Selling Our Soul (For Total Control)? Linked Open Data and GLAM

Toby Burrows, Deb Verhoeven, Mike Jones

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Abstract

This chapter examines the deployment of Linked Open Data (LOD) in the GLAM sector, with a particular focus on libraries. It considers to what extent implementations of LOD remain attached to concepts like “authority control,” “name authorities,” and “universal bibliographic control,” and to what extent LOD approaches are opening up institutional metadata practices and policies to more diverse, contested, and ambiguous perspectives. Several major LOD initiatives are used to explore facets of openness, including distributed authority control (National Libraries); data aggregation and standardization (Europeana); capability development and curated data (American Art Collaborative); the digital commons (Wikidata); and open linked data (Humanities Networked Infrastructure – HuNI). The chapter concludes with some observations on the contested, collaborative, creative, and contributory nature of humanities research, and the need to “deselect” GLAM LOD implementations that still rely on control and authority.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities
EditorsIsabel Galina Russell, Glenn Layne-Worthey
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter13
Pages187-203
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9781040184004
ISBN (Print)9781032356259
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2024

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