Talking With Talis :: Diane Hillmann talks about metadata and standards

In this Talking with Talis podcast, Paul Miller talks with Diane Hillmann of Cornell University.

Diane has been associated with library metadata standards, such as Dublin Core and RDA for many years. We discuss these and other standards and the recent meeting, held at the British Library which recommended the bringing together of work on RDA and DCMI. We also go on to discuss the work of the National Science Digital Library Metadata Registry, RDF and how the Semantic Web will influence library metadata and the way it is produced and shared.

Download MP3 [56 mins, 39Mb]

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources:

• Resource Description and Access (RDA), Karen Coyle & Diane Hillmann - D-Lib Magazine
• NGC4LIB mailing list
• Futurelib Wiki
• The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control

Talking With Talis :: Peter Murray-Rust on Open Access, Open Data, Science, and the Semantic Web

Originally posted on Talking With Talis on May 31, 2007.

In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, Paul Miller talks with Professor Peter Murray-Rust of the Unilever Centre for Molecular Sciences Informatics at the University of Cambridge.

In a wide-ranging conversation, we look at the changing nature of academic publishing, the importance of primary data to the process, and the remarkable potential of the Semantic Web in both streamlining and enriching the endeavour.

Listen Now Download MP3 [70 mins, 48 Mb]

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources:

• Artistic License
• Bioinformatics
• Biomed Central
• Cancer Research UK
• Chemistry Central
• Creative Commons' Attribution License
• dbpedia
• GNU GPL License
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
• JUMBO
• UK Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Peter Murray-Rust's blog
• Nature
• UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Open Access on Wikipedia
• Open Data panel at WWW2007
• Open Data on Wikipedia
• OpenID
• OpenLink's Virtuoso
• PLoS ONE
• Science
• Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons report, Scientific Publications: Free for All?, plus documented responses in 2004 and 2005.
• Science Commons
• SPECTRa-T
• vCard
• The Wellcome Trust
• Wikipedia

Access 2006 :: Paul Miller - Transforming Libraries the Library 2.0 Way

Talk given at the Access 2006 conference on October 13, 2006.

MP3 (40:56)

Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist, Talis. Paul joined Talis in September 2005 from the Common Information Environment (CIE), where as Director he was instrumental in scoping policy and attracting new members such as the BBC, National Library of Scotland and English Heritage to this group of UK public sector organisations. Previously, Paul was at UKOLN where he was active in a range of cross-domain standardisation and advocacy activities spanning Government, education, libraries, museums and archives. At Talis, Paul is active in raising awareness of new trends and possibilities, as well as working to nurture a community of developers around an emerging Library 2.0 Platform. Paul has a Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of York.

Talking With Talis :: The Library 2.0 Gang on Open Access and Web 3.0

Originally posted by Talking With Talis on November 15, 2006.

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, Gang members discuss a number of Open Access-related topics from recent conferences around the world, including South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The discussion concludes with some thoughts on the recent arrival of 'Web 3.0' as a term.

Programme participants were drawn, as usual, from the full list of Gang members, and a forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording.

Participants in this edition of the Library 2.0 Gang were;

• Janie Hermann, Technology Training Librarian for Princeton Public Library in New Jersey. Janie blogs at LibraryGarden.
• Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Paul contributes to the panlibus blog, and hosts the Talking with Talis podcast series.
• T. Scott Plutchak, Director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Alabama, USA. Scott blogs at T. Scott.
• Sandra Stewart, Branch Manager at San Jose Public Library's Tully Branch. Sandra blogs at Library Tourguide to Technology.
• Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Richard contributes to the panlibus blog.

During the conversation, the following sites and resources were cited;

• The 2006 Charleston conference, and Scott's session there [free registration required]
• Internet Librarian 2006
• Richard Wallis' reports from the Stellenbosch Symposium [1, 2]
• Learning 2.0 at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
• Nick Carr's “Welcome Web 3.0”, and the original New York Times piece by John Markoff

Talking With Talis :: The Library 2.0 Gang on Open Data and conferences

Originally posted by Talking With Talis on November 1, 2006.

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, Gang members select some key points from the recent round of conferences, and explore the increasingly significant notion of 'open data' in the library domain.

Programme participants were drawn, as usual, from the full list of Gang members, and a forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording.

Participants in this edition of the Library 2.0 Gang were;

• John Blyberg, Systems Administrator and Lead Developer at Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan, USA. John blogs at blyberg.net.
• Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Paul contributes to the panlibus blog, and hosts the Talking with Talis podcast series.
• Ed Vielmetti, Superpatron.

During the conversation, the following sites and resources were cited;

• Free Our Data!, a blog post about open data
• A recording of Ed Vielmetti's presentation to the IDEA conference in Seattle, 23-24 October 2006
• A recording of Paul Miller's presentation [pdf] to the Access conference in Ottawa, 11-14 October 2006
• Project Cenote
• PatREST
• NCSU's Endeca-powered library catalogue, and information about the installation
• Medialab Solutions, creators of Aquabrowser, and a press release about their use of the Talis Platform

Talking With Talis :: The Library 2.0 Gang talk about changing library buildings

Originally posted by Talking With Talis on January 10, 2007.

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, we talk about the changing role of the library building in delivering a range of services. As more material moves online, and as a growing number of those using library services are remote from their physical library, how do we adapt the services that are offered, and how do we transform the buildings for the 21st century?

Participants in this edition of the Library 2.0 Gang were;

• Thomas Brevik, head librarian at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy in Bergen, Norway. Thomas blogs in English at Librarian 1.5, and in Norwegian at Blogg og bibliotek. He also podcasts, mainly in Norwegian, at Bibliotek 2.0.
• Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Paul blogs at Thinking about the Future, contributes to panlibus, and hosts the Talking with Talis podcast series.
• T. Scott Plutchak, Director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in Alabama, USA. Scott blogs at T. Scott.
• Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Richard contributes to the panlibus blog.

During the conversation, the following sites and resources were cited;

• Scott's blog post on 'Better buildings'
• The Saltire Centre in Glasgow [which will feature in a presentation by Les Watson to a Talis/CILIP joint event in London in March]

Talking With Talis :: The Mellon rewards WPOpac... and opens an Open Data door?

Originally posted by Talking With Talis on December 13, 2006.

In this Library 2.0 Gang discussion, we talk about Casey Bisson's recent well-deserved recognition by the Mellon Foundation for his work on WPOpac. We go on to explore perhaps the most significant aspect of the award; the fact that Casey intends to spend the money on buying and openly sharing bibliographic data from the Library of Congress, and probe the antiquated business models that make it necessary for him to even consider spending money in this way.

Participants in this edition of the Library 2.0 Gang were;

• Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Paul blogs at Thinking about the Future, contributes to panlibus, and hosts the Talking with Talis podcast series.
• Ross Singer, Library Applications Developer for Georgia Tech Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Ross blogs at Dilletante's Ball.
• Rob Styles, Tech Lead and Programme Manager for Open Data Services at Talis. Rob blogs at I Really Don't Know and contributes to panlibus.
• Tim Spalding, founder of LibraryThing. Tim blogs at the LibraryThing blog and Thing-ology.
• Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist at Talis. Richard contributes to the panlibus blog.

A forum is available for discussion of issues raised during the recording.