TY - JOUR
T1 - Library Marc Records Into Linked Open Data
T2 - Challenges and Opportunities
AU - Cole, Timothy W.
AU - Han, Myung Ja
AU - Weathers, William Fletcher
AU - Joyner, Eric
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Today researchers search for books in various ways. Once discovered, a variety of Web technologies can be used to link to related resources and/or associate context with a book. This environment creates an opportunity for libraries. The linked open data (LOD) model of the Web offers a potential foundation for innovative user services and the wider dissemination of bibliographic metadata. However, best practices for transforming library catalog records into LOD are still evolving. The practical utility on the Semantic Web of library metadata transformed from MARC remains unclear. Using a test set of MARC21 records describing 30,000 retrospectively digitized books, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library explored options for adding links, transforming into non-library specific LOD-friendly semantics, and deploying as RDF to maximize the utility of these records. This paper highlights lessons learned during this process, discusses findings to date, and suggests possible avenues for further work and experimentation.
AB - Today researchers search for books in various ways. Once discovered, a variety of Web technologies can be used to link to related resources and/or associate context with a book. This environment creates an opportunity for libraries. The linked open data (LOD) model of the Web offers a potential foundation for innovative user services and the wider dissemination of bibliographic metadata. However, best practices for transforming library catalog records into LOD are still evolving. The practical utility on the Semantic Web of library metadata transformed from MARC remains unclear. Using a test set of MARC21 records describing 30,000 retrospectively digitized books, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library explored options for adding links, transforming into non-library specific LOD-friendly semantics, and deploying as RDF to maximize the utility of these records. This paper highlights lessons learned during this process, discusses findings to date, and suggests possible avenues for further work and experimentation.
KW - MARC
KW - RDF
KW - Semantic Web
KW - bibliographic metadata
KW - linked open data
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U2 - 10.1080/19386389.2013.826074
DO - 10.1080/19386389.2013.826074
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887893606
SN - 1938-6389
VL - 13
SP - 163
EP - 196
JO - Journal of Library Metadata
JF - Journal of Library Metadata
IS - 2-3
ER -