Video: Semantic Technologies & Linked Data for Digitized Collections

Video of METRO Event

Semantic Technologies & Linked Data for Digitized Collections
The presentation took place on March 7, 2012 during a meeting of the  METRO Digitization Special Interest Group

Co-Conveners

Cynthia Tobar, CUNY Graduate Center
Leah Loscutoff, Brooklyn Historical Society

Speakers

Ben Vershbow, Manager, NYPL Labs
Doug Reside, Digital Curator of Performing Arts, NYPL

Description

How can librarians and archivists keep up with the soaring demand for content findability within their growing digital collections? This is something many search engines have not yet caught up with. However, by publishing data on the web as Linked Data, the web appears as a giant global database. As a result, some museums, libraries, and other data repositories are turning towards crowdsourcing, semantic technologies and linked data solutions, inviting volunteers to assist them with everything from transcribing rare archival documents, to annotating images and geographical datasets.
This panel will address the challenges and benefits of launching linked data and digital crowdsourcing projects, and panelists will discuss ways that sharing this type of knowledge work with the general public serves their institutions and changes the ways that staff interact with their public.
Topics addressed included:
– Improving access to and visibility of sources for researchers
– Workflow and platforms
– The unanticipated benefits and challenges of deploying such projects

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