The UC Davis BIBFLOW Project Michael Colby Principal
The UC Davis BIBFLOW Project Michael Colby Principal Cataloger and Music Librarian University of California Davis Library February 24, 2017
Overview of BIBFLOW Project • A research project that will address questions like “What impact will adoption of BIBFRAME have on technical services workflows in an academic library”? • Its primary purpose is to understand the ecosystem, test solutions, and provide a roadmap of how libraries can iteratively migrate to linked data without disrupting patron or business services.
Overview of BIBFLOW Project • A 2 -year project of the UC Davis University Library and Zepheira, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (May 2014 – April 2016) • Official title: “Reinventing Cataloging: Models for the Future of Library Operations”
Roadmap: Primary Stakeholders Human Discovery LD Catalog Interface ILS Triplestore Vendors Machine Discovery
Pull Authority Data Discovery Interface Exchange Circulation Data Pull Graphs Push User Contributions SPARQL Endpoint Respond to Machine Queries Push Triplestore Push Thin MARC Pull Schema Pull Triples DB OCLC BIBFLOW: SCRIBE LD Cataloging ILS Pull Authorities Catalogue / Ingest URI Based Marc MARC URI Pull Authorities Push Native Operation or Ingest Script / Tool (All other transactions are via API / Endpoint)
Composer: Weill, Kurt, 1900 -1950 Title: Die Dreigroschenoper Call number: M 1503. W 45 D 7 2000 (not checked out) Location: Shields Library Publisher: Miami, Fla. : European American Music Corp. Publication date: 2000 Format: 1 vocal score (123 p. ) ; 31 cm Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920 s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. Show more. . . Shields Library
Graph Building (user inquiry, bibliographic, authority information) Triples in the rectangle form a record view which is displayed to a user via the discovery interface
Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore ILS BIBFLOW: SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB MARC URI OCLC Schema. org Authorities
Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore ILS BIBFLOW: SCRIBE LD Cataloging DB MARC URI OCLC Schema. org Authorities
Discovery Interface SPARQL Endpoint Triplestore Push Thin MARC OCLC DB ILS MARC URI BIBFLOW: SCRIBE LD Cataloging Authorities
The Importance of Authority Work
Pull Authority Data Discovery Interface Exchange Circulation Data Pull Graphs Push User Contributions SPARQL Endpoint Respond to Machine Queries Push Triplestore Push Thin MARC Pull Schema Pull Triples DB OCLC BIBFLOW: SCRIBE LD Cataloging ILS Pull Authorities Catalogue / Ingest URI Based Marc MARC URI Pull Authorities Push Native Operation or Ingest Script / Tool (All other transactions are via API / Endpoint)
What did BIBFLOW achieve? • A roadmap that serves as a bridge from MARC to linked data MARC Roadmap Linked Data • The roadmap provides intermediate steps for libraries to eventually move away from MARC entirely.
Acknowledgements Carl Stahmer, BIBFLOW Project Manager, provided many of the Power. Point slides used in this presentation.
BIBFLOW: A Roadmap for Success Thank you!
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