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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities |
Editors | Isabel Galina Russell, Glenn Layne-Worthey |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 13 |
Pages | 187-203 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040184004 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781032356259 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |