Data Science & Metadata Research
To be discoverable by today’s online users, traditional library data must be transformed. OCLC Research analyzes bibliographic data to derive new meaning, insights, and services for use by library and information seekers. This work includes special projects in metadata enrichment, authorities & identities, linked data, subjects & classification, and data analysis.
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An Innovative Approach to Scalable Semantic Embedding
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Semantic search, in addition to keyword based search, is a desirable feature for many digital library systems. Even in the largely structured library data world, there is still a lot of tacit information locked in the free-text fields. Embedding words and texts in compact, semantically meaningful vector spaces allows for computable semantic similarity/relatedness which would make search more intelligent.
Topics: Semantic Embedding
Ideation to Prototype: Turning new ideas into useful services
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Using the Wikibase Linked Data Prototype as an example, Pace will outline 5 simple steps for managing a complex project that will improve your chances for getting from an experiment to a production service.
Topics: Linked Data
Taking Advantage of Multilingualism Support in Wikidata
Boston, MA (USA)
View highlights of some key lessons from the OCLC Research Linked Data Wikibase Prototype (“Project Passage”) regarding Wikidata’s multilingualism support.
Topics: Wikimedia, Linked Data
What are the "entities that matter" to this object? Reflections on the OCLC Linked Data Wikibase Pilot)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
This presentation shares highlights of the soon-to-be-published OCLC research report on Project Passage, OCLC’s pilot study of the metadata creation workflow using the Wikibase platform, which was completed in September 2018.
Topics: Linked Data
Adoption and Use of IIIF for Digital Resource Sharing in CONTENTdm
Columbus, OH (USA)
Huddleston and Mixter provide an overview of IIIF Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and how OCLC is using them across services, as well as our work in supporting standards with other organizations.
Topics: IIIF
Amplifying Metadata as Entities to Support Multilingualism
Marseille (France)
Karen Smith-Yoshimura provides an overview of the "Project Passage" linked data Wikibase prototype and a dive into use cases using the prototype for multilingualism.
Topics: Linked Data, Metadata
Wikidata Lessons Learned
San Jose, CA (USA)
Jeff Mixter shares lessons learned during the Linked Data Wikibase Prototype pilot project, including features of MediaWiki and Wikibase and a variety of use cases.
Topics: Linked Data
OCLC Research Update: Emerging Trends
Seattle, WA (USA)
Lynn Silipigni Connaway provides overviews of several active projects, Karen Smith-Yoshimura presents emerging trends in linked data that were revealed in a recent survey, and Betha Gutsche shares the inspirational transformations that small public libraries made to their libraries as part of an IMLS grant-funded project. Watch a recording of the update on YouTube.
Topics: Linked Data, WebJunction
From Prototype to Production: Turning Good Ideas into Useful Library Services
Washington, DC (USA)
This session explores two projects at different points of the prototype-to-production workflow: IIIF (integration of the International Image Interoperability Framework) into a digital discovery environment; and a Linked Data Wikibase prototype (reconciliation tool and editor built to match library metadata workflows) transitioning to production. Temple University presents from the experimenter and practitioner point of view.
Topics: IIIF, Linked Data
CONTENTdm IIIF Discovery API
Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Jeff Mixter details how OCLC Research built a Change Discovery API for all 14.4 million CONTENTdm items using the current IIIF Change Discovery API v0.2 spec, as well as current and future plans for the service.
Topics: IIIF