Infrastructure for heritage institutions – Open and Linked Data
Permalink: http://purl.org/cpl/3227 In my June 2020 post in this series, “Infrastructure for heritage institutions – change of course ” , I said: “The results of both Data Licences and the Data...
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Permalink: http://purl.org/cpl/3110 In the Digital Infrastructure program at the Library of the University of Amsterdam we have reached a first milestone. In my previous post in the Infrastructure for...
View ArticleInfrastructure for heritage institutions – change of course
Permalink: https://purl.org/cpl/3069 In July 2019 I published the first post about our planning to realise a “coherent and future proof digital infrastructure” for the Library of the University of...
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Permalink: https://purl.org/cpl/3017 In July 2019 I published the post Infrastructure for heritage institutions in which I described our planning to realise a “coherent and future proof digital...
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Permalink: https://purl.org/cpl/2795 During my vacation I saw this tweet by LIBER about topics to address, as suggested by the participants of the LIBER 2019 conference in Dublin: It shows a word...
View ArticleTen years linked open data
This post is the English translation of my original article in Dutch, published in META (2016-3), the Flemish journal for information professionals. Ten years after the term “linked data” was...
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View ArticleStandard deviations in data modeling, mapping and manipulation
Or: Anything goes. What are we thinking? An impression of ELAG 2015 Mapping pathways in Stockholm This year’s ELAG conference in Stockholm was one of many questions. Not only the usual questions...
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View ArticleLooking for data tricks in Libraryland
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On August 14 the IFLA 2014 Satellite Meeting ‘Linked Data in Libraries: Let’s make it happen!’ took place at the National Library of France in Paris. Rurik Greenall (who also wrote a very readable...
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Lingering gold at ELAG 2014 Locks in Bath Libraries tend to see themselves as intermediaries between information and the public, between creators and consumers of information. Looking back at the ELAG...
View ArticleLinked data or die!
Struggling towards usable linked data services at SWIB13 Paraphrasing some of the challenges proposed by keynote speaker Dorothea Salo, the unofficial theme of the SWIB13 conference in Hamburg might be...
View ArticleThe poor person’s linked open data workbench
Using discovery tools for presenting integrated information There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about library discovery tools. Basically, a library discovery tool provides a centrally...
View ArticlePhD, the final frontier – Part two: Reconnaissance
Tools and methods for PhD research and writing After my decision was made to attempt a scholarly career and aim for a PhD (see my first post in this series), I started writing a one page proposal. When...
View ArticleTen years linked open data
This post is the English translation of my original article in Dutch, published in META (2016-3), the Flemish journal for information professionals. Ten years after the term “linked data” was...
View ArticleMaps, dictionaries and guidebooks
Interoperability in heterogeneous library data landscapes Libraries have to deal with a highly opaque landscape of heterogeneous data sources, data types, data formats, data flows, data transformations...
View ArticleStandard deviations in data modeling, mapping and manipulation
Or: Anything goes. What are we thinking? An impression of ELAG 2015 Mapping pathways in Stockholm This year’s ELAG conference in Stockholm was one of many questions. Not only the usual questions...
View ArticleAnalysing library data flows for efficient innovation
In my work at the Library of the University of Amsterdam I am currently taking a step forward by actually taking a step back from a number of forefront activities in discovery, linked open data and...
View ArticleLooking for data tricks in Libraryland
IFLA 2014 Annual World Library and Information Congress Lyon – Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge After attending the IFLA 2014 Library Linked Data Satellite Meeting in Paris I...
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