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Showing papers in "Journal of Library Metadata in 2019"


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TL;DR: The authority control concept and process in the MARC-based legacy environment will not meet the requirements of linked data, and the future of authority control lies in following closely the linked data principles.
Abstract: Within the past few years, the calls for transforming library data into linked data have become more and more frequent. The purpose of this study is to discuss the future of authority contr...

12 citations


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Amber Billey1
TL;DR: This paper argues that cataloging practice should return to a simpler, pre-RDA authority record to curb catalog bias and insure personal data privacy for authors and contributors in the authors' authority files.
Abstract: Neutrality is a core tenet of librarianship, although it is widely accepted that cataloging is not a neutral act. In 1876, Charles Ammi Cutter outlined the model for a library catalog. That model r...

8 citations


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TL;DR: The integration of the EHRI name authorities for camps and ghettos intoWikidata demonstrates how the linked open data capacities of Wikidata can be used to enhance local metadata and expand the reach of that data.
Abstract: This paper will discuss how the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) leveraged Wikidata to expand and enhance its authority records for Holocaust-era camps and ghettos. As an i...

8 citations


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Moira Downey1
TL;DR: The shift from traditional authority files to author identifiers is considered, highlighting some of the challenges and possibilities and recommendations surrounding a technical approach to leveraging author Uniform Resource Identifiers at Duke are briefly considered.
Abstract: Linked data solutions for name authority control in digital libraries are an area of growing interest, particularly among institutional repositories (IRs). This article first considers the ...

7 citations


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TL;DR: The rationale for creating and maintaining Cedar, a linked data controlled vocabulary management system for the University of Houston (UH) Libraries, including the systems that support and extend its functionality is described.
Abstract: This article describes the rationale for creating and maintaining Cedar, a linked data controlled vocabulary management system for the University of Houston (UH) Libraries, including the systems that support and extend its functionality. It also discusses the design process for Cedar, its interfaces, the vocabulary generation and management process, and how Cedar is utilized by UH Libraries systems and workflows. The article concludes with a discussion of issues encountered during application development, questions remaining to be answered around establishing policies for local term creation, lessons learned, and future plans for Cedar use and development.

6 citations


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TL;DR: An overview of Arab and international organizations that promulgate library metadata standards and linked data services is given, ranging from those whose sole purpose is the setting of standards andlinked data technology, to those that develop standards and provide linked data as subsidiary services.
Abstract: This article aims to give an overview of Arab and international organizations that promulgate library metadata standards and linked data services—ranging from those whose sole purpose is th...

5 citations


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TL;DR: The process in creating a shared regional authority file of personal names and corporate bodies existing in digital collection metadata records in several institutions throughout the Western United States is explored.
Abstract: The prospect of authority control in digital libraries creates unique challenges. Digital library systems and software often do not support integrated authority control, which can create is...

4 citations


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TL;DR: The SeRRR strategy will allow scholars to use a form of ‘call and response’ with metadata to understand the lived (and death) experiences of Black women as Alice Walker did during her search for Zora Neal Hurston.
Abstract: This study used statistical topic modeling to examine 800,000 documents within HathiTrust and JSTOR databases to identify the kinds of discourses in books, poetry, newspapers, and journals related ...

4 citations


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TL;DR: The steps that enable BIBFRAME Pilot participants to complete authority work in a Linked Data environment are explored and the limitations, opportunities, and successes encountered by participants as they interact with name authority data as Linked data are addressed.
Abstract: The LC/NACO Authority File is a large cooperatively-maintained authority file that also functions as the Library of Congress local name authority file. In the Library of Congress BIBFRAME Pilots, c...

3 citations


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TL;DR: Information is shared about the creation and development of the system, the workflows and processes for uniform resource identifiers creation, management, and dissemination, as well as address mistakes that were made as early adopters for other institutions to consider before creating and managing their own local name authority files.
Abstract: This article discusses Opaquenamspace.org, the controlled vocabulary manager that assists with the local, regional, and national linked open data authority work for Oregon Digital, the shared digit...

3 citations


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TL;DR: The process that it used to identify a “core” set of metadata elements for all resources that would be stored within the DAME, and their recommendations for a three-tiered approach to address different levels of completeness are described.
Abstract: In 2017, a working group was formed at Texas A&M University Libraries to propose policies that would ensure the quality and consistency of descriptive metadata in the Libraries’ new DAME (D...

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TL;DR: This work assesses the local corporate names metadata, reconciling these names against existing authorities, and devising and executing an RDF model for unreconciled names in support of the new linked data environment.
Abstract: The development and implementation of a new digital collections system built on the Linked Data Platform has provided University of Maryland Libraries with an ideal opportunity to prototype...