Data Science & Metadata Research
To be discoverable by today’s online users, traditional library data must be transformed. OCLC Research analyzes bibliographic data to derive new meaning, insights, and services for use by library and information seekers. This work includes special projects in metadata enrichment, authorities & identities, linked data, subjects & classification, and data analysis.
Presentations
From Prototype to Production: Turning Good Ideas into Useful Library Services
Washington, DC (USA)
This session explores two projects at different points of the prototype-to-production workflow: IIIF (integration of the International Image Interoperability Framework) into a digital discovery environment; and a Linked Data Wikibase prototype (reconciliation tool and editor built to match library metadata workflows) transitioning to production. Temple University presents from the experimenter and practitioner point of view.
Topics: IIIF, Linked Data
CONTENTdm IIIF Discovery API
Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Jeff Mixter details how OCLC Research built a Change Discovery API for all 14.4 million CONTENTdm items using the current IIIF Change Discovery API v0.2 spec, as well as current and future plans for the service.
Topics: IIIF
Lightening Talk - IIIF R&D at OCLC Research
Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
This presentation provides an overview of OCLC Research's current work in IIIF, including IIIF Discovery API implementation and IIIF Manifest harvesting.
Topics: IIIF, Linked Data
Why IIIF
Columbus, OH (USA)
In this presentation, a cross-divisional team at OCLC describes their current work in IIIF and its usefulness with CONTENTdm.
Topics: IIIF
The Interoperability Imperative: A Discussion of the Fractured Technical Landscape
New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Changes to the evolving scholarly record are being driven by evolutions in technology. Tennant explores how interoperability is becoming a key priority with efforts to improve workflows for researchers and reduce admin burden, how research data management is growing in importance, and more.
Topics: IIIF
IIIF at OCLC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Mixter provides an overview of standards work at OCLC and the ways OCLC is productionizing IIIF, including its use in CONTENTdm's image and presentation APIs.
Topics: IIIF, Linked Data