Planting Cedar: An Open Source Linked Data Vocabulary Manager at the University of Houston Libraries

Weidner, Andrew; Washington, Anne; Liu, Xiping

doi:10.1080/19386389.2019.1589696

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“…Gonza ´lez [3] summarised the main aspects of the project for the integration of the printed catalogues of Cuban libraries into digital library spaces. Weidner et al [157] presented a linked data-controlled vocabulary management system -Cedar -for the Libraries of the University of Houston. Page et al [158] presented MELD, the Music Encoding and Linked Data framework that combined music-related material such as text, audio, images, facsimile and music scores.…”

Section: Linked Data Implementation In the Cultural Heritage Domainmentioning

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Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Gaitanou

Andreou

Sicilia

et al. 2022

Journal of Information Science

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The Semantic Web in general and the Linked Open Data Initiative, in particular, are a growing movement for organisations to make their existing data available in a machine-readable format. Thus, institutions are highly encouraged to publish, share and interlink their data publicly. The more data are opened on the Web (Open Data), the more integrated sets of data will be connected in the Semantic Web (Linked Open Data). Within this context, libraries can complement their data by linking it to other, external data sources. The purpose of this article is to identify papers that refer to linked data in libraries, emphasising the ways that linked data empower libraries to put their knowledge in the context of the open-world, thus enhancing semantic technology innovations. The study considered papers published between 2008 and 2019 in English and presents the collected literature by grouping it according to the topic each paper refers to. The results show that libraries are facing a period of continuing change which present several challenges and indicate that they are moving towards developing new practices, policies and services.

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Section: Linked Data Implementation In the Cultural Heritage Domainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Gaitanou

Andreou

Sicilia

et al. 2022

Journal of Information Science

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“…There are signs that some libraries are publishing their catalogs and authority files using the LD format and principles (Hidalgo-Delgado et al, 2019). Investigations into the implementation of LD in libraries have also been conducted (Alemu et al, 2012; Ali and Warraich, 2018; Cagnazzo, 2017; Monyela, 2022; Weidner et al, 2019) and frameworks for publishing LD have been proposed (Hidalgo-Delgado et al, 2019).…”

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“…Previous studies on LD in libraries and information centers explored challenges to and motivating factors for its implementation (Wang and Yang, 2018; Warraich and Rorissa, 2020); LD and digital libraries (Hidalgo-Delgado et al, 2019; Raza et al, 2019); implementation of open source LD systems (Weidner et al, 2019); technical, ethical, legal and other issues in adoption of LD in libraries (Saleem et al, 2018); LD problems for digital libraries (Debattista et al, 2018); librarians’ knowledge and view about LD and its allied tools, librarians experience about LD and its challenges, and benefits for libraries, archives, and museums (McKenna et al, 2018). Although these studies reported different challenges to and perceptions of library and information professionals regarding the implementation of LD technologies in libraries and information centers, some of them provided examples of best practices.…”

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Impediments to and readiness for Linked Data application in libraries: Pakistani information professionals’ perspective

Warraich

Rorissa

2022

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Findings revealed that there is little evidence that exists of the implementation of LD technologies by libraries in developing countries. This study aims to examine the willingness of information professionals along with their perceived barriers to the implementation of LD technologies in Pakistani libraries. Data was collected from Pakistani librarians in an online questionnaire survey. There is broad interest and willingness to implement Linked Data technologies in Pakistani libraries while perceptions of the presence of barriers remain. Participants are willing to explore and learn more about LD technologies as well as advocate and promote the adoption of these technologies. They also want to attend events about LD technologies and their applications in libraries. Though they identified the existence of different potential barriers that have to do with themselves (e.g. lack of awareness of basic LD concepts), their institutions/libraries (e.g. they lack best practices regarding applications of LD in libraries), and the technology itself (e.g. new, complex, costly). These dynamics have implications for LD applications in libraries, especially those in developing countries. The current study is a valuable addition to the literature as no study has been conducted regarding the willingness to adopt LD in libraries and barriers to its implementation. Findings regarding barriers to implementation would helpful for policymakers and IT experts consider these challenges and work to minimize these challenges for the implementation of LD in Libraries.

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The Future of Authority Control: Issues and Trends in the Linked Data Environment

Zhu

2019

Journal of Library Metadata

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Planting Cedar: An Open Source Linked Data Vocabulary Manager at the University of Houston Libraries

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Impediments to and readiness for Linked Data application in libraries: Pakistani information professionals’ perspective

The Future of Authority Control: Issues and Trends in the Linked Data Environment

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