Library Linked Data poster at the LIBER-2014 conference in Riga, Latvia: http://liber2014.wp.lnb.lv/programme/posters/abstracts-and-biographies/#LibraryLinkedDatainLatvia

1. LIBRARY
LINKED
DATA
IN
LATVIA
Uldis
Bojārs
·∙
National
Library
of
Latvia
·∙
ULDIS.BOJARS@LNB.LV
Current
State
of
Library
Linked
Data
Future
Developments
(In
Progress)
This
sec(on
is
focused
on
Library
Linked
Data
(LLD)
ac(vi(es
at
the
Na(onal
Library
of
Latvia.
We
are
not
aware
of
any
other
LLD
ac(vi(es
taking
place
in
Latvia.
Please
contact
us
if
you
have
addi(onal
informa(on
about
LLD
developments
in
Latvia.
Linked
Data
func(onality
in
recently-­‐developed
NLL
informa(on
systems
NLL
Digi(zed
Periodicals
Portal
(periodika.lndb.lv)
>
Linked
Data
about
structure
and
content
of
periodicals
NLL
Digital
Object
Management
System
>
Linked
Data
about
digital
objects
>
authority
records
contained
in
the
system
published
as
RDF
Challenges
and
Limita(ons:
• What
are
the
consumers
of
Library
Linked
Data?
• Lack
of
other
Library
Linked
Data
sources
in
Latvia
–
what
should
we
link
to?
• Linked
Data
is
not
a
high-­‐priority
func(onality
when
developing
library
informa(on
systems.
This
may
result
in
limited
implementa(ons
(due
to
budget
constraints).
NLL
Laboratory
(laboratorija.lndb.lv)
>
Research
resources:
text
corpus,
named
en(ty
DB
>
Experiments
with
represen(ng
these
resources
as
RDF
NLL
Authority
Data
at
the
Virtual
Interna(onal
Authority
File
(VIAF)
• Integrates
and
interlinks
authority
files
worldwide,
provides
links
to
Wikipedia
and
other
related
resources
>
VIAF
records
are
published
as
Linked
Data
• VIAF
publishes
Latvia
authority
records
supplied
by
NLL
Authority
Data
Collec(on
/
AutoritaXvo
datu
kolekcija
(ADK)
The
hub
for
Latvia’s
authority
data
with
links
to
related
informa(on
to
other
resources
in
Latvia
and
worldwide
• Integrate
Latvian
authority
data
from
mul(ple
sources:
NLL
and
other
cultural
heritage
ins(tu(ons,
VIAF
• Facilitate
reuse,
provide
informa(on
as
Linked
Data
Digital
collec(on
devoted
to
the
150th
Anniversary
of
Rainis
and
Aspazija
(in
2015)
–
famous
Latvian
poets
and
literature
classics,
popular
all
over
the
world
Pilot
project
for:
>
interlinking
digital
objects
from
mul(ple
sources:
libraries,
museums,
archives
>
exploring
how
to
use
Linked
Data
for
describing
diverse
resources
in
cultural
heritage
organiza(ons
• Improve
data
quality
in
NLL
informa(on
systems
(by
integra(ng
exis(ng
systems,
reusing
external
data
sources)
• Implement
RDA
(Resource
Descrip(on
and
Access)
guidelines
• Facilitate
collabora(on
with
other
cultural
organisa(ons
in
the
areas
of
Linked
Data
and
Open
Data
Wider
adop(on
of
Linked
Data
and
Open
Data
in
Latvia
Pilot
project:
Rainis
&
Aspazija
150th
Anniversary
Collec(on
Perspec(ves:
• Establish
a
competence
centre
for
Linked
Data
and
Open
Data
for
cultural
heritage
organisa(ons
in
Bal(c
states
• Make
Latvia’s
cultural
heritage
informa(on
a
part
of
the
worldwide
cultural
data
cloud
• Shia
the
focus
from
publishing
the
data
to
[re]using
it
for
connec(ng
cultural
informa(on
systems
and
enriching
library
users’
experience