Name: Let’s talk about the ‘Work’!
Start: 2024-10-08T13:20:00-0400
End: 2024-10-08T13:30:00-0400

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:20pm - 1:30pm EDT

The concept of "Work" differs across reference models currently being used in library spaces, complicating the implementation of linked data creation in our catalog and metadata management systems. Moving forward toward linked library data will require changes in data storage structure, library systems, cataloging workflows, and several other areas, given the critical role of the "Work" entity in resource sharing, resource management, and discovery. While the general definition of Work is well understood by most, there are still areas where clear expectations regarding what to include at the Work level and how it should be created and managed remain ambiguous. This lightening talk will discuss the current state of Work level data, including granularity and the various data models being used for library metadata, and explore the role of Work level data in our workflows and systems.

Speakers

Myung-Ja (MJ) Han

Metadata Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MJ is the Professor/Metadata Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on interoperability of metadata, metadata modeling, bibliographic control in the digital library, and the use of Linked Open Data in library service architectures and im... Read More →