Late last week OCLC pulled an absolute blinder and released millions of records in WorldCat under an open license as linked data! Its a great step in the evolution of library data publishing, building upon past efforts. Here are three reasons why this is much more just another release of bib data. 1) – The … Continue reading »
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Why do we need Linked Open Data?
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OCLC EMERC 2012, linked data in mind, heads in clouds and hand in pockets?
This week saw a flying visit to Birmingham to attend one day of the excellent OCLC Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Council Annual meeting at the fantastic Town Hall. The morning was given to optional plenaries, which meant I missed a lot other exciting talks as I was busy giving a brief overview of … Continue reading »
Open Biblio 2
Happy 2012! After swearing off any JISC funded projects into Open Data publishing, I’ve somehow found myself involved in four this year. Safe to say my new years resolutions include learning how to say no in a better fashion. The first to kick off in earnest is Open Bibliography 2 headed by the Open Bibliographic … Continue reading »
Cataloguing to metadata event and slides
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic ‘Cataloguing to metadata’ event at Oxford. It was hosted by the Bodleian Libraries and organised by their cataloguing team and staff development folk. I started out as a trainee at Oxford, (also thanks again to staff development there for that!) so felt personally happy to be back and catch … Continue reading »
Why should we even bother?
Often a thought that crosses my mind on a Friday evening when a Saturday shift looms large. In this instance however, I’m talking about reasons for sharing library metadata openly. With services and budgets being slashed in all sectors and publishers continuing to hike fees well beyond inflation, it does seem like a needless extra … Continue reading »
Fear the reaper?
Sounds like someone is trying to ring the funeral bell for the semantic web: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mark the end of an era. I’m talking about the passing of Web 3.0 – ostensibly the era of the next great revolution in the information industry. In its short life the semantic … Continue reading »
