VIDEO: OCLC Research Update (2018 ALA Annual Conference Presentation)

Here’s a video recording of the OCLC Research Update presentation given at the ALA 2018 Annual Conference in New Orleans on June 25, 2018.

…an overview of several active research projects with a special focus on a Linked Data Prototype developed in partnership with 16 libraries. This unique project uses out-of-the-box services from WikiMedia, other open source applications, and a high quality set of name entities available from FAST, VIAF, and Wikidata to prototype services to 1) reconcile names for people, organizations, concepts, places; and 2) create, edit, and share entity descriptions while also allowing for the contribution of additional contextual relationships between entities. Hear more about the project, insights gained by the partnerships, and next steps for the pilot.

Presenters

• Sharon Streams
• Andrew Pace
• Karen Smith-Yoshimura

Direct to Presentation Slides (.pptx)

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