Linked Data Users Group

Linked Data for Libraries Users Group (LDUG)

The virtual Linked Data User Group's All-Users 2024 Fall Meeting featuring Ruth Kitchin Tillman, Cataloging Systems and Linked Data Strategist from Penn State University Libraries was held on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Waiting for Production: Making Use of Long Liminality

Cataloging and metadata workers operate in a space of unrealized promise. For over a decade, we've been told: linked data is coming, be ready! Now we hear: AI is coming, be ready! Yet in our day-to-day, many of us work with data structures that are older than we are. If you're not working on the few cutting-edge projects, how can you make use of the time? What is still worth doing even if the promised futures never materialize? This talk will take its grounding from research into the era of library automation and the worker experience of systems migration as well as the past decade of linked data development and experimentation.

Ruth Kitchin Tillman works on discovery, the library catalog, and linked data projects at Penn State University Libraries. Her current research focuses on library systems and the people who use and maintain them. She has written and presented on linked data, metadata encoding standards, library discovery, institutional repositories, and labor issues in libraries.For more information about Ruth Kitchin Tillman, visit ruthtillman.com .

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As a result of a successful Linked Data Summit held in March 2017, MCLS facilitated the formation of a multi-state Linked Data for Libraries Users Group. The purpose of the group will be for libraries to discuss the latest developments in Linked Data for libraries, share experiences, explore new products, and raise awareness.

Steering Committee Members:

Marianne Swierenga, Western Michigan University, MI (Chair)
Kathryn Bacone, Indianapolis Public Library, IN
Michael Bradford, Wayne State University Libraries, MI
Heidi Keppen Palmer, University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI
Jennifer Liss, Indiana University, IN
Julia Palos, Ball State University, IN

For questions, please contact:

Marianne Swierenga, Steering Committee Chair - marianne.swierenga@wmich.edu
Megan Dudek, MCLS - dudekm@mcls.org

Looking for resources or more information about linked data? Check out this list of resources from the steering committee.

Recordings of past meetings & events:

April 22 & 26, 2024 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2024 Wikidata Edit-a-thon: Indiana & Michigan Schools
Opening Event: Monday, April 22, 2024, 1-2:30 p.m. Eastern - Recording
Closing Event: Friday, April 26, 2024, 1-2 p.m. Eastern - Recording

Oct. 24, 2023 All-Users Group Meeting:
Future applications of AI in creating and managing library metadata
Speakers:
Philip E. Schreur - Deputy University Librarian, Stanford University Libraries
Caroline Saccucci - Chief of the U.S. Programs, Law, and Literature Division at the Library of Congress
Robin Fay - Cataloging/Metadata Librarian and Trainer
Recording link

April 17 & 21, 2023 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2023 Wikidata Edit-a-thon: Local Theatre Arts Organizations
Opening Event: Monday, April 17, 2023 - Recording 
Closing Event: Friday, April 21, 2023 - Recording 

Nov. 2, 2022 All-Users Group Meeting:
Library System's Readiness for Linked Data: Presentation by Marshall Breeding
Recording link
Recording link-YouTube

April 25 & 29, 2022 Wikidata Events:
Spring 2022 Wikidata Edit-A-Thon: Indiana and Michigan Book Awards, opening event link & closing event link - Virtual exploration of Wikidata and the award-winning books from and about Indiana and Michigan, presented by MCLS's Linked Data Users Group

Oct. 28, 2021 All-Users Group Meeting:
The Making of Enslaved.org  - Presentation by Seila Gonzalez Estrecha and Dean Rehberger, Matrix (the Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University)

Oct. 15, 2020 All-Users Group Meeting:
Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian: Q&A with the Authors - Discussion with Cory Lampert, Darnelle Melvin, and Anne Washington

Nov. 13, 2019 All-Users Group Meeting:  
Download a recording: LD Users Group Meeting 11-13-19.mp4
Linked Data Models and Their Implications for Search  - Presentation by Stephen Hearn, University of Minnesota
Linked Data In Inspire  - Presentation by Maurine McCourry, Hillsdale College
Making the Future Happen With MARCEdit  - Presentation by Robin Fay

Nov. 7, 2018 All-Users Group Meeting:
Download a recording: LD Users Group Meeting 11-7-18.mp4
Slides from Andrew Weidner's "Planting Cedar" presentation

May 2, 2018 All-Users Group Meeting:
Semantic Web, Authority Control, and You - Presentation by Jennifer Liss, Indiana University
Library.Link Network Update from Zepheira - Presentation by Jeff Penka, Zepheira, LLC
Q&A Recording: LDUG_Meeting_Recording_05022018.mp4
Meeting Chat

Download a recording of 10/4/17 Users Group meeting: LD Users Group meeting 1 - 10-4-17.mp4