2022 SGA Annual Meeting Virtual Session 1: Practical Linked Open Data for Small Archives
Channel: Society of Georgia Archivists
Date: 2023-10-23

Cliff Landis, AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library 
Elizabeth Russey Roke, Emory University

Smaller institutions are not excluded from the benefits of linked open data – what is seemingly limited to large institutions with teams of programmers hammering away at the command line can be done by lone arrangers using simple web-based interfaces. In this session you will learn how linked open data technologies have matured, and discover how different archives (both large and small) are using linked data to enhance discoverability of their collections and direct users to their archives. See how Wikidata, Wikipedia, SNAC, and other platforms and software programs can be used to drive traffic to your archives’ unique materials and how you and the communities served by your institution can benefit from participating in the linked data ecosystem.