From LookBackMaps to Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives & Museums Ignite talk for “Visualizing Environmental Change in the Bay Area: Past, Present, and Future” Bill Lane Center for the American West Stanford University May 20, 2011

1. From LookBackMaps
to
Linked Open Data
in
Libraries, Archives & Museums
Ignite talk for “Visualizing Environmental Change in the Bay Area: Past,
Present, and Future”
Bill Lane Center for the American West
Stanford University @jonvoss
May 20, 2011
Jon Voss, Founder of LookBackMaps
jon@lookbackmaps.net

2. History & Mashup Culture
http://mashupbreakdown.com/

3. 2007

4. 2010
2011
2008

5. 2009 Open Archives Metadata Mapping Project
silo canister by alandberning

6. From Tables to Graphs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasjwoods-com/2264301251
msulibraries lookbackmaps
msulibraries internetarchive
msulibraries librarycongress
lookbackmaps internetarchive
internetarchive librarycongress

7. 2009
Linked
Open
Data
photos by PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE, TED

8. Linking Open Data cloud diagram, by Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch. http://lod-cloud.net/

10. Civil War Data 150 http://civilwardata150.net
creating links across disparate datasets
based on domain-specific identifiers
like battles, regiments, etc.

12. Step 1. Data
• metadata vs. assets: key distinction
• share raw data in non-proprietary formats, like CSV
• don’t try to come up with a use, you may have no idea how people will use your data

13. Step 2. Open Data
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
• http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/
Open Data Published Data
CC-BY CC-BY-NC-ND
CC0
CC-BY-NC
Public Domain Mark
CC-BY-ND
Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
CC-BY-SA
Attribution License (ODC-By)
Open Database License (ODC-ODbL) CC-BY-NC-SA

14. Step 3. Linked Open Data
• define data in consistant, predictable ways so machines can understand
• use URLs so people can link to your data
• link to other URLs, to grow the web of data

15. LODLAM is a product of our
increasingly connected culture.
• it’s an unfolding story, but it’s awn...
• first funded projects in the US exploring Linked Open Data in the humanities now
underway: http://lod-lam.net
• 100 people from over 85 institutions gathering from around the world June 2-3 to
forward LODLAM in the next year, thanks to generous funding from:

16. Imagine linking across data in the
sciences and humanities to
explore
discover
connect
mashup
But what does this have to do with us?

17. Rolling Mill Point, Potrero. Bancroft Library
SF 1853, David Rumsey Maps
Xerces Blue, extinct Bay Area
Butterfly, structured data
on Wikipedia Thanks
@westcenter!