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9:30am EDT

Building a Semantic Knowledge Graph at National Library Board Singapore

Monday October 7, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am EDT

In December 2022 the National Library Board Singapore (NLB) launched a continuously updated, Linked Data based, Semantic Knowledge Graph (KG) to manage and aggregate resources from their library, authority, National Archives, and content management systems. The design of the data, and operational architecture of the KG, based upon the BIBFRAME and Schema.org vocabularies, took a unique approach to the management and cataloguing of data about library resources. It did not seek to change or replace established cataloging systems or processes, to facilitate the introduction of a linked data KG. These remain unchanged in the source systems. The creation of linked data entities and descriptions from source, resides in the daily import pipeline processes of the KG. This results in the dual benefits of not requiring the introduction of new end to end systems, or the disruption to current cataloging practices. It also separates the concerns of linked data entitity management into the KG system. Developments have continued since the successful launch. Utilising the data and functionality from the KG for sharing across the web and embedding in other NLB hosted services. Additionally, processes have been implemented to use external authority services, such as the Library of Congress Name Authority File, to enrich and improve the data quality of KG entities. Richard will review the architecture, its benefits and challenges plus advancements made since the initial launch of the system.

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Richard Wallis

Founder, Data Liberate

Monday October 7, 2024 9:30am - 10:15am EDT
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1:00pm EDT

Unlocking WNYC's On the Line: Creating Cataloging Tools to Make Human Review Efficient and Intentional

Monday October 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

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ZOOM PASSCODE IS: ld4-2024
Cataloging over 2,000 episodes of On the Line (1989-2002), the predecessor to The Brian Lehrer Show and a highlight in the WNYC collection, offered the opportunity to create new tools for applying linked data. The goal of creating “selector” tools was to create a central view for a variety of inputs, including an original producer database and Library of Congress authority records, each carefully selected based on collection relevance. The selector tools allow efficient and targeted human review, resulting in persistent URLs to be uploaded as XML and affixed to digitized episode audio.
This process allows for efficient cataloging while maintaining ownership over original asset metadata and newly available audio, and resulted in adding 6,000 LCNAF links, creating 3,000 internal authorities, and applying LCSH to more than 9,000 segments. The result is a case study in adding Linked Data to assets at scale, with lessons learned that will go into effect in future collections, as well as a demonstration of the importance of Linked Data to create discoverability and inspire trust through accuracy. This presentation will share the exact steps taken and tools created alongside highlights along the way, with the aim to help series cataloging to be more standardized, thorough, and streamlined.

Speakers

Marcos Sueiro Bal

Archive Manager, New York Public Radio

Our stations' are nearly a century old, so there is a wide variety of quality in both metadata and audio.My focus has been on normalization of metadata (within and across platforms), as well as data augmentation via APIs and Linked Data. For example, we are developing tools that analyze... Read More →

Martha Ball

Project Cataloger, New York Public Radio

Monday October 7, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
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3:00pm EDT

Mobile Subjects in Linked Open Data: Biases and Gaps in Identity and Representation

Monday October 7, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

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Mobile Subjects, Contrapuntal Modernisms investigates the circulation of artists from the decolonizing world through the colonial and artistic capitals of London and Paris. It examines and compares London and Paris as contrapuntal capitals of decolonizing empires that functioned as critical meeting places, anti-colonial hubs, and sites of exchange after WWII due to postwar mass migration. The project addresses the invisibility of overseas artists in histories of art through computational methods revealing their connections and intersections.

The relational database built for this project has been modeled upon CIDOC CRM ontology and establishes an event-based schema that connects people (or actors as defined by the CRM) to each other and defines their identities and social relationships, including racial identity, citizenship, gender, social class, political affiliations, language(s) used, and belonging to artistic groups. We decided to adopt an “universally” recognised ontology for the benefits of data integration and exchange with GLAM institutions and other art history projects. However, we are increasingly aware of the epistemological biases and knowledge gaps present in the CIDOC CRM. In this lightning talk we will discuss our work, focusing on the classes and properties that need to be addressed to better represent the identities of artists, and review existing efforts to tackle elements of this issue in other ontologies and CIDOC CRM extensions.

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Janneke Van Hoeve

PhD Student, Carleton University

I am in my first year of studying for my PhD in Cultural Mediations at Carleton University. My research on the international “Art Bank” model uses data to examine difficult histories in public art collections.My recent MA thesis work: ARTiculating Canadian Identities (padlet... Read More →

Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja

Carleton University and University of the Arts London

Maribel Hidalgo Urbaneja is a postdoctoral researcher working on the Worlding Public Cultures research project at the University of the Arts London and on the Mobile Subjects. Contrapuntal Modernisms research project at Carleton University in Canada. Her research interests span digital... Read More →

Monday October 7, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
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3:45pm EDT

Yale's LUX: a New Paradigm in Cross-Collections Discovery

Monday October 7, 2024 3:45pm - 4:30pm EDT

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Launched in June 2023, LUX: Yale Collections Discovery represents a groundbreaking shift in the conversation around linked data within the cultural heritage sector. As the largest cross-collections linked data portal in the U.S., LUX consolidates records from eight distinct Yale units: the Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Peabody Museum, Yale University Library System, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Paul Mellon Centre, Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, and the Yale Campus Art Collection. These units span a wide array of cultural heritage domains, and LUX integrates their records into a unified search and discovery portal.
This presentation will provide an overview of how LUX operates, exploring both the technical infrastructure and the collaborative, social processes that were essential to its development. We’ll delve into what was required to build this comprehensive portal and how the work has influenced cataloging and access methodologies across the participating units.
Additionally, the session will include a live demonstration of the platform, showcasing its powerful features and illustrating how LUX contributes to the expansion of the cultural heritage knowledge graph. While focusing on the platform’s capabilities, the presentation will also touch upon the challenges encountered during implementation, particularly in areas of data quality and reconciliation.

Speakers

Kelly Davis

Cultural Heritage Data Engineer, Yale University

I'm the cultural heritage data engineer on Yale's LUX platform, a native LOD cross-collections discovery service. I came to Yale in the summer of 2022, after eight years working at the Getty Provenance Index, a program of the Getty Research Institute. My background is art history... Read More →

Monday October 7, 2024 3:45pm - 4:30pm EDT
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