Library Linked Data in the Cloud

Library Linked Data in the Cloud
Author: Carol Jean Godby
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2015-05-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1627052208

This book describes OCLC’s contributions to the transformation of the Internet from a web of documents to a Web of Data. The new Web is a growing ‘cloud’ of interconnected resources that identify the things people want to know about when they approach the Internet with an information need. The linked data architecture has achieved critical mass just as it has become clear that library standards for resource description are nearing obsolescence. Working for the world’s largest library cooperative, OCLC researchers have been active participants in the development of next generation standards for library resource description. By engaging with an international community of library and Web standards experts, they have published some of the most widely used RDF datasets representing library collections and librarianship. This book focuses on the conceptual and technical challenges involved in publishing linked data derived from traditional library metadata. This transformation is a high priority because most searches for information start not in the library, nor even in a Web-accessible library catalog, but elsewhere on the Internet. Modeling data in a form that the broader Web understands will project the value of libraries into the Digital Information Age. The exposition is aimed at librarians, archivists, computer scientists, and other professionals interested in modeling bibliographic descriptions as linked data. It aims to achieve a balanced treatment of theory, technical detail, and practical application.

Taking Our Pulse

Taking Our Pulse
Author: Jackie M. Dooley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2010
Genre: Libraries
ISBN: 9781556533877

A report of an OCLC Research survey of library special collections holdings and practices at selected institutions in the United States and Canada. Numerous charts and tables summarizing responses are included. Recommendations for best practices are also provided.

Understanding the Collective Collection

Understanding the Collective Collection
Author: Lorcan Dempsey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013
Genre: Collection development (Libraries)
ISBN: 9781556534614

A compilation of previously-published articles and reports authored by OCLC Research staff and collaborators and published between 2006 and 2013. This collection focuses on the changes in focus, boundaries and value of library collections as the shift from primarily hardcopy (e.g., print) collections to digital resources and networks occurs in libraries.

Basic Research Methods for Librarians

Basic Research Methods for Librarians
Author: Ronald R. Powell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Library science
ISBN: 9781591581031

Any library that does not have a copy of Basic Research Methods for Librarians ought to acquire this edition, and many library schools will want to put it on the list of required readings. It remains the best book on its subject.

Reordering Ranganathan

Reordering Ranganathan
Author: Lynn Connaway Silipigni
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2018-08-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781556534737

This report suggests that Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science can be reordered and reinterpreted to reflect today's library resources and services, as well as the behaviors that people demonstrate when engaging with them.

The New Testament as Canon

The New Testament as Canon
Author: Brevard S. Childs
Publisher: Continuum
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781563380891

In this classic study, Childs sets forth the canonical approach to understanding the New Testament and provides a canonical examination of the entire New Testament corpus. The book concludes with four discourses on such topics as the hermeneutical problem of the New Testament text criticism, the interpretation of the parables within a canonical context, and a review of selected commentaries for pastor and teacher.

Academic Library Impact

Academic Library Impact
Author: Lynn Silipigni Connaway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Academic libraries
ISBN: 9780838989760

Best practices developed by the profession in capturing and emphasizing academic libraries' contributions to student learning, success, and experience.