- From: Karen Coyle <kcoyle@kcoyle.net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:04:53 -0700
- To: public-lld@w3.org
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 > > -- > Till Kinstler > Verbundzentrale des Gemeinsamen Bibliotheksverbundes (VZG) > Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1, D 37073 Göttingen > kinstler@gbv.de, +49 (0) 551 39-13431, http://www.gbv.de > > > -- Karen Coyle kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
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