Presentations
Works in Progress Webinar: Prototype to Production: OCLC Work with the International Image Interoperability Framework (video)
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research and Product teams discuss the history and strategy behind bringing IIIF support to CONTENTdm, the relationship between OCLC Research and the Product team in building a production service, and the upcoming work to implement the IIIF Discovery API specification at scale and to advance the standard.
Topics: IIIF, Research Library Partnership, Works in Progress
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
Acquiring RDM Services for Your Institution (video)
In the third and final webinar of the three-part Realities of Data Management webinar series, we examine how institutions are making decisions about infrastructures, services, and personnel to support local RDM services.
Topics: Research Data Management, Research Library Partnership, Works in Progress
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
Lightening Talk - IIIF R&D at OCLC Research
Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
This presentation provides an overview of OCLC Research's current work in IIIF, including IIIF Discovery API implementation and IIIF Manifest harvesting.
Topics: IIIF, Linked Data
Linked Data Implementations—Who, What, Why?
Bonn (Germany)
Smith-Yoshimura delves into results from the 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers, compares results to previous surveys, and provides insights into what libraries are doing in linked data.
Topics: Linked Data
Wikipedia’s gender gap, and what would Hari Seldon do about it?
Struggling with issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, this presentation focuses on Wikipedia’s gender gaps: the low percentage of women editors and the equally low percentage of articles about women, their works, and their issues.
Topics: Distinguished Seminar Series, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Identifying and Acting on Incentives when Planning RDM Services (video)
In the second webinar of the three-part Realities of Data Management webinar series, we continue to explore the factors influencing institutional decision making when developing resources and support for research data management. Here we present an incentives model that shapes local needs.
Topics: Research Data Management, Research Library Partnership, Works in Progress
Linked Data: From Promise to Progress
Virtual
Pace details a recent effort to create a linked data prototype built on the Wikibase platform, providing use cases for the pilot project and key takeaways.
Topics: Linked Data
Articulating Accessioning
In this webinar recording, Accessioning Archivists from NYU Libraries and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library discuss their roles and elaborate on experiences building accessioning programs at their institutions.
Topics: Archives and Special Collections, Works in Progress, Research Agendas