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Item BIBFRAME Beginnings at UT Austin(2016-05-24) Cofield, Melanie; Davis, Jee-Hyun; Brown, Amy; Quagliana, Alisha; Ringwood, Alan; University of Texas at Austin; Harry Ransom CenterStaff from UT Libraries, the Harry Ransom Center, and the Tarlton Law Library have been collaborating in discussion group activities during the last year to develop knowledge and skills in anticipation of life after MARC, investigating the brave new world of linked data in libraries with a focus on the Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework (BIBFRAME) initiative. Our group efforts to better understand BIBFRAME and linked data for libraries include in-depth discussions of current literature, webcasts, and presentations; strategic application of Zepheira’s Practical Practitioner training; and hands-on experimentation transforming local metadata in various formats for various resource types to BIBFRAME. Our analysis of the resulting transformations has helped us gain insight on mapping complexities, data loss, false transformations, potential new metadata displays, and the limitations of the tools involved. The experimentation process overall has afforded us the opportunity to ask targeted questions about what is needed to move towards linked data and to gain a better view of the frontier of Technical Services staff skillsets. In this panel presentation, we’ll share details about our approaches to maximizing the group learning experience, and lessons learned from grappling with new concepts, data models, terminology, and tools. Representatives from our experimentation teams will report on the initial experience of transforming MARC and non-MARC data sets to BIBFRAME, and what we see as emerging questions and next steps.Item Linked Data - The Future for Open Repositories?(2011-06-08) Stevenson, Adrian; UKOLN, University of BathItem Managing Assets as Linked Data with Fedora 4(2016-05-24) Woods, Andrew; DuraSpaceFedora is a flexible, extensible, open source repository platform for managing, preserving, and providing access to digital content. Fedora is used in a wide variety of institutions including libraries, museums, archives, and government organizations. Fedora 4 introduces native linked data capabilities and a modular architecture based on well-documented APIs and ease of integration with existing applications. Both new and existing Fedora users will be interested in learning about and experiencing Fedora 4 features and functionality first-hand. Attendees will be given pre-configured virtual machines that include Fedora 4 bundled with the Solr search application and a triplestore that they can install on their laptops and continue using after the workshop. These virtual machines will be used to participate in hands-on exercises that will give attendees a chance to experience Fedora 4 by following step-by-step instructions. Participants will learn how to create and manage content in Fedora 4 in accordance with linked data best practices, and how to search and run SPARQL queries against content in Fedora using the included Solr index and triplestore. This workshop is intended to be an introduction to Fedora 4 - no prior experience with the platform is required. Repository managers and librarians will get the most out of this workshop, though developers new to Fedora would likely also be interested. Attendees can expect to come away with a working understanding of Fedora's main features and benefits, and a clear path for adopting Fedora as a new repository platform or migrating from a previous version of Fedora.Item Radical Empathy at Work: Linked Data and Lifelong Learning(Texas Digital Library, 2019-09-11) Carbajal, Itza A.Item Session 3H | Gateway into Linked Data: Breaking silos with Wikidata(Texas Digital Library, 2021-05-26) Critchley, Nicole; Scott, Amanda; Aycock, MaryLinked data has been a hot topic in librarianship for the last decade, but technical, staffing, and budgetary barriers have prevented wide scale adoption. However, Wikidata has recently gained traction as a low obstacle way for GLAM institutions to participate in linked data projects. Texas State University has jumped enthusiastically into the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Wikidata Pilot, with eight participants and three projects. This work includes authority records for faculty, an oral history project, special collections archives, and journals from digital collections. We will provide a brief overview of Wikidata and the successes and challenges of the above projects.Item Session 3J | Preparing for a name disambiguation application for institutional repositories at Texas A&M University: the planning and test preparation stages(Texas Digital Library, 2021-05-26) Ho, Jeanette; Stokes, Charity; Creel, James; Chubaryan, TatyanaAt Texas A&M University Libraries, a cross-departmental task group was formed to examine possible solutions to the lack of authority control in the Libraries’ institutional repositories. It recommended the development of an app that would utilize internal identifiers and existing ones (ORCID, etc.) to disambiguate the names of persons and other entities. Our presentation will focus on the initial work of the task group in planning the app, and the cleanup of a sample of personal names to prepare for the testing of the future prototype of this app. Finally, we will highlight future steps for our project.Item "Think Different"(2014-04-15) Coyle, KarenLibrary practices are based on a rich history covering centuries of expert knowledge. That's the up-side. The down-side of that rich tradition is that there is so much of our practice that is based on "We've always done it that way." This talk will challenge you to "think different" about common practices and begin to imagine a very different library.Item Three Problems in Digital Libraries We Can Fix Now(2017-05-25) Perrin, Joy Marie; Texas Tech UniversityAs Texas Tech’s Digital Library has passed phase 2 of their Digital Library Initiative, phase 3 requires a broadening of our scope and looking at problems at the national level. There are three national level problems that have clear tasks and initiatives that can be tackled at the local level. Those problems are linked data, a new digital age for archival collections, and representing under-represented groups. This presentation will discuss the practical steps Texas Tech is making toward solving the problems and practical steps others can take to work toward solutions.Item Visualizing Metadata(2013-06-28) Ilik, Violeta; Texas A&M UniversityWe used Viewshare to generate and customize unique, dynamic views of data about various collections. We created interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds, and galleries that will allow users to experience our digital collections on a completely new level. We will report on the issues we faced while testing the Viewshare platform, and our suggestions for improvement that were sent to the creators of this interactive platform.