This page serves as a centralized compilation of information relevant to current discussion and work of the UT Linked Data Learning Group. Sections below are maintained by group co-facilitators, as informed by group interest and needs.
[Placeholder for near future link: For an introduction to linked data, the semantic web, and recommended readings to understand linked data for libraries and archives, see the Linked Data page on UT Libraries' Metadata Basics LibGuide.]
Linked Data in Alma/Primo Library Services Platform
For current LSP feature information, see the dedicated page Alma/Primo Linked Data Features.
IGeLU/ELUNA Linked Open Data Community of Practice and Working Group
This group focuses on linked data in ExLibris products (including Alma/Primo), hosts community meetings, and maintains a page of resources.
list-serv: https://exlibrisusers.org/postorius/lists/lod.exlibrisusers.org/
presentation recordings of IGeLU and ELUNA Show&Tell: https://www.youtube.com/c/IGeLUandELUNAShowTell
slack channel: igelu-eluna-siwg.slack.com#linked-data (email Xaoli Li if interested to join)
user story collection form: Google doc
URIs in Ex Libris Products: Report of current conditions and best practices, May 24, 2022
Updates from the field - resources, presentations, and other links pulled from meeting notes
Experimenting with Excerpt/Insert Excerpt macros
2025-07-23
Announcements:
Call for TCDL planning committee is open https://www.tdl.org/2025/07/tcdl-2026-call-for-committee-members/
LD4 conference is next week! https://2025ld4.sched.com/ https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/ld4-community-site/conferences Sessions on Wikidata, Arches, Alma Primo
Updates from the field:
Library of Congress June 2025 BIBFRAME Update Forum Monday, June 30, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT - Recording link
OCLC cataloging community meeting - Elliot attended, heard about effort to transform Dewey into linked data, for concepts
Primo Person cards/pages - submitted ideas generated in this group to Ex Libris Idea Exchange for Primo:
add an option for users to request more information about a person, giving user communities agency to prioritize authority work by information professionals - related to NACO “Lite” and EMCO
Analysis of Wikidata item changes, presentation by Josh Conrad https://utexas.box.com/s/csbec4ehs0jx1illq37ivo08nrm4r8zx
2025-06-25
Updates from the field - lots of upcoming webinars/conference sessions:
Library of Congress June 2025 BIBFRAME Update Forum coming up Monday, June 30, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT via Zoom.
Recording link will be posted to the Library of Congress BIBFRAME site.
ALA Linked Data sessions (June 26-30) (Paloma attending ALA, will take notes and report out next meeting)
OCLC cataloging community meeting – new developments in OCLC cataloging, including plans for BIBFRAME
The Mothman Properties: Exploring linked data at West Virginia University
BIBFRAME in Production: Practical Insights and Case Studies from UC Davis and Penn Libraries
Making It Real: Preparing for BIBFRAME in Public Libraries
PCC and Linked Data: Successes and Challenges of Implementing Linked Data
ELUNA conference sessions
Debrief on Open Data presentation from 4/23:
What could RDS do with Linked Open Data?
Since UT Libraries and other Texas Digital Library members are using the Texas Data Repository, perhaps the Linked Data Notification API in Dataverse feature could be useful?
seems more like citation notification, as opposed to linked data applications we are used to thinking about
Related recent paper: Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Search in Dataverse (2023)
https://coar-notify.net/use-cases/linking/ (most relevant for our many sites?)
Debrief on Primo Person card and page user study from 4/23:
See Person cards/pages in UTL Primo Sandbox environment
Irene Sibi’s user study project report:
2025-04-23
Updates from the field:
Getting Started with LC BIBFRAME in Alma session on 4/22, hosted by ELUNA/IGeLU Linked Open Data Community of Practice Working Group.
Melanie’s notes from meeting.
Several resources shared ahead of the meeting:
“Using the Ex Libris API Console: Adding, Updating, and Deleting BIBFRAME records “by the each” (Healther Pretty, Memorial University of Newfoundland) -- [video, 22 minutes]
Using the Ex Libris API Console (slides)
“Discussion on Importing BIBFRAME with the Alma API Jupyter Notebook” (Jim Hahn, University of Pennsylvania) -- [video, 15 minutes]
“Importing BIBFRAME into Alma with Python” (Stefan Schuh, Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd.) -- [Python code on GitHub]
Additionally, if you’d like to explore the features mentioned in the resources above in your own Alma environment, you'll need to:
Enable BIBFRAME features following instructions outlined in the “Enabling BIBFRAME Features” document
Set up an API Key (instructions are in this slide presentation)
Open data presentation by Michael Shensky and Bryan Gee, UT Libraries Research Data Services
Example of open data: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
User study on the Primo Person card and page presentation by Irene Sibi, HRC FWS employee and UT iSchool student - Slides
2025-03-26
ALA Core Interest week
Paloma and Elliot attended Jim Hahn’s session on the BIBFRAMinator
Resources from conversation about Linked Open Data
https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/lod/index.html
https://www.ontotext.com/knowledgehub/fundamentals/linked-data-linked-open-data/
https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/Linked_Data_Getty_Vocabularies.pdf
2025-02-26
Linked Art 1.0 specifications, a collaborative effort between the Getty and Yale to establish a standard for art and cultural heritage collections, and the model behind Yale’s LUX research platform, are now available as of Feb. 19.
ExLibris
Alma and Primo LOD (and AI) roadmap highlights:
The ELUNA/IGeLU Linked Open Data Community of Practice Working Group is hosting a “Getting Started with LC BIBFRAME Data in Alma” session (free, registration required) on April 22.
Alma Idea Exchange recent post called “linked-data-powered sets and collections”
PCC
PCC Participants Meeting, February 13 (agenda | recordings)
ALA
ALA Core Interest Groups Week, March 3-7
MARC Formats Transition Interest Group offering a free series of Linked Data-related presentations on March 6, 3-4pm, as part of the ALA Core offerings.
There are other Linked Data related presentations in the week’s program, including one on “The BIBFRAMinator” browser plugin (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bibframinator/ ) by Jim Hahn at the University of Pennsylvania.
LD4
LD4 Conference 2025 SAVE THE DATE - July 28-30