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Yale's LUX: a New Paradigm in Cross-Collections Discovery
Monday October 7, 2024 3:45pm - 4:30pm EDT
Zoom
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.
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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
Zoom
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