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9:00am EDT

The Multidimensional Steampunk Mixtape: Music Binder’s Volumes Meet Linked Data

Friday October 11, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

The Binders Volumes Research Initiative, funded by a 2023-2025 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a pilot project to advance preservation, access, and description of music binder’s volumes. These volumes appeared particularly in the mid-1800s, as compilations of selected sheet music in a way similar to mixtapes compiled about a century and a half later. As products of industrializing societies in the Age of Steam, one might call them “steampunk” mixtapes. The volumes preserve rare works while also capturing the social musical activity of their compilers, and the collections' characteristics as compound works containing notated music bring particular needs and opportunities for description above and beyond current cataloging and metadata practices. The affordances of Linked Data (particularly via SNAC and Wikidata) to further connect this multidimensional “collection of collections” are prominent features in this project, with the aim of maximizing discoverability and uncovering new insights into geographical connections and social and personal networks among musicians, publishers, and compilers. This presentation demonstrates the site in progress for the project, seeking user feedback while hopefully providing a precedent for similar projects in the future.

Speakers

Maristella Feustle

Music Special Collections Librarian, University of North Texas Music Library

Maristella Feustle is the Music Special Collections Librarian at the University of North Texas, and has been the chair of MLA's Archives and Special Collections Committee from 2019-2023. She also serves on the Society of American Archivists' Technical Subcommittee on Describing Archives... Read More →

Friday October 11, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
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9:45am EDT

Many Projects, One Platform: Renegotiating Semantics Across Knowledge Graphs

Friday October 11, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EDT

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The Semantic Lab at Pratt has a long and ongoing engagement with cultural heritage linked open data, beginning with the Linked Jazz project in 2011. This session will cover Semantic Lab’s evolving approach to generating linked open data from archival documents and how the adoption of Wikibase and the development of a custom-built annotation platform have significantly enhanced our capabilities. They allow the capture of more knowledge and the management of diverse projects simultaneously, expanding a simple set of social network triples into complex knowledge graphs. These affordances, however, expose a need for new, more intentional lines of cross-project collaborative work, as ontological inconsistencies between projects are revealed. In this session, we will provide examples of how Wikibase’s built-in functionality facilitates our efforts to renegotiate semantics and restructure classes in order to unify a range of digital humanities projects like E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, as well remediate incongruences resulting from the migration of legacy data into a more complex model. We will also discuss how a broader community of researchers, data practitioners, and cultural institutions impacts our work through their interest in, contribution to, and use of our data.

Speakers

Karen Li-Lun Hwang (she/her)

Metadata Librarian / Archivist, Semantic Lab / Asian American Arts Centre

Promoting more diverse representation in the historical record.

M. Cristina Pattuelli

Professor, Pratt Institute School of Information

Matt Miller

Linked Data Specialist, Library of Congress

Ava Kaplan

Jessika Davis

Friday October 11, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EDT
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1:15pm EDT

Building the Nigerian University Libraries for Linked Open Data: The Way Forward in Nigerian University Education

Friday October 11, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT

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The lack of literature on integrating Linked Open Data (LOD) within Nigerian university libraries for a transformative opportunity, information accessibility, and interoperability in the digital age, within Nigerian university education is the study import. This paper intends to use the descriptive survey to explore the strategic pathways for building robust University libraries via the library professionals’ perspectives on LOD, focusing on Nigerian universities' unique context and challenges in the digital age.
The collaboration and community building, status, and critical components, with a call for partnerships between academic libraries, research institutions, and other stakeholders in the country will be identified. The paper will investigate the technical infrastructure available in selected university libraries for LOD implementation, including tools, platforms, and integration with existing systems. It will examine the significance of data quality, open data policies, and ethical considerations in publishing and curating LOD. Furthermore, the paper will study strategies for user engagement, sustainability, and long-term planning, for the roadmap to continuous evolution of LOD in Nigerian university libraries.
It should conclude with recommendations for fostering a vibrant LOD community that enhances the discoverability and usability of scholarly resources, ultimately contributing to the advancement of education and research in Nigeria

Speakers

Joseph Olorunsaye

University of Ibadan

Friday October 11, 2024 1:15pm - 2:00pm EDT
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3:00pm EDT

Designing Blue Core: Enabling Scalable, Collaborative Linked Data for Libraries

Friday October 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

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Blue Core, a collaboration that envisions a shared linked data environment to bring BIBFRAME cataloging to production, was introduced as the natural evolution of the Mellon Foundation-funded Linked Data for Production (LD4P) projects. In this presentation, we will discuss efforts to shift from established local copying and editing workflows to truly shared, collaborative linked data cataloging and community-based practices that can be scaled across production environments, with open data at its core. We will share our progress, and present the opportunities and challenges uncovered during the planning phases of work between 2023 and 2024. We will also present recent developments, ongoing questions, and look to the community for feedback.

Speakers

Kalli Mathios

Linked Data Community Outreach Librarian, Stanford Libraries

Friday October 11, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
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