3. Problems
• Technical problems (export)
• librarian perfectionism
• unclear rights situation of data ownership
(copy cataloging contracts)
• Skepticism
• Missing support of Linked Data by library
system vendors
4. Recommendations
• Remember: No IP rights on single records,
only on collections
• Include ownership for data in contracts for
copy cataloging
• More transparency for contracts with data
vendors
• Sherpa/ Romeo List for data vendors
• Pressure on library system vendors
together!
5. Community
• CKAN
• Open Bibliographic Data group
• mailing list
• openbiblio.org (Blog)
• Principles of Open Bibliographic Data
6. Way to go
• Own database rights?
• Export data
• Publish data
• Describe data / add license
• Create CKAN entry
• Let the world know! (Twitter, ...)