Minutes for 03/23/2016

Union Catalog Committee Meeting Notes – March 23, 2016

BIBFRAME DISCUSSION/Linked Data:

• Mark – Asked for knowledge base from each member on the call.
  • Amy S. (Garfield) – Zepheira class, familiar with Denver Public Library usage of linked data.
  • Amy C. (CMC) – No background although she has done independent research.
  • Betsey  – Took Zepheira class
  • Karen N. – Took Zepheira class and is familiar with DPL usage.
  • Diane & Amy – have background similar to Amy S.
  • Gail N. – No background
  • Jo – Attended training
  • Jolanda – No specific training
  • Nicole B. – Researched but not strong knowledge
  • Jamie – Basic knowledge
  • Shelly – Basic knowledge
  • Lloyd – Attended Zepheira training
• Mark – creative work/properties/relationships, less text, more textural representation.
• Archives project – link to Wikipedia, genealogy.
• LTI – issue relying on “text-based matching” – Authority finds misspelling, sends back to correct.
• Lloyd – Learned at IUG that linked data URIs are available from authority vendors such as Backstage LTI is waiting for Library of Congress to tell them what to do.
• Mark – Some libraries are putting linking info (URIs) into $0 sub-field in MARC records.
• Mark
  • 1. Replacement for marc records with bibframe – update linked data
  • 2. How to make library records discoverable – waiting for III to download bibframe data. Google doesn’t care about bibframe – search for linked data – schema.org Site map may be doable for Pika
  • 3. Link data & marc mashup – 100 field, 0 subfield – link data source for titles we don’t have.
  • Link to VIAF database – Zepheira
• Amy – Publish holdings in bibframe, link to each other, Google recognizes links
• Mark – starting Google prefers schema.org – have library – schema.org LibHub link to the bibframe link.
• Google relying solely on schema.org.
• Pika admin – has links, define authors for individual building locations.
• Jamie – prominence – sidebar
• Mark – It’s Google’s choice
• Shelly – wants results for student holds only
• Nicole – uses Book Scholar, linked to journal resources well, but books do not, link to OCLC book data
• Mark – maybe give better data to Google?
• Amy – What can we do next?
• Mark – replace marc record with bibframe, wants to work on display and enhancement, i.e. author info, etc.
• Logan/JT/Mark – Author info enhanced in Pika Mark &
• ATI – Overdrive easy to add in a couple months, have linked date and authors.
• Next, do we populate marc records with linked data info?
• Timeline unknown Triple store – store links and where they link to.
• UCC – Something we want to do , look into this, does overlay affect link to authorities, UCC, discovery partners, etc.
• Karen N. – How do we push linked data as Mark’s priority?
• Mark – has no positive date
• Lloyd – exloring what vendors can do, LTI?
• Populate marc records with linked data
• Amy – Talking about Mark’s recommendation for what UCC can be doing
• Shelly – can subfield 0 be protected so it’s not overlaid
• Lloyd – you would have to protect the whole thing – field 100. May be able to do it in Pika or Triple Store instead of Sierra.
• Amy – follow up – what are members thinking about doing.
• Lloyd – avoid jumping ahead, spending money, changing standards
• Jamie – labor intensive – maintenance
• Amy – LibHub maintenance, labor, time is minimal
• Mark – no new labor since we already have data.
• Shelly – supports Mark Marmot does work, no outside vendors, etc. LibHub up for about a year, not renewing contract with Zepheira, we can use Marmot linked data instead.
• Lloyd – ask Logan MacDonald to attend next UCC meeting, possibly 30-45 minutes, including Q&A
• Nicole Becwar – Give examples to Mark of books that aren’t linking from Book Scholar
• Please send agenda items for next month’s UCC meeting to Jamie/Lloyd. Next Meeting April 20, 2016