Improve library discoverability and relevance for users

Create WorldCat Entities^™ linked data using Meridian to improve your library’s discovery, findability, and relevance across the web by integrating metadata where users search for information. Because WorldCat Entities data can be accessed in new ways by libraries, partners, and services across the web, important resources and knowledge collections are visible and useful in more online environments.

Integrate linked data management into your existing workflows

With Meridian, you don’t need to go “all in” at once. You can contribute in ways that make sense for your library or organization, without disruption to current workflows. Use the web application to create, curate, and connect WorldCat Entities data one at a time, or use the suite of APIs to easily convert and leverage existing metadata at scale.

Discover, emphasize, and analyze important relationships

A suite of WorldCat Entities APIs enables users to connect identifiers from disparate sources (such as ORCID, ISNI, VIAF, etc.), learn of changes to WorldCat Entities data, and retrieve subsets of related data from WorldCat Entities and WorldCat for use in local discovery applications.

“Evolving library data into linked data frees the knowledge in library collections and connects it to the knowledge streams that inform our everyday lives—on the web, through smart devices, and using technologies like AI.”

Jeff Mixter
Senior Product Manager, Metadata and Digital Services, OCLC

Read Jeff’s blog post, “An introduction to linked data”