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11:00am EDT

Lightning Talks 5

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

Morning session with three short talks + questions and answers. Please click on the links to the fuller descriptions of each talk for more details.

11:00AM-11:10AM: Compounding drugs data: developing a drug terms tool for knowledge synthesis projects using linked open data
Tyler Ostapyk, Librarian, WRHA Virtual Library, University of Manitoba

11:10AM-11:20AM: Developing a Spanish-language Homosaurus: Using Multi-language Linked Data to Enhance LGBTQ+ Resource Discoverability
Ernesto Cuba, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington, Information School

11:20AM-11:30AM: Controlled Vocabulary Linked Data for Improved Subject Access to LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Resources
Joseph Dudley, System Librarian, Bryant & Stratton College

11:30AM-11:45AM: Questions and discussion

Speakers

Tyler Ostapyk

Librarian, WRHA Virtual Library, University of Manitoba

Joseph Dudley

System Librarian, Bryant & Stratton College

I am a librarian at Bryant & Stratton College, working virtually to provide reference assistance and technical services to BSC students and faculty in western NY, OH, and WI. We are looking forward to becoming a Linked Data library in order to share our collections across several... Read More →

Ernesto Cuba

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington, Information School

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
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11:01am EDT

Compounding drugs data: developing a drug terms tool for knowledge synthesis projects using linked open data

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:01am - 11:10am EDT

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For knowledge synthesis projects such as systematic reviews it is necessary to build a literature search strategy that is broad enough to capture all available literature on a research topic. For research involving pharmaceutical interventions this often requires identifying the various brand names and synonyms used for a particular drug. This is typically done through a combination of discussion with experts in the field, an investigation of terms used in existing literature, and a manual examination of various thesauri.

With the objective of saving searchers time when building their list of search terms, the author has developed a tool that queries various linked data sources including Wikidata, RxNorm, MeSH, and PubChem. Using the results of the query, the tool then produces a search string that can be directly input into bibliographic databases such as Ovid Medline or CINAHL. Although the intention is for this tool to be as comprehensive as possible, restrictive access policies and fees for API use have prevented the inclusion of some authoritative data sources for drug terms. These barriers to access have proved challenging and may limit the effectiveness of the tool.

Speakers

Tyler Ostapyk

Librarian, WRHA Virtual Library, University of Manitoba

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:01am - 11:10am EDT
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11:10am EDT

Developing a Spanish-language Homosaurus: Using Multi-language Linked Data to Enhance LGBTQ+ Resource Discoverability

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:10am - 11:20am EDT

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In this lightning talk, I will present the ongoing implementation of the Spanish Homosaurus project, an international linked open data (LOD) vocabulary of Spanish LGBTQ+ terms that supports improved access to LGBTQ+ resources within cultural heritage institutions––libraries, archives, and museums––worldwide. The Spanish Homosaurus is further situated within the landscape of multi-language description and, in particular, efforts to move beyond the monolingualism and Anglocentrism of library and information studies practice. Phase one of this LOD project involved developing an initial Spanish vocabulary based on one-to-one translation of terms included in the (original English) Homosaurus, whose first version dates back to 2013. This stage also covered the Spanish Homosaurus platform development and relationship building between library and archives partners and the project team. In this brief talk, I will delve into the activities of the current second phase of the project, which aims to add new terms beyond Standard Spanish-translated terms, concretely, community-preferred, colloquial language employed in Spain and the 19 predominantly Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Phase two entails including culturally specific LGBTQ+ terms drawing from the collections of the Spanish Homosaurus partners. I will conclude with remarks about the challenges and opportunities for information science professionals in carrying out the Spanish Homosaurus.

Speakers

Ernesto Cuba

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington, Information School

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:10am - 11:20am EDT
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11:20am EDT

Controlled Vocabulary Linked Data for Improved Subject Access to LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Resources

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:20am - 11:30am EDT

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This lightning talk will review the Homosaurus project, an international controlled vocabulary of LGBTQ+ terms expressed as linked data and designed to supplement broad subject term vocabularies such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). The talk will review the vocabulary’s beginnings as a term list to describe resources in the Dutch language Homodoc bibliographic database in the 1980s, its translation to English in 1997 as the Queer Thesaurus, and its later conversion into Homosaurus version 1 (2013) and release as a linked data vocabulary (2015), which dramatically increased accessibility by allowing GLAM institutions around the world to access a standardized LGBTQ+ vocabulary. The talk will also review the current international usage of the Homosaurus (over 50 GLAM institutions in 11 countries), its approval for use in MARC bibliographic records using the source code HomeIT, and its support of the LGBTQ+ student and research communities by serving as a counterpoint to larger subject vocabularies which may contain outdated terms and thus contribute to biased search practices.

Speakers

Joseph Dudley

System Librarian, Bryant & Stratton College

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:20am - 11:30am EDT
Zoom

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