

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogrodent/970681321/





A few global linking hubs






A few global linking hubs- Identities & subjects - concepts






A few global linking hubs- Identities & subjects - concepts- LoC, VIAF, British Library, OpenLibrary, Bibliothèque

Nationale de France, China, India, ....








Linked to non-library hubs








Linked to non-library hubs-Wikipedia, media, government, IMDB, .....









Local catalogue records evolve into links between concepts









Local catalogue records evolve into links between concepts- Including local concepts (locations, etc.)









Local catalogue records evolve into links between concepts- Including local concepts (locations, etc.)- Technology used to cache links for performance










Library as part of the Linked Data Web










Library as part of the Linked Data Web

Whither the cataloguing profession?http://www.flickr.com/photos/blogrodent/970681321/




Library Linked Data Drivers


Library Linked Data Drivers


Library Linked Data DriversProbably not the local cataloguers



Metadata for eResource



Metadata for eResource-Delivered with the resource



Metadata for eResource-Delivered with the resource-OCLC already ‘improving’ data for publishers




Article level metadata




Article level metadata- Too much to catalog




Article level metadata- Too much to catalog-Already being globally aggregated - DOI





Non-librarians linking to library stuff





Non-librarians linking to library stuff

Non-librarians wanting to see data how they expect it


So......


So...... Technology


So...... TechnologyMoving faster than you can imagine


So...... TechnologyMoving faster than you can imagineCosts of devices are falling


So...... TechnologyMoving faster than you can imagineCosts of devices are fallingConsumers are driving your delivery methods



The Web



The WebEvolving in to a Semantic Web of Data and Documents



The WebEvolving in to a Semantic Web of Data and DocumentsSearch is only one entry point - compute - navigate



The WebEvolving in to a Semantic Web of Data and DocumentsSearch is only one entry point - compute - navigateEducation - needs to link students to resources




Linked Data




Linked DataPowering the Web of Data




Linked DataPowering the Web of DataReal live examples - mostly outside libraries




Linked DataPowering the Web of DataReal live examples - mostly outside librariesA different way of thinking





Change





ChangeWhat you do - not just how you do it


Librarians can add great value to the web


You can add great value to the web


But you need to be proactively ‘of’ the Web to do it



But you need to be proactively ‘of’ the Web to do it

They won’t come just because you have built it!










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