Post on 12-Jan-2016
The Future of Cataloguing? Future Cataloguers!
Jenn RileyAssociate Dean, Digital Initiatives, McGill Universityjenn.riley@mcgill.ca@jenlrile
It’s about the connections
https://linkedjazz.org/network/
http://hangingtogether.org/?p=4167
Cataloguing and metadata work as gardening
Photo by Temari 09; https://www.flickr.com/photos/34053291@N05/3875381418/
Planting
Photo by Center for International Forestry Research; https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/7995496995/
Reframing of metadata creation
https://thenounproject.com/term/note/35744/https://thenounproject.com/term/information/45188/
Pollinating
Photo by Holly Occhipinti; https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinti1/9488064980/
A new model – making connections
https://thenounproject.com/term/connection/25392/
Weeding
Photo by Transition Brockley; https://www.flickr.com/photos/transitionbrockley/5669450261/
Keep it growing
https://thenounproject.com/term/community-garden/6396/https://thenounproject.com/term/construction/5531/
Really, we can’t fix everything
https://xkcd.com/386/
For facts and for meaning
Domain experts and enthusiasts know more than we do And have more resources to devote to understanding of specific resources
Our value is in connections and curation And facilitating new knowledge by others
We don’t “own” the information ecosystem
We must do what it takes to scale up to current and future volumes of data
We will be increasingly reliant on others
For users: To mine usage data to provide more relevant and authoritative discovery To start from the most relevant information and provide easy means for quick
expansion To coherently display conflicting information
For cataloguers: To flag dead ends for review and action To mine and show candidate connections for review To highlight potentially conflicting information To hide complexity (URIs, etc)
We will be increasingly reliant on systems
The data and systems are all in the cloud
Library-based discovery less important but likely still around for a while
Several ways systems can navigate the graph Crawling Dereferencing Query federation (See http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/#htoc84)
So how will Linked Data systems work?
Creativity
Judgment
Quick analysis
Ability to see patterns
Good technical instincts
Trust
What skills are needed in the future for cataloguers?
Watch it grow!
https://thenounproject.com/term/garden/6515/
jenn.riley@mcgill.ca
@jenlrile
These presentation slides: http://www.jennriley.com/presentations/dbt2015/nurnberg.pptx
Vielen dank!