{"id":1198,"date":"2011-04-18T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_ideas\/2011\/04\/opening-data-opening-doors-cambridge-university-library\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T10:19:14","slug":"opening-data-opening-doors-cambridge-university-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_ideas\/2011\/04\/opening-data-opening-doors-cambridge-university-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Data &#8211; Opening Doors: Cambridge University Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally in this set of three &#8216;perspectives&#8217; session, Ed Chamberlain from Cambridge University Library.<\/p>\n<p>Why expose bibliographic data?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Natural follow on from philosophy of &#8216;meeting reader in their (online) place&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Already exposing data to others (OCLC, COPAC, SUNCAT etc.) &#8211; lots of work to setup each agreement and export &#8211; Open data approach might give easier way of approaching this<\/li>\n<li>Offer value for money (for taxpayer)<\/li>\n<li>Internal academic pressure &#8211; &#8216;we are being asked for data&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>e.g. use Rufus Pollock &#8211; wanted to do &#8216;analysis of size and growth of the public domain using CUL bibliographic data (<a href=\"http:\/\/rufuspollock.org\/tags\/eupd\">http:\/\/rufuspollock.org\/tags\/eupd<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The COMET (Cambridge Open METadata) project will be releasing large amounts of bibliographic data under an Open Data Commons License. Formats will include MARC21 and RDF &#8211; partnering with OCLC so linking into related services such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclc.org\/research\/activities\/fast\/default.htm\">FAST<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/viaf.org\/\">VIAF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ed thinks the library sector should have following ambitions around resource discovery:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Hope to see &#8216;long tail&#8217; effect &#8211; exposing data to large audience<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Out of domain&#8217; discovery<\/li>\n<li>Multiple points of discovery at multiple levels for multiple audiences<\/li>\n<li>Services for Undergraduates, for academics AND <em>for developers<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Practicalities\/Challenges:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Licensing\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: hyphen\">\n<li>While individual records may not be protected by copyright, collections of records may be &#8211; and often obtained by library from shared catalogue resources\/commercial suppliers under contract<\/li>\n<li>Ideal is full unrestricted access<\/li>\n<li>Better to publish data (as much as you can, even if necessary to have more restrictive licensing attached)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>RDF vocab and mappings &#8211; no standard<\/li>\n<li>Triplestores &#8211; for managing RDF &#8211; but new technology, seems complex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li>Strong platform for future development<\/li>\n<li>Linked formats and open licenses are virtuous pairing<\/li>\n<li>Huge scope for back office benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Need to also think beyond bibliography &#8211; what about holdings? libraries (physical locations)? librarians as linked data (!) 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