Bibliografreedom
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A proposal to create a 'union' of library catalogues using WordPress MU and Scriblio, providing the opportunity for independently managed library catalogue sites which form an aggregated catalogue. Data could be exposed as RDF using Triplify.
Bibliografreedom
- 1. Joss Winn Paul Stainthorp Bibliografreedom Liberating library catalogue data to the semantic web with WordPress MU a work in progress
- 2. Hello Joss Winn Technology Officer, University of Lincoln jwinn@lincoln.ac.uk http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/ Twitter @josswinn Paul Stainthorp E-resources Librarian, University of Lincoln pstainthorp@lincoln.ac.uk http://blogs.library.lincoln.ac.uk/ Twitter @pstainthorp
- 3. The elements Source library catalogue(s) WordPress Multi-user (WPMU) Scriblio example (Plymouth State Uni.) Site-wide tags example (Uni. of Lincoln) Triplify output example
- 4. Un The Semantic Web DF io n /R m Ca RDF N3 to t /A alo S gu RS e Triplify MySQL Managed on USERS (discovery / interaction) behalf of Scriblio (aggregated; site-wide) libraries Wordpress Multi-user (WPMU) Scriblio Scriblio Scriblio Managed by each library OPAC OPAC OPAC Library A Library B Library C
- 5. Benefits A quick n dirty Library 2.0 OPAC Easy incorporation of 3rd-party enhancements (Amazon etc.) A devolved Union Catalogue; each source catalogue managed by its owners The WordPress ecosystem Liberation of bibliographic data to the semantic web Then what? What could you do with OPAC RDF data?
- 6. To-do list Scriblio is not very atomic blobs of data not ideal for semantic web approach Scriblio project is still a bit raw better catalogue imports and documentation Triplify config file still needs customising to make the most of Scriblio Needs source material! Libraries willing to maintain a Scriblio version of their OPAC
- 7. Joss Winn ? Paul Stainthorp