LTS and Linked Data: a position paper

"LTS and Linked Data: a position paper" outlines motivations for adopting linked data techniques for describing and managing our collections, and seeks to articulate a specific role for Library Technical Services (LTS) within this enterprise

Name Authorities

This presentation briefly examines current issues in library name authorities

Relationship designators

This presentation was given at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago on June 30th, 2013. It outlines the work of the PCC Relationship Designator Guidelines Task Group and discusses some underlying issues in vocabulary control and development

FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) overview

An overview of OCLC's FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), its characteristics and potential uses

Feast And Famine: A Statewide Science Serial Collection Assessment In Illinois

In 2004, a group of Illinois librarians was awarded a research grant to assess the state of Illinois’ science serial collection. This collection assessment focused on academic libraries in the state, specifically those participating in the Consortium of Academic Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), but also including another 10 academic libraries in the state that do not belong to the consortium. Current serial subscription data were collected through both automated and manual means and the analysis was conducted in conjunction with Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System. Due to cataloging limitations and issues surrounding different ISSNs for print and electronic formats, the study centered on current (as of spring 2005) print serial subscriptions. Results found that well over half of the state’s print serial subscriptions were Illinois’ “last copy” and another 13 percent were at risk, with only two copies owned in the state. And while most titles were limited to one print copy within Illinois, other titles have wide accessibility and duplication at a high cost to the state.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

LD4L: Linked Data for Libraries

Simeon Warner will introduce the project and examine some use cases; Jon Corson-Rikert will briefly discuss ontologies; Lynette Rayle will demo UC1.1 and discuss ORE, scraping, and lookups; Rebecca Younes will discuss UC2, mass conversion, post-processing, entities, and cross-site search; Steven Folsom will discuss BIBFRAME for LD4L; Chiat Naun Chew will give a brief preview of LD4P;In this forum a number of Cornell-based speakers discuss different aspects of the LD4L project

National Strategy for Shareable Local Name Authorities National Forum : White Paper

White paper for the National Strategy for Shareable Local Name Authorities National Forum (SLNA-NF), an Institute of Museum and Library Services funded-project [LG-73-16-0040-16]. Details issues raised through discussions of the SLNA-NF, including minimum viable specifications, data provider obligations, workflows and reconciliation as a service.This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [LG-73-16-0040-16]. The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI

Organizational affiliations of the creators of works are important to a variety of stakeholders, including academic administrators, funders, publishers, repository managers, software developers, rights agencies, and individual researchers. Identifying and tracking these affiliations can be challenging, as organizations may be known by a variety of names and may have schools or research centers well-known on their own. An organizational identifier— a unique, persistent and public URI associated with the organization that is resolvable globally over networks via specific protocols—provides the means to both find and identify an organization accurately and to define the relationships among its sub-units and with other organizations. This report presents new modeling of organizations that others can adapt for their own uses. This report focusses on organizational identifiers from the perspective of academic institutions. Their ranks and reputation often determine their success in obtaining funding and attracting or retaining faculty. Identifiers provide the "glue" for institutions and funder systems to support comparing and ranking the outputs of the research process; assessing the impact of grants between institutions and their funders; and tracking and collating publications between researchers and their publishers. The report outlines a number of scenarios where the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) can be used to disambiguate organizations, including real-world examples