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Professionalism + Leadership at Every Level

Information Management

Discovering Diversity through Linked Data

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
11:15am – 12:15pm EDT
Location: Hynes-311
Library catalogs are transitioning from traditional Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) to linked data to facilitate discovery and interoperability with metadata created outside the library community. These initiatives increase visibility of resources beyond the library catalog. This program will provide an overview of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) to increase visibility of library resources to make them accessible in an open web. As a case study, the Homosauraus, international linked data vocabulary of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) will be introduced to promote inclusivity in metadata and to adapt the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into the library catalog.

This program is sponsored by the Library Systems & Resource Discovery SIS.

Target Audience:

Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarians, Technical Services Librarians, Digital Initiative Librarians, System Services Librarians, Information Technology Librarians, Scholarly Communications Librarians, Reference Services Librarians, Instructional Services Librarians, Library Directors.

Takeaways:

  • Participants will be able to describe a triple structure of RDF to explore possibilities of crafting library data for the semantic web.
  • Participants will be able to list three challenges in implementing linked data in their libraries.
  • Participants will be able to explain how a linked data compliant alternative vocabulary will advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in online library catalogs.