by the University Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MarcEdit’s linked data tool is somewhat experimental, but it allows users to automatically generate links to resolve access points from the LC or OCLC VIAF authority records. Using this […]
Eben English and Steven Carl Anderson Perhaps you’ve got lots of metadata at your institution — some of it in relational databases, or collections of XML docs, or possibly even an assortment of spreadsheets. Maybe you’ve been hearing a lot […]
The other really significant advancement has reduced my workload significantly with respect to batch publication of new concepts (as RDF) into Nomisma. I would occasionally receive spreadsheets of data to upload into Nomisma, which required me to author a PHP […]
by Christina Harlow Data munging, or the work of remediating, enhancing and transforming library datasets for new or improved uses, has become more important and staff-inclusive in many library technology discussions and projects. Many times we know how we want […]
by Christina Harlow An OpenRefine reconciliation service for GeoNames. Tested with, working on python 2.7.10, 3.4.3. The service queries the GeoNames API and provides normalized scores across queries for reconciling in Refine. https://github.com/cmh2166/geonames-reconcile
Presentation at the American Library Association Conference 2015 by Eric Hanson, North Carolina State University, Cory Lampert, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Silvia B. Southwick, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This program focused on the practical steps involved in creating […]