Title

Leading to Linking: Introducing Linked Data to Academic Library Digital Collections

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2013

Publication Title

Journal of Library Metadata

Volume

13

Issue

2-3

First page number:

230

Last page number:

253

Abstract

This article introduces the concepts of linked data within the context of digital collections, outlines the rationale for beginning work in linked data for digital collections, provides an overview of a focused linked data project, discusses technologies adopted for transforming metadata into linked data, and reports lessons learned to date.

Keywords

Academic libraries; Digital collections; Linked data; Metadata; Project design

Disciplines

Cataloging and Metadata | Library and Information Science

Language

English

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