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Local library data in the new global framework

2011 has in a sense been the year of library linked data. Not that libraries of all kinds are now publishing and consuming linked data in great numbers. No. But we have witnessed the publication of the final report of the W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group, the […]

January 5, 2012February 14, 2020Libraryauthority files, bibligraphic framework, bibliographic formats, catalog, frbr, innovation, integration, libraries, library systems, linked data, metadata, rdf, semantic web

Who needs MARC?

Why use a non-normalised metadata exchange format for suboptimal data storage? This week I had a nice chat with André Keyzer of Groningen University library and Peter van Boheemen of Wageningen University Library who attended OCLC’s Amsterdam Mashathon 2009. As can be expected from library technology geeks, we […]

May 15, 2009November 3, 2020Generalaacr2, authority files, bibliographic formats, dublin core, exlibris, formats, library systems, mab, metadata, metalib, openurl, pica+, rda, sfx, sru, srw