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Building a Semantic Knowledge Graph at National Library Board Singapore

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

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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.

Speakers

Richard Wallis

Founder, Data Liberate

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

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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Presentation

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.

Speakers

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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Presentation

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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Presentation

10:30am EDT

LCCNbot: Creating connections between the Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) and Wikidata

Tuesday October 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:15am EDT

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ZOOM PASSCODE IS: ld4-2024
In early 2024 Matt Miller, Steven Folsom, and Mary Campany deployed LCCNbot, a Wikidata bot that adds Library of Congress authority identifiers to Wikidata items. Since the bot began running it has made more than 10,000 edits and has facilitated the correction and de-duplication of many LCNAF records. This presentation will focus on the work of a team of volunteers who correct errors the bot identifies, their impact on both Wikidata and the Library of Congress authority file, and potential next steps for improving linked data connections between these systems and others that are used by the library linked data community.

Speakers

Elizabeth Plantz

Cataloger, National Library of Medicine

Crystal Yragui

Co-Interim Head, Metadata and Cataloging Initiatives Unit, University of Washington

Mary Muratsubaki Campany

Authorities Metadata Librarian, Cornell University Library

Sasha Frizzell

Catalog/Metadata Management Librarian, Binghamton University

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 →

Tuesday October 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:15am EDT
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Presentation

11:15am EDT

Tangible advancements in linked data: What we’ve achieved over the past year

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT

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ZOOM PASSCODE IS: ld4-2024
OCLC has worked closely with the library community to make significant advancements in linked data over the past year. This includes the improvement and enrichment of data; the development of linked data applications and services; enhancements to the infrastructure and technologies that support linked data; and growth in our knowledge and understanding of the future of library metadata.

Both libraries and OCLC have invested an increasing amount of time and resources in making these achievements possible. There is growing recognition that linked data—when built upon thoughtfully and collaboratively—can provide a means to solve a variety of library challenges.

In this session, we’ll dive into the tangible advancements in linked data OCLC has made over the past year that have afforded opportunities for libraries to participate in a linked data future, and how community engagement has informed and guided these advancements. We’ll articulate the widespread benefits of recent data enrichment initiatives; showcase new linked data applications as well as enhancements to existing metadata management tools; and share near-term goals that will continue driving the library community forward.

Regardless of where a library lies on its linked data journey, there is room to learn, experiment, practice, grow, and innovate together.

Speakers

Jeff Mixter

Sr. Product Manager, OCLC

Jeff Mixter works as a Sr. Product Manager at OCLC and oversees Linked Data products and services.

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
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Presentation

1:45pm EDT

Linked Data and Anthropological Archives: Learning from Motives Across Disciplines

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT

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Anthropology is a multidisciplinary field relying on a rich and diverse base of evidence, including manuscripts, photographs, cultural belongings, physical specimens—and the data derived from all of these. As anthropologists and archives work to make anthropological evidence and data more broadly accessible and useful, the field seeks to draw inspiration from and connect to relevant collections and data infrastructures across many disciplines. While linked data has gained momentum in cultural heritage, we know less about how it is deployed in other fields that intersect with anthropology—particularly to represent primary sources, ranging from manuscripts to specimens, across the sciences and social sciences. In this lightning talk, we discuss the findings of a recent systematic review exploring the use of primary sources and linked data derived from them in the sciences and social sciences. We share what we’ve learned about the range of linked data projects across disciplines and the motives that drive them. We aim to engage our audience in dialog about new project leads, disciplinary differences, and other considerations that shape the future of linked data in anthropology.

Speakers

Katrina Fenlon

Assistant professor, University of Maryland College of Information

Nikki Wise

PhD Student, University of Maryland

Diana Marsh

University of Maryland College of Information

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT
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Presentation

2:45pm EDT

The cataloger is always right: a user-centered approach for designing and building the linked data editor in FOLIO

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT

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In 2025 - scheduled for the Sunflower release - FOLIO will launch a new linked data editor that will provide libraries with the ability to catalog and manage collections as linked data. The talk will focus on UX research conducted early on with catalogers and how learnings informed design decisions for the application. Moving cataloging operations away from MARC will require significant change management planning. Anticipating this, a key objective for the project was designing an environment that catalogers could intuitively “recognize” in order to facilitate adoption. The presentation will outline some of these challenges and conclude with a demo of the application.

Speakers

Gloria Gonzalez

Senior Product Manager for Linked Data Innovation, EBSCO

I work on data graphs for public, academic, and government libraries at EBSCO. As Senior Product Manager for Linked Data, I help libraries create new ways for people to find what they have.My work with linked data started in 2011 with a visualization tool called Viewshare at the Library... Read More →

Douglas Loynes

Product Owner, ESBCO Information Services

Joined EBSCO 2023, to head up project for adding support for linked data cataloging in FOLIO. Previously with OCLC, holding positions in product management and business development.Based in Columbus OH

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm PDT
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Presentation

3:30pm EDT

Dynamic Mapping using Collaborative Knowledge Graphs: A SPARQL Workflow for Real-Time SKOS Mapping from Wikidata

Tuesday October 8, 2024 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT

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This presentation introduces an advanced workflow for semantic data management, centered around SPARQL CONSTRUCT queries to map live data from Wikidata to SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) concepts. As part of this workflow, we introduce CSV-2-RDF-Converter, a Python program that converts a CSV output from executed Wikidata queries into RDF triples, serialized in the .nt format. This tool enables the integration of structured tabular data into your organization's semantic web applications, linked data environments, and knowledge graphs. The presentation will highlight the efficiency and scalability of dynamically constructing RDF graphs from live data sources, emphasizing the benefits of real-time data retrieval, enhanced interoperability, and consistent data mapping. We will also discuss key considerations for optimizing query performance and end with a live demonstration of the workflow.

Speakers

Darnelle Melvin

Special Collections and Archives Metadata Librarian & Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Darnelle Melvin is the Special Collections and Archives Metadata Librarian and an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he is the lead metadata and Semantic Web strategist responsible for managing metadata activities such as largescale remediation projects... Read More →

Tuesday October 8, 2024 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
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Presentation

9:00am EDT

Collaborative Enhancements in Linked Data: Ex Libris and Community Efforts

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

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Discover how Ex Libris is partnering with the community to advance linked data functionalities in Alma and Primo. This session will delve into our strategies for transitioning to a linked data ecosystem and addressing the challenges that have risen. We will share insights on various methods to incorporate linked data into your library, including some live demos. Additionally, we will explore the significant benefits of linked data for special collections and rare materials and discuss how the Ex Libris community can contribute to a seamless transition to a linked data environment.

Speakers

Adina Marciano

Product Manager, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate

Product manager Ex Libris focused on bringing Linked Data into the library ecosystem into our products.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
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Presentation

9:45am EDT

Graph Explorer: A Browser-Based Tool for Querying Sinopia RDF

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EDT

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Graph Explorer is a proof of concept for loading Sinopia RDF in a browser-based environment by selecting groups or individual resources. Once loaded, a user can query the returned RDF using SPARQL and download the results as csv. In this presentation, we will discuss Graph Explorer’s design and development, and demonstrate how to query Sinopia using the Graph Explorer and SPARQL. We also welcome feedback from the LD4 community on desired enhancements and potential uses. Sinopia is an open source linked data cataloging tool developed by the LD4P initiative. Graph Explorer offers Sinopia users and the Sinopia curious a new way to query Sinopia data, practice SPARQL skills, and examine data created in Sinopia. This session will be presented by Jeremy Nelson, Library Systems Software Developer, and Kalli Mathios, Linked Data Community Outreach Librarian, Stanford Libraries.

Speakers

Jeremy Nelson

Software Engineer, Stanford University

Kalli Mathios

Linked Data Community Outreach Librarian, Stanford Libraries

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EDT
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Presentation

1:45pm EDT

Enhancing Bibliographic Description with ScriptShifter and Parallelogram

Wednesday October 9, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT

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ScriptShifter is an open-source tool developed by the Library of Congress for transliterating non-Latin scripts to Latin based on ALA-LC Romanization Tables, and vice versa in some cases. It supports cataloging for non-Latin materials and integrates with various library systems. In this session, we will demonstrate ScriptShifter and its integration with the "Parallelogram" Cloud App for Alma, which uses ScriptShifter's language rules and data from WorldCat and the NACO Authority File to create accurate parallel fields in bibliographic records. These applications utilize Linked Open Data principles to connect linked bibliographic descriptions, authority control, and vocabularies available via OCLC WorldCat and NACO Authority File, making the data discoverable across platforms and institutions and enhancing LOD efforts.

Speakers

Jessalyn Zoom

Library of Congress

Stefano Cossu

Thomas Ventimiglia

Wednesday October 9, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT
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Presentation

3:30pm EDT

Cross-Campus Consortium Linked Data Training and Collaboration: What have we learned?

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT

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Across our 23-campus consortium, the adoption of Linked Data has varied significantly, with some campuses showing strong engagement while others question when, how and if they should ever engage. Recognizing this disparity led to establishing a Linked Data community and assessing specific training requirements to prepare for future system adoption and the implementation of Linked Data at the consortium level. A Task Force began as a small group in 2021 focused on investigating potential Linked Data products and features. This initiative evolved into a Linked Data study group (2022-2023), where basic Linked Data concepts and Wikidata were introduced to interested participants. During these study group meetings, members expressed strong interest in working on a Wikidata project leading to extensive training. This presentation will share insights gained from providing training to a multi-campus community reflecting a population of library workers. They are not on the front lines of decision-making and experimentation within neither the LD4 nor PCC communities. We will specifically discuss the learning needs of metadata practitioners with varying levels of Linked Data knowledge and different metadata creation competencies. Additionally, we will address the key barriers to the broader use of Linked Data and explore strategies to overcome these challenges.

*We’re eager to learn if your consortium or group has organized any Linked Data training opportunities, and we’d love to hear about your experiences. Please help us by filling out this survey: https://forms.gle/CExCpfAPZuS85MRCA

Speakers

Greta Heng

Cataloging and Metadata Strategies Librarian, San Diego State University

Michael Herrick

Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, San Francisco State University

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 4:15pm EDT
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Presentation

10:00am EDT

Disclosing Linked Open Data at Nieuwe Instituut

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

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Nieuwe Instituut (NI) houses around 4 million pieces from the National Collection of Architecture and Urban Planning, managing a vast and valuable array of architecture and design archives. In a bid to improve accessibility to this archive, the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science (OCW) allocated 11 million euros in 2022. As part of this program, the Linked Open Data (LOD) project endeavors to unveil the richness of NI's archive to the public using semantic web technologies and facilitates LOD connections with other architecture collections.

During our presentation we showcase a series of projects that illustrate our journey with LOD. We provide an overview of the LOD transformation process and demonstrate how we link to external resources such as RKD artist and Getty AAT. Additionally, we discuss the Data Cleaning Initiative (DCI), which ensures the quality of our collection data by cleaning and enriching it. Within the realm of data enrichment, we highlight two initiatives: the Asterisk project, which offers more contextual information through critical review of archival description, and the AI-closed-beta project, a collaboration with Axiell Group, where we utilize AI discovery tools for entity recognition and provide semantic annotations from Wikidata. Lastly, we outline future directions as the OCW program ends.

Speakers

Loïs Hutubessy

Collection System Manager, Nieuwe Instituut

Nora Abdelmageed

Nieuwe Instituut

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

1:00pm EDT

Putting It Together: Lessons Learned from Implementation of the DS 2.0 Project for the Digital Scriptorium Catalog

Thursday October 10, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

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This presentation will focus on the challenges encountered, insights gained, and lessons learned by the DS 2.0 Project team during practical implementation of the development plans for the redesigned Digital Scriptorium (DS) Catalog, a national union catalog and Linked Open Database for metadata about premodern manuscripts held in North American institutional collections. The presentation will review the innovations of the DS Catalog data model, its use as a metadata schema, and its related workflows to aggregate, enrich, and harmonize heterogeneous data about premodern manuscripts. This overview will outline the use of Wikibase infrastructure as the basis for the data model, explain the process for semantic enrichment of contributed data, and discuss the use of Linked Open Vocabularies for authority control. The presentation will also describe complications and difficulties experienced, and solutions employed, by the DS team. Among the issues to be explored will be strategies for handling disparate formats, standards, and levels of quality in contributed data; decision-making for entity management in the DS Catalog authorities; the tools, techniques, and workflows used for DS data enrichment and curation; and special concerns raised regarding metadata about cultural heritage and manuscript objects.

Speakers

L.P. Coladangelo

DS Catalog Project and Data Manager, Digital Scriptorium

Based in Northeast Ohio, I am the Digital Scriptorium Catalog Project and Data Manager and a PhD Candidate in Communication and Information at Kent State University. My research interests include knowledge organization systems, metadata, semantic technologies, and information organization... Read More →

Thursday October 10, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
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Presentation

1:45pm EDT

Hidden Histories: Illuminating LGBTQ+ archives at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada using Wikidata

Thursday October 10, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT

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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections and Archives has been strategically working to increase the discoverability, visibility, and access to collections related to marginalized communities in Southern Nevada. In the first stage of this grant-funded Wiki project, over 60 archival collections and 80 oral histories, including related people, businesses, and events associated with the Las Vegas LGBTQ+ community, have been contributed to Wikidata. In this presentation, the author continues this work by introducing UNLV's Special Collections Wiki project, "LGBTQ Hidden Histories." The presentation will discuss ongoing efforts to create, expand, and enrich linked data about the Nevada LGBTQ+ community, address challenges faced during entity extraction using archival materials, and conclude with a linked data visualization exercise using Wikiframe-VG (Wikiframe Visual Graph).

Speakers

Kayla Ott

Wikimedian-In-Residence, University of Las Vegas, Nevada

Thursday October 10, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT
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Presentation

3:00pm EDT

Semantic MediaWiki as Linked Open Data Platform

Thursday October 10, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

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Semantic MediaWiki is a very flexible platform for providing linked open data, collaborativley editing data and interlinking data from other sources including Wikidata.

The talk will demonstrate features of Semantic MediaWiki and how to use them in order to set it up as a linked data platform. Some examples from the Vienna History Wiki and other use cases will be shown. See also Krabina, 2023: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.websem.2022.100771
Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) is an open-source knowledge management solution based on MediaWiki, the software the powers Wikipedia, but is also used in more than 60.000 third-party wikis. With SMW, MediaWiki can be turned into a Linked Open Data Platform. I will demonstrate what elements are needed for a linked open data platform and how this can be achieved with SMW. I will also highlight the differences to Wikibase (the MediaWiki extension that powers Wikidata). Wikibase is a great platform, but so is SMW, and in the talk I will highlight advantages and disadvantages of using either or the approaches.

I will provide examples from GLAM Wikis such as the Vienna History Wiki or the FINA and SILVER wikis, which are about scholarly correspondence in the 16-18th century and ancient silver coins covering aspects of interlinking data between a GLAM wiki and Wikidata or other vocabularies such as Nomisma and Schema.org.

Speakers

Bernhard Krabina

Managing Partner, Knowledge Management Associates

Thursday October 10, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
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Presentation

3:45pm EDT

Enhancing Search and Discovery for LGBTQIA+ Materials at the Orbis Cascade Alliance and Beyond: a Tour of the Homosaurus Implementation Project

Thursday October 10, 2024 3:45pm - 4:30pm EDT

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In 2023, the Orbis Cascade Alliance’s Cataloging Standing Group (CSG) launched a project to retrospectively add terms from the Homosaurus international linked data vocabulary to bibliographic records across its consortium’s holdings. This project serves as a model for libraries and vendors seeking to expand search and discovery for LGBTQIA+ materials using linked data in national bibliographic databases. The project provides pathways for non-library metadata experts to expand discovery and mitigate harm in bibliographic records and library systems drawing from their diverse perspectives.

This presentation will highlight training materials developed for the project, workflows for enhancing the Homosaurus with suggestions for new terms or revisions to existing terms, and an overview of a process for submitting proposals to the SACO Gender and Sexuality Funnel Project. Presenters will also discuss reflections on project participants’ integration with the Homosaurus community of practice through implementation coordination and the development of best practices, plans for advocacy with metadata vendors and library systems, and lessons learned from managing a consortium-wide project.

Speakers

Rose Krause

Eastern Washington University

Crystal Yragui

Co-Interim Head, Metadata and Cataloging Initiatives Unit, University of Washington

Thursday October 10, 2024 12:45pm - 1:30pm PDT
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Presentation

4:30pm EDT

Community-building through international collaboration on multilingual LOD vocabulary: Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging

Thursday October 10, 2024 4:30pm - 5:15pm EDT

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The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) will present the Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging project, a LOD vocabulary used by museums to index and access their collections. We will describe how Nomenclature has leveraged LOD to enhance the dataset through co-referencing with other LOD vocabularies, and has developed LOD features to make it easier for museums to implement the vocabulary within their collections management systems. Nomenclature is an international partnership between CHIN, the Nomenclature Committee of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and Parks Canada. Development is driven by the museum community, with Nomenclature users continuously making submissions to the Nomenclature Committee for the addition of new terms and alterations to existing terms. We will describe the community-building aspects of this multilingual, international project: the governance, and how the various committees and language communities work together to include terminology in Spanish, French, Inuktitut (an Inuit language), and Canadian regional terms. Despite limited financial and human resources, CHIN and the Nomenclature Committee have developed partnerships and technologies to support these initiatives. Nomenclature will continue to respond to the needs of the community, through terminology review, modernized conventions, technological improvements, and inclusion of terms for Indigenous concepts and in Indigenous languages.

Speakers

Heather Dunn

Heritage Information Analyst, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Heather Dunn is a Heritage Information Analyst with the Canadian Heritage Information Network, with a focus on museum collections management and documentation.

Trang Dang

IT Technical Advisor, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Trang Dang is an IT Technical Advisor with the Canadian Heritage Network, with a focus on data management and development.

Philippe Michon

Semantic Web Analyst, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Thursday October 10, 2024 4:30pm - 5:15pm EDT
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Presentation

9:00am EDT

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

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

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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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Presentation

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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Presentation

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

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Joseph Olorunsaye

University of Ibadan

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

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Kalli Mathios

Linked Data Community Outreach Librarian, Stanford Libraries

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