Linked Data for Libraries | LD4L

Welcome to the Linked Data for Libraries (LD4L) project. The project is a collaboration of the Cornell University Library, the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, and the Stanford University Libraries, and is funded by a nearly $1 million two-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The goal of the project is to create a Scholarly Resource Semantic Information Store (SRSIS) model that works both within individual institutions and through a coordinated, extensible network of Linked Open Data to capture the intellectual value that librarians and other domain experts and scholars add to information resources when they describe, annotate, organize, select, and use those resources, together with the social value evident from patterns of usage.

Our intent is to do so using existing ontologies and Open Source technology.

If you want to follow the project as it evolves in real time, we maintain an LD4L Project Wiki at http://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ld4l/. Here are some key links to project documents:

The original proposal to the Mellon Foundation
LD4L Use Cases - these provide the basis for the development of the ontology, architecture, and tools
Communications and Outreach - press releases, public presentations, and other information about the project
Information on the LD4L Workshop, held February 23-24, 2015 at Stanford University (more reports will be added)
The originally proposed Project Timeline
https://www.ld4l.org