Digital Scholarship@UNLV

Title

Linked Data Demystified: Practical Efforts to Transform CONTENTdm Metadata for the Linked Data Cloud

Authors

Silvia B. Southwick, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Cory K. Lampert, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Meeting name

Virtual OCLC CONTENTdm User Group Meeting

Meeting location

Las Vegas, NV

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

11-7-2012

Abstract

The library literature and events like the ALA Annual Conference have been inundated with presentations and articles on linked data. At UNLV Libraries, we understand the importance of linked data in helping to better service our users. We have designed and initiated a pilot project to apply linked data concepts to the practical task of transforming a sample set of our CONTENTdm digital collections data into future-oriented linked data. This presentation will outline rationale for beginning work in linked data and detail the phases we will undertake in the proof of concept project. We hope through this research experiment to evaluate challenges and benefits of publishing digital collection data into the Linked Data Cloud.

Keywords

Digital libraries; Linked data; Metadata

Disciplines

Cataloging and Metadata | Databases and Information Systems | Library and Information Science

Comments

Presented at: Virtual OCLC CONTENTdm User Group Meeting: November 7, 2012, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM.

File: 34 PowerPoint slides

Attached file: Handout

Repository Citation

Southwick, S. B., Lampert, C. K. (2012, November). Linked Data Demystified: Practical Efforts to Transform CONTENTdm Metadata for the Linked Data Cloud. Presentation at Virtual OCLC CONTENTdm User Group Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/libfacpresentation/99