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Linking FAST and Wikipedia
12 August 2016
Rick Bennett, Eric Childress, Kerre Kammerer, Diane Vizine-Goetz
This paper describes a research project to develop automated techniques for linking FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) to Wikipedia articles. The research is motivated by libraries’ interest in connecting library resources such as authority files to non-library linked data resources such as GeoNames and DBpedia (a dataset containing structured data extracted from Wikipedia). Of the approximately 183,000 non-subdivided topical headings in the FAST vocabulary, 76,000 terms were matched to Wikipedia article titles with 95% accuracy. Wikipedia links in the FAST authority file and FAST linked data enable people and software applications to take advantage of information in both of these resources.
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Analysis of International Linked Data Survey for Implementers
1 July 2016
Karen Smith-Yoshimura
The International Linked Data Survey for Implementers conducted by OCLC Research in 2014 and 2015 attracted responses from 90 institutions in 20 countries. This analysis of the 112 linked data projects or services described by the 2015 respondents — those that publish linked data, consume linked data, or both — indicates that most are primarily experimental in nature. This article provides an overview of the linked data projects or services institutions or organizations have implemented or are implementing, what data they publish and consume, the reasons respondents give for implementing linked data and the barriers encountered. Relatively small projects are emerging and provide a window into future opportunities. Applications that take advantage of linked data resources are currently few and are yet to demonstrate value over existing systems.
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National Agenda for Continuing Education and Development Across Libraries, Archives, and Museums
1 July 2016
Christina Drummond, Bob Beatty, Tom Clareson, Betha Gutsche, Donna McCrea, Anna Shelton, Katherine Skinner
This National Agenda for Continuing Education and Professional Development across Libraries, Archives, and Museums provides a broad planning and evaluation framework for the systemic strengthening of continuing education and professional development (CE/PD) across the landscape of funders, professional associations, program administrators, and trainers involved.
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Integrating the Library in the Life of the User: An Annotated Bibliography of Practical Ideas
23 June 2016
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Erin M. Hood
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A Division of Labor: The Role of Schema.org in a Semantic Web Model of Library Resources
15 June 2016
Carol Jean Godby
This chapter describes some of OCLC’s experiments with Schema.org as the foundation for a linked data model of library resources.
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Strength in Numbers: The Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Collective Collection
2 June 2016
Constance Malpas, Brian Lavoie
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Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI
3 May 2016
Karen Smith-Yoshimura, Janifer Gatenby, Grace Agnew, +
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Building Blocks: Laying the Foundation for a Research Data Management Program
13 April 2016
Ricky Erway, Laurence Horton, Amy Nurnberger, +
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Local Action and National Impact: A Summary of Project Outcomes and Learning from Geek the Library
6 April 2016
Sharon Streams
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Shared Values, New Vision: Collaboration and Communities of Practice in Virtual Reference and SQA
6 March 2016
Marie L. Radford, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Stephanie Mikitish, Mark Alpert, Chirag Shah, Nicole A. Cooke