American Library Association Rare Book and Manuscript Section Pre-Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 26, 2014 Eric Miller, em@zepheira.com

1. Back to the Future: The
Reinvention of the Library Catalog,
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
RBMS Pre-Conference
Las Vegas, NV
June 26, 2014
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Eric Miller
em@zepheira.com
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2. aka
Special Collections Rule!
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4. caveat
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7. 500$a: Signatures: A-G{u0070}2{u0073}
For example
(Eeek! Useful, structured data hidden in notes)

8. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries that
makes "the network" central and makes
interconnectedness commonplace.”
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- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Zepheira for the Library
of Congress, November 21, 2012
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9. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries that
makes "the network" central and makes
interconnectedness commonplace.”
!
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress,
November 21, 2012
!
!
• robust enough to deal with 40 years ago
• flexible enough to deal with 40+ years from now

10. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries that
makes "the network" central and makes
interconnectedness commonplace.”
!
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress,
November 21, 2012
!
!
• memory organization (libraries, museums, archives)
• community / users they server

11. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries that
makes "the network" central and makes
interconnectedness commonplace.”
!
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress,
November 21, 2012
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• not just on the web
• but of the web

12. Purpose and Promise
• Purpose: MARC Replacement
• Promise: But so much more
• Purpose: Serving Libraries
• Promise: Related memory organizations and the users /
patrons they serve
• Purpose: Leverage existing Web standards and speak with
a consistent voice
• Promise: Visibility, Discoverability and Effectiveness

13. hasInstance
creatorsubject
publisher
publishedAt
format
Work
Instance
Authority Authority
Authority
Authority
Authority
BIBFRAME !
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Core model for defining Web
control points of bibliographic
data for more effective
sharing, navigation and
collaboration
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Simple, replicable linked data
patterns

14. !
And we can replicate
these simple patterns
to define as many
control points we need
creatorsubject
provider mediaCategory
Work
Instance
Authority Agent
Category
Categoryagent
place
Agent
Place
carrierCategory
CategorycontentCategory
Language language
Event

15. Relationships
Work Work
• preceededBy
• …
• succededBy
• ….
• part
• series
• subSeries
• …
• derivative
• translation
• original
• otherEdition
• …
• relatedTo
• expression
• hasPart
• accompanies
• …
• …
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And more importantly,
define a core set of
relationships among the
various Classes

16. Relationships
• hasInstance
• instanceOf
• …
!
And more importantly,
define a core set of
relationships among the
various Classes
InstanceWork

17. Relationships
• equivalence
• issuedWith
• reproduction
• otherPhysicalFormat
• …
!
And more importantly,
define a core set of
relationships among the
various Classes
InstanceInstance

18. !
And even more
important, extend in a
local manner, but
connect in a global
framework

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20. RDF
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21. BIBFRAME Vocabulary
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23. Global / General to Local / Specific
• Agent
• Person,
Organization,
Meeting, Family
• Place
• Topic
• Temporal
bf:creatorWork
• Person
bf:creatorDissertation
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24. BIBFRAME Profiles
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25. Small is Beautiful
• BIBFRAME common model -
flexible, designed to accommodate
the needs of our community.
• Recognize creative tension between
past and future
• Recognize creative tension of being
useful across communities, but also
community specific
• Profiles are a simple, small, subset
to of the model to support a specific
community or entity description but
sharable in a global context
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31. Demo!

32. RBMS Profile
• Metadata patterns than make sense to your
community
• Designed to accelerate collaboration and
discovery
• Interoperable in a larger descriptive framework
• Allowing for experimentation
• Benefiting from not having to wait for it “to be done”

33. Value of Linking RBMS data
• Linking provides access to related content - richer
context and new discoveries
• Materials can be enhanced by others in the field to
add to the value of your content.
• Don’t need to know the relationships in advance
grows organically

34. General Technology Hype Cycle

35. Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption
Experimenters
Early
Implementers
Data Publishers
& Connectors
Mainstream
Workflow
Back Office
Systems
• Clarify Space
• Determine the
Need
• Define a
Foundation
• Draft
Specifications
• Test the Assumptions
• Draft Standards
• Evaluate Data, Processes, & Gaps
• Begin to work at scale
• Use other’s data
• Participate – Publish, Share,
Connect
• “Final” Standards & Best
Practices
• New businesses and
models
• “There’s Linked
Data in there!?”

36. Phases of Linked Data / BIBFRAME Adoption

37. Conclusions
• BIBFRAME “MARC Replacement” but so much more
• Serving not just libraries but related memory organizations and the users /
patrons they serve
• Recognizing the wide variability within libraries
• No more gaming!
• Leverage existing Web standards and speak with a consistent voice to
support more effective visibility and discoverability of assets
• BIBFRAME is a bridge between the best of the Web and Libraries
• A mechanism for weaving the trust and credibility of Libraries into the
Web.