The document discusses using library linked open data to support digital humanities research. Specifically, it describes The European Library's open dataset containing 3.5 billion triples of cultural heritage data. While a SPARQL endpoint is being set up, the full dataset is too large to host. Supporting specific use cases from digital humanities research by providing subsets of the data focused on a historical period, location, or language could help address this challenge by enabling viable hosting solutions and SPARQL access for researchers.

2. Use Cases From Digital Humanities for
Library Linked Data
Nuno Freire
The European Library Europeana Foundation
SWIB15 Semantic Web in Libraries Conference
Hamburg, November 2015

3. The European Library Open Dataset

4. Library Linked Data and
Europeana Research:
Liberating Cultural Heritage for use in Research
http://research.europeana.eu

5. The challenge
 A SPARQL endpoint is being setup for this
dataset, but…
• A viable IT hosting solution has not been found
• Dataset is too large (3,5 billion triples)
• SPARQL access only viable for a subset
• The subset could address a specific use case
• Ideally in Digital Humanities research…
• …supporting ongoing work on research guides
– A particular historical period, geographic area,
linguistic studies, etc…

6. Thank you
Nuno Freire
nuno.freire@theeuropeanlibrary.org