The document discusses the history of libraries capturing data from handwritten catalog cards in the 19th century to the development of machine-readable cataloging formats like MARC. It then describes how libraries are now publishing data as linked open data on the web using standards like Schema.org and RDFa, with over 270 million resources available. The talk encourages libraries to stop just copying data and instead start linking to other data sources to fully leverage the potential of the semantic web.
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Semantic Tech Conference Presentation on Libraries Linked Data
1. Semantic Technology and Business Conference, London, 19 October 2012
#SemTechBiz
From Record To Graph
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.
6. Libraries
capturing data for a while...
Catalog Cards
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7. Libraries
capturing data for a while...
Catalog Cards
From mid 19th Century
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8. Libraries
capturing data for a while...
Catalog Cards
From mid 19th Century
Melvil Dewey - 1881
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9. Libraries
capturing data for a while...
Catalog Cards
From mid 19th Century
Melvil Dewey - 1881
Library of Congress Print Service
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Millennia of endeavor
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Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
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Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
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Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
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76. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
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77. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
Huge heritage to build upon
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78. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
Huge heritage to build upon
In an exponentially changing environment
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82. Semantic Technology and Business Conference, London, 19 October 2012
#SemTechBiz
From Record To Graph
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.