Deploying Linked Open Vocabulary (LOV) to Enhance Library Linked Data

Oh, Sam Gyun; Yi, Myongho; Jang, Wonghong

doi:10.1633/jistap.2015.3.2.1

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“…According to the American Library Association and Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (2000), metadata refers to structured, encoded data that describes characteristics of information-bearing entities to aid in the identification, discovery, assessment and management of the described entities. The current practice of metadata creation is problematic because of a lack of proper consideration of various types of metadata structure schemes, content standards and controlled vocabularies in ways that promote access, use and sharing of digital materials across repositories (Oh and Park, 2018; Palavitsinis et al , 2013; Park and Tosaka, 2010; Park, 2009). As a result, managing metadata in terms of standards is becoming a top priority for academic institutions (University of Washington Libraries, 2022).…”

Section: A Review Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Metadata creation practices at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources library’s institutional repository

Chapepa

Ngwira

Mapulanga

2023

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate metadata creation practices in a functional academic institution repository in Malawi, with a specific focus on the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) library. Design/methodology/approach The study used a qualitative approach with a case study design. The study adopted a case study strategy that focuses on the in-depth, holistic and in-context examination of one or more cases. The researcher used non-probability purposive sampling to include all three LUANAR Digital Repository (LDR) staff at LUANAR library because they were thought to be knowledgeable about the LDR metadata work. The three library staff members directly involved in repository metadata were investigated for the study. Data collection techniques used in a case study approach included semi-structuring face-to-face interviews and documentary analysis. Data from interviews and documentary reviews were manually analyzed and presented in thematic categories based on the study’s objectives. Findings Qualified Dublin Core (DC) was chosen by all participants as the only metadata structure scheme that they will use to create and implement metadata in the repository. DC application profile was the only scheme used to enforce uniform naming and capitalization conventions in the application of Qualified DC element definitions. The scheme, however, was discovered to be the Qualified DC default format in the DSpace system. All participants indicated that the Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Vocabulary is used. Participants highlighted that institutional repository system compatibility, the subject matter of the resources, resource types and staff expertise influenced the selection criteria for the metadata schemes. The repository policy had been developed but had yet to be adopted by the LUANAR management. Research limitations/implications The current study was limited to LUANAR library. A wider study across public and private universities in Malawi is needed to ascertain the role of metadata policy, technical knowledge and metadata specialist institutional repositories. Practical implications Metadata policy is to aid in the understanding of the data, ensuring that appropriate security measures are used to protect the data and for metadata harvesting purposes. Social implications Academic libraries should lobby for management support towards metadata policy for institutional repositories. Originality/value Very little is known about challenges affecting the growth of institutional repositories and standards adopted, including metadata harvesting. This paper bridges the gap in metadata standards for institutional repositories in developing countries.

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Section: A Review Of the Literaturementioning

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Metadata creation practices at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources library’s institutional repository

Chapepa

Ngwira

Mapulanga

2023

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“…40 Similarly, Library Linked Data (LLD) is LOD-based bibliographic datasets, available in MODS and MARC21 and could be used in making search systems more sophisticated and may also be used in LOV datasets to integrate applications requiring library and subjects domain datasets. 41 Bianchini and Guerrini report on the current changes in the library and cataloging domains from Ranganathan's point of view of trinity (library, books, staff), which states that changes in one element of this trinity undoubtedly affect the others. 42 They found several factors including readers, collections, and services influence this trinity and emphasize for a change:…”

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An Overview of the Current State of Linked and Open Data in Cataloging

Ullah

Khusro

Ullah

et al. 2018

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Linked Open Data (LOD) is a core Semantic Web technology that makes knowledge and information spaces of different knowledge domains manageable, reusable, shareable, exchangeable, and interoperable. The LOD approach achieves this through the provision of services for describing, indexing, organizing, and retrievingknowledge artifacts and making them available for quick consumption and publication. Thisis also alignedwith the role and objective of traditional library cataloging. Owing to this link, majorlibraries of the world are transferring their bibliographic metadata to the LOD landscape. Some developments in this direction include the replacement of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2nd Edition by the Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the trend towards the wideradoption of BIBFRAME 2.0. An interestingand related development in this respect arethe discussions among knowledge resources managers and library community on the possibility of enriching bibliographic metadata with socially curated or user-generated content. The popularity of Linked Open Data and its benefit to librarians and knowledge management professionals warrant a comprehensive survey of the subject. Althoughseveral reviews and survey articles on the application of Linked Data principles to cataloging have appeared in literature, a generic yet holistic review of the current state of Linked and Open Data in cataloging is missing. To fill the gap, the authors have collected recent literature (2014–18) on the current state of Linked Open Data in cataloging to identify research trends, challenges, and opportunities in this area and, in addition, to understand the potential of socially curated metadata in cataloging mainlyin the realm of the Web of Data. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this review article is the first of its kind that holistically treats the subject of cataloging in the Linked and Open Data environment. Some of the findings of the review are: Linked and Open Data is becoming the mainstream trend in library cataloging especially in the major libraries and research projects of the world; with the emergence of Linked Open Vocabularies (LOV), the bibliographic metadata is becoming more meaningful and reusable; and, finally, enriching bibliographic metadata with user-generated content is gaining momentum.Conclusions drawn from the study include the need for a focus on the quality of catalogued knowledge and the reduction of the barriers to the publication and consumption of such knowledge, and the attention on the part of library community to the learning from the successful adoption of LOD in other application domains and contributing collaboratively to the global scale activity of cataloging.

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“…Since that time, there does not appear to be a clear path for using the term "smart metadata" although research and discussions acknowledge metadata as a value-added factor supporting smart search, and as an enabler or characteristic of the Semantic Web and linked data (e.g. Fatima, Luca, & Wilson, 2014;Oh, Yi, & Jang, 2015). Zeng underscores this point in her work on smart data in the humanities, specifically in a recent discussion segment entitled "How to Transform Big Data into Smart Data?…”

Section: Smart Metadatamentioning

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Big Metadata, Smart Metadata, and Metadata Capital: Toward Greater Synergy Between Data Science and Metadata

Greenberg

2017

Journal of Data and Information Science

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Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to provide a framework for addressing the disconnect between metadata and data science. Data science cannot progress without metadata research. This paper takes steps toward advancing the synergy between metadata and data science, and identifies pathways for developing a more cohesive metadata research agenda in data science.Design/methodology/approach: This paper identifies factors that challenge metadata research in the digital ecosystem, defines metadata and data science, and presents the concepts big metadata, smart metadata, and metadata capital as part of a metadata lingua franca connecting to data science. Findings:The "utilitarian nature" and "historical and traditional views" of metadata are identified as two intersecting factors that have inhibited metadata research. Big metadata, smart metadata, and metadata capital are presented as part of a metadata lingua franca to help frame research in the data science research space. Research limitations:There are additional, intersecting factors to consider that likely inhibit metadata research, and other significant metadata concepts to explore. Practical implications:The immediate contribution of this work is that it may elicit response, critique, revision, or, more significantly, motivate research. The work presented can encourage more researchers to consider the significance of metadata as a research worthy topic within data science and the larger digital ecosystem.Originality/value: Although metadata research has not kept pace with other data science topics, there is little attention directed to this problem. This is surprising, given that metadata is essential for data science endeavors. This examination synthesizes original and prior scholarship to provide new grounding for metadata research in data science.

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Deploying Linked Open Vocabulary (LOV) to Enhance Library Linked Data

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Metadata creation practices at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources library’s institutional repository

Metadata creation practices at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources library’s institutional repository

An Overview of the Current State of Linked and Open Data in Cataloging

Big Metadata, Smart Metadata, and Metadata Capital: Toward Greater Synergy Between Data Science and Metadata

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