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Structured data, Web 2.0, libraries Lorcan Dempsey Computers in libraries Washington DC 23 March 2006
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Structured data, Web 2.0, libraries. Lorcan Dempsey Computers in libraries Washington DC 23 March 2006. Overview. $. Releasing value. Flat applications Lightweight service composition and web services Rich interaction Ajax. ‘Data is the new functionality’ Make data work harder - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Structured data,Web 2.0,libraries
Lorcan Dempsey
Computers in libraries Washington DC 23 March 2006
Overview
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Releasing value
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Web 2.0
Flat applications Lightweight service
composition and web services
Rich interaction Ajax
‘Data is the new functionality’
Make data work harder
‘Participation’
Tim O’Reilly
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Outline
Lightweight service composition Audience Level web service greasemonkey script
Ajax – rich interaction Live Search
Make data work harder: (new) FictionFinder Audience level
Participation reviews and WikiD
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Light weight service composition
Example Audience level web
service Greasemonkey script to expose in Amazon and
Open WorldCat
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Audience LevelFeatures:
Human- and machine-readable interface that resolves OCLC record number or ISBN to probable audience level
Uses type-of-library holdings data in WorldCat to calculate audience levels for books represented in WorldCat
School 0Public 0.33Academic 0.66ARL 1.00
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Audience levelWeb service
Greasemonkey script interacts with webService and inserts result in web page.
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The selfish gene The world is flat Theories of the information society
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Ajax
Example: Livesearch Quick searches target
with each additional keystroke of search term/phrase
Retrieves ordered, FRBR-inspired results
Narrow-by Dewey attributes
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Phoenix LCSH
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Making data work harder
FictionFinder Interface that supports
searching & browsing of fiction materials cataloged in WorldCat
Retrieves ordered, FRBR-inspired results
Faceted browse New interface available
1st quarter 2006
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Alphabetical browse display in redesigned interface
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Nearly 20,000 works retrievedThe work record for Don Quixoterepresents 2,300+ editions
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Don Quixote work viewaggregates information from 2,367 editions in 40,212 libraries
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Don Quixote work view limited to Spanish language editions ordered by latest publication date
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Link to OCLC WorldCat Find in a Library Service
Edition (manifestation)record display
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Results ranked bylibrary holdings
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Reorderedby title
5 libraries
2368 libraries
211 libraries
9146 libraries
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Special indexesfor fiction
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Related works linked
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Flat applications Lightweight service
composition and web services
Rich interaction Ajax
‘Data is the new functionality’
Make data work harder
‘Participation’
Tim O’Reilly
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Useful links OCLC Research site: http://www.oclc.org/research/ OCLC FictionFinder
Interface: http://fictionfinder.oclc.org Project page:
http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/fictionfinder.htm
Audience Level ResearchWorks info page
http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/audience/
