library okra: a matter of semantics? intelligence, open data and the future of erm
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Presentation given by Jonathan Blackburn and Mason Hall at Electronic Resources and Libraries 2008.TRANSCRIPT
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A Matter of Semantics?
Intelligence, Open Data and the Future of ERM
Jonathan Blackburn
Mason Hall
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Mason HallElectronic Resource Integration
Management Librarian
Jonathan BlackburnWeb Development Librarian
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Overview
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The “Perfect” DB Record
• Title• Alternate Titles• Description• Full-text coverage• Content Types Included (journals, newspapers,
etc.)• Features (RSS, Alerts, Refworks, etc.)
But this takes work to maintain (update) . . .
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?Who would do the work?
?
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Librarians at FSU
Librarians Outside FSU
Publishers and Vendors
All of the Above
Who?
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Databases
Publishers/Providers
Journals
All of the Above
What?
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Why?
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How?
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So, began our quest . . .
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So what is the problem?
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Duplication of Data
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KB(expanded academic)
Open URLResolver
DatabaseFinder
FederatedSearch
Other Web Services
Licensing Manager
Services require a Knowledge Base…
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KB KB KB KB KB
Open URLResolver
etc
Database Finder
Licensing Manager
Federated Search
Other Web Services
etc
…but the Reality is often a different beast
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KB KB KB KB KB
Open URLResolver
etc
Database Finder
Licensing Manager
Federated Search
Other Web Services
etc
Another
Local SQL
+
Serials
Solutions
ERMS
Local SQLSFX
MetalibVaries
@ FSU Libraries
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FSU University A
Consortia X
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Who owns the data?
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Is this a problem?
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Is there a solution?
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Solutions: Past and Future
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Jake
• Formerly at: http://jake.openly.com/
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CUFTShttp://researcher.sfu.ca/cufts
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Registry Projects
• Ockham (http://www.ockham.org/registry.php)
• IESR (http://iesr.ac.uk/)
• ORCA (http://pilot.apsr.edu.au/wiki/index.php/ORCA_Registry )
• Combined Global Efforts
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“Theoretical” Perfect System
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Library OKRA?
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“One Knowledgebase to Rule Them All
One Knowledgebase to Find Them
One Knowledgebase to Bring Them All
And In the Darkness Bind Them “
Library OKRA
- The Lord of the … ERM?
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What might this look like?
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Open
• Open Access
• Open Source
• Open Data
THIS IS US!
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Shared
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Models
• Cooperative Cataloging
• Wikipedia
• Freebase.com (the website)
(For Sharing)
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Semantic
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Semantic = Relationships
A very brief lesson
Triples
Subject Predicate Object
Publisher publishes JournalVendor owns Database
Article has author(s)
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The Old (...current) Way
Item Attributes
Journal Name
Publisher
Subjects
Frequency
Etc..
?
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Semantic Way
journal
subjects
alternate
namepublished
place
name
publisher
date
titled
also titledpublished in has alternate
published by
published
during
covers
publishes about
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Semantic ERM
DBs
Providers
Subjects
PublishersInstitutions
Services
Usage Stats
Interface
Rights
Data
Journals
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Challenges
• SCOPE
• PRIVACY (INSTITUTIONS)
• METADATA (SCHMETADATA)
• INCENTIVES
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The “Killer App”
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Other “Killer Apps”
Internet E-mail
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WWW Mosaic
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Library
OKRA ??
?
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Is there hope?
• Encourage Publishers to be more Open with Data
• Press Vendors to Uncouple Data and Services
• Support Open Source Library Software
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