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More library-related open data!
January 5th, 2009
You may have heard that lcsh.info - which explored how Library of Congress Subject Headings could be represented as a Semantic Web application - was closed down last month.
The good news is that there are now two new projects publishing library-related open data:
http://ckan.net/package/read/iconclass
http://ckan.net/package/read/hud-library-usagedata"
23 January 2011
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Introducing GetTheData.org: Ask and Answer Data Related Questions
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » Introducing GetTheData.org: Ask and Answer Data Related Questions: "Introducing GetTheData.org: Ask and Answer Data Related Questions
January 20th, 2011
The following post is by Tony Hirst, who has been working with Rufus Pollock of the Open Knowledge to create http://GetTheData.org/, a new question and answer site for data-related questions.
Where can I find a list of airports with their locations? Where can I find historical weather data? How do I find the county from a postcode or a state from a zipcode? How do I find a book title from its ISBN? What’s the best tool(s) for scraping data from websites? Is there a way to get RDF Linked Data in a format that you can use?"
January 20th, 2011
The following post is by Tony Hirst, who has been working with Rufus Pollock of the Open Knowledge to create http://GetTheData.org/, a new question and answer site for data-related questions.
Where can I find a list of airports with their locations? Where can I find historical weather data? How do I find the county from a postcode or a state from a zipcode? How do I find a book title from its ISBN? What’s the best tool(s) for scraping data from websites? Is there a way to get RDF Linked Data in a format that you can use?"
Go To Hellman: eBook Identifier Confusion Shakes Book Industry
Go To Hellman: eBook Identifier Confusion Shakes Book Industry: "The Book Industry has been experiencing tectonic shifts as it moves from the solid foundation of print-based production and distribution to digital forms. The so-called 'supply chain' is a long-standing edifice of the book industry being shaken by the resulting quakes. One of the strings holding the supply chain together is the ISBN, and it has proven to be reasonably robust. Still, there's been enough 'damage' to the ISBN and the supply chain it holds together that many participants in the book industry have been concerned for its integrity. (I wrote about the situation in July.)"
DigitalKoans » Blog Archive » Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography, Version 2
DigitalKoans » Blog Archive » Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography, Version 2: "Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography, Version 2
Version 2 of the Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship as an XHTML website with live links to many included works. This selective bibliography includes over 500 articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation. All included works are in English. It is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License."
Version 2 of the Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship as an XHTML website with live links to many included works. This selective bibliography includes over 500 articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation. All included works are in English. It is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License."
[1101.3186] Data Preservation in High Energy Physics
[1101.3186] Data Preservation in High Energy Physics: "Data from high-energy physics (HEP) experiments are collected with significant financial and human effort and are in many cases unique. At the same time, HEP has no coherent strategy for data preservation and re-use, and many important and complex data sets are simply lost. In a period of a few years, several important and unique experimental programs will come to an end, including those at HERA, the b-factories and at the Tevatron. An inter-experimental study group on HEP data preservation and long-term analysis (DPHEP) was formed and a series of workshops were held to investigate this issue in a systematic way. The physics case for data preservation and the preservation models established by the group are presented, as well as a description of the transverse global projects and strategies already in place."
ALCTS E-Forum on Digital Preservation | Celeripedean
ALCTS E-Forum on Digital Preservation | Celeripedean: "There was also a considerable amount of discussion around difficult file formats, especially challenges with video. It’s also really clear that a lot of people are trying to find ways to get institutional support and a sensible infrastructure for digital preservation activities. Creating relevant policies, effectively engaging administrators, and planning with few resources are clearly things all of those in this area have in common."
Personanondata: BISG eBook ISBN Study Findings Released
Personanondata: BISG eBook ISBN Study Findings Released: "BISG eBook ISBN Study Findings Released
BISG held a meeting last Thursday to review the findings from the eBook ISBN study which I conducted for the group. BISG intends to use this study as a first step in defining what the industry should do to identify eBooks and eContent for the future."
BISG held a meeting last Thursday to review the findings from the eBook ISBN study which I conducted for the group. BISG intends to use this study as a first step in defining what the industry should do to identify eBooks and eContent for the future."
Perceptions OCLC Membership Report [OCLC]
Perceptions OCLC Membership Report [OCLC]: "OCLC releases new membership report: Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 20 January 2011—Americans are using libraries a lot more as the economic downturn has impacted lives, careers and incomes. Americans see increased value in libraries and the value that libraries provide to their communities, and report even stronger appreciation of the value librarians bring to the information search experience, according to a new membership report by OCLC, a nonprofit library services and research organization.
Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community is a follow-up to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries."
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 20 January 2011—Americans are using libraries a lot more as the economic downturn has impacted lives, careers and incomes. Americans see increased value in libraries and the value that libraries provide to their communities, and report even stronger appreciation of the value librarians bring to the information search experience, according to a new membership report by OCLC, a nonprofit library services and research organization.
Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community is a follow-up to the 2005 Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. The new report provides updated information and new insights into information consumers and their online information habits, preferences and perceptions. Particular attention was paid to how the current economic downturn has affected information-seeking behaviors and how those changes are reflected in the use and perception of libraries."
Go To Hellman: 2010 Summary: Libraries are Still Screwed
Go To Hellman: 2010 Summary: Libraries are Still Screwed: "In mathematics, catastrophe theory is the study of nonlinear dynamical systems which exhibit points or curves of singularity. The behavior of systems near such points is characterized by sudden and dramatic changes resulting from even very small perturbations. The simplest sort of catastrophe is the fold catastrophe."
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