How do Libraries Find their Way onto the Semantic Web?

Borst, Timo; Fingerle, Birgit Inken; Neubert, Joachim; Seiler, Anette

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“…Dublin Core provides a vocabulary for describing the essential features of cultural objects (creators, relationships with other resources, subject indexing, etc.) in an appropriate manner for the Semantic Web [12]. FOAF is an ontology describing persons, their activities and their relations to other people and objects.…”

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Current state of Linked Data in digital libraries

Hallo

Luján-Mora

Maté

et al. 2015

Journal of Information Science

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The Semantic Web encourages institutions, including libraries, to collect, link and share their data across the Web in order to ease its processing by machines to get better queries and results. Linked Data technologies enable to connect related data on the Web using the principles outlined by Tim Berners-Lee in 2006. Digital libraries have great potential to exchange and disseminate data linked to external resources using Linked Data. In this paper, a study about the current uses of Linked Data in digital libraries including the most important implementations in the world is presented. The study focuses on selected vocabularies and ontologies, benefits and problems encountered in implementing Linked Data on digital libraries. Besides, it also identifies and discusses specific challenges that digital libraries presents offering suggestions for ways in which libraries can contribute to the Semantic Web. The study uses an adapted methodology for literature review, to find data available to answer research questions. It is based on the information found in the library websites recommended by W3C Library Incubator Group in 2011, and scientific publications from Google Scholar, Scopus, ACM, and Springer from the last 5 years. The selected libraries for the study are National Library of France, Europeana Library, Library of Congress, British Library, and National Library of Spain. In this paper, we outline the best practices found in each experience and identify gaps and future trends.

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Current state of Linked Data in digital libraries

Hallo

Luján-Mora

Maté

et al. 2015

Journal of Information Science

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“…Alemu et al (2012) and Borst et al (2010) described that linked data technologies have eliminated the chances of duplicity of information on the Web. Tillett (2013) also noted that space problems of libraries will be solved by putting information resources on the Web, and Web will not allow the chances of duplication.…”

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Application of linked data technologies in digital libraries: a review of literature

Raza

Mahmood

Warraich

2019

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Purpose This paper aims to describe how linked data technologies can change the digital library collections, what are the benefits of linked data applications in digital libraries and what are the challenges of digital libraries in linked data environment. Design/methodology/approach The present study is based on substantial literature review on the applications of linked data technologies in digital libraries. The search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Google Scholar were used to find the relevant literature for the study. Online databases such as Pro Quest, Science Direct, Emerald and JSTORE were also used to find the relevant literature of the study. Databases of Library Sciences Library and Information Science and Technology Abstracts and Library Information Science Abstracts were also used to find the relevant literature of the study. Library, linked data technologies, Semantic Web, digital library and digital collections were the main keywords which were used to find the relevant literature for the study. Findings The evolution of linked data technologies and Semantic Web has changed the traditional role of the libraries. Traditional libraries are converting into digital libraries and digital libraries are in a struggle to publish their resources on the Web using XML-based metadata standards. It has made capable the digital collections to be viewed by machines on the Web just like human. On the emergence of linked data applications in digital libraries, Web visibility of the libraries has been enhanced to provide the opportunities for the users to find their required quality information of libraries round-the-clock on the Web. National Library of France, National Library of Spain, Europeana, Digital Public Library of Americana, Library of Congress and The British Library have taken the initiatives to publish their resources on the Web using linked data technologies. Originality/value This study present several key issues for policy makers, software developers, decision makers and library administrators about linked data technologies and its implementations in digital libraries. The present study may play its role to facilitate the users of the Web who are enthusiastically interested to exploit the quality and authentic library resources on the Web round-the-clock. Search engines will also achieve their longstanding goal to exploit the quality resources of the libraries for their Web users to make their Web appearance more credible and trustworthy.

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“…In all, 35 papers aim to explore specific approaches and methodologies regarding the linked data movement. Borst et al [165] presented advanced applications at the Library of Congress and the Swedish National library as well as linked data approaches and tools in the library and cultural heritage domain. Haslhofer and Schandl [166] addressed the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and presented the OAI2LOD Server, which republished metadata originating from an OAI-PMH endpoint according to the principles of linked data.…”

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Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

Gaitanou

Andreou

Sicilia

et al. 2022

Journal of Information Science

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The Semantic Web in general and the Linked Open Data Initiative, in particular, are a growing movement for organisations to make their existing data available in a machine-readable format. Thus, institutions are highly encouraged to publish, share and interlink their data publicly. The more data are opened on the Web (Open Data), the more integrated sets of data will be connected in the Semantic Web (Linked Open Data). Within this context, libraries can complement their data by linking it to other, external data sources. The purpose of this article is to identify papers that refer to linked data in libraries, emphasising the ways that linked data empower libraries to put their knowledge in the context of the open-world, thus enhancing semantic technology innovations. The study considered papers published between 2008 and 2019 in English and presents the collected literature by grouping it according to the topic each paper refers to. The results show that libraries are facing a period of continuing change which present several challenges and indicate that they are moving towards developing new practices, policies and services.

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How do Libraries Find their Way onto the Semantic Web?

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Current state of Linked Data in digital libraries

Current state of Linked Data in digital libraries

Application of linked data technologies in digital libraries: a review of literature

Linked data for libraries: Creating a global knowledge space, a systematic literature review

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