Re: Comments on LLD from ExLibris

Thanks, Till. Edward Corrado also posted about it on his blog:

http://blog.ecorrado.us/2011/08/05/library-linked-data/

kc


Quoting Till Kinstler <kinstler@gbv.de>:

> Am 04.08.2011 18:15, schrieb Karen Coyle:
>
>> Carl Grant asked me to post the text of his blog post here, which I
>> should have thought of. This way it's in our email record, and it may
>> make discussion here more "fluid." Thanks, Carl.
>
> Yes, thanks to Carl Grant for writing this blog post, because it really
> gives some answers...
> And it adds well to Lukas Koster's email from a few days back, where he
> raised the question about the role of library software vendors in the
> linked data world...
>
>> The Library Linked Data Model ? from a librarian/vendor point of view
>> by Carl Grant, Chief Librarian, Ex Libris Group
>
> [...]
>
>> I was at the ELAG 2011 conference in Prague in the Czech Republic
>> recently and was sitting on a panel when an attendee asked the vendor
>> organizations on the panel (a representative of OCLC and me):  What were
>> our plans concerning Library Linked Data?
>
> I think this refers to my question in that discussion at ELAG.
> I think, I formulated the question a bit different, not directly
> referring to linked data. I asked in a very open way, what vendor's
> plans for future data models are in their new "cloudy" systems, when one
> of the major topics at ELAG 2011 were the problems with current data
> practices. We had a "MARC must die" workshop there, at the same time,
> LoC published its statement on the transformation of "the bibliographic
> framework", and at least every second contribution to ELAG 2011 was
> about necessary change in current data library data practices. Overall
> it is perhaps well (though a bit pathetically) summarized in this
> statement by Anders Söderbäck:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tillk/5775197941/ (in his presentation in
> the same session on the future of library systems that Carl is referring
> to).
> With my question, I wanted to see, if vendors are aware of the problems
> we discussed at ELAG and if they somehow see some connection with linked
> data.
> For me (and many others), it was disappointing, that the vendors didn't
> really give an answer (beyond "we support XML and N different record
> formats" and stressing the "openness" of the cloud data collections).
> They didn't mention linked data or conceptual shifts from a record
> centred to a graph (statement/link) oriented view, not even as something
> to consider or by saying "that's just a hype". And we were talking about
> library systems we will build our future on...
> So thank you, Carl, again for this blog post. That gives good answers.
> Something like that would have contributed to the discussion at ELAG 2011..
>
>> It is a very important
>> contribution to the development of new technology and helps to bring
>> ideas to life.  However, at this stage, for a vendor, it doesn?t help to
>> pay our staff or bills.
>
> Yes, that's what I suspect. And that's a totally fine and legitimate
> view for a vendor...
> But then the question then is: Who drives innovation in libraryland?
> Carl's blog post lists 4 good points, telling us, why vendors tend to be
> careful in the library world.
> And in the 4th point he mentions some common concerns about (open)
> community processes as well.
> So, but where does innovation come from, then?
> Could it be a solution, that vendors become (better) part of the (open)
> community processes?
>
>> Conceptually, we?re on board with the ideas behind the Library Linked
>> Data model and in fact, we?re designing our new system Alma with the
>> necessary capabilities at the core to support the Library Linked Data
>> model.
>
> That's good to hear. Because we are going to build the future of our
> library business on these systems in the foreseeable future...
>
> Just my 2 Cents...
>
> Again, thank you, Carl, for sharing this blog post,
> Till
>
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