Library Metadata Is Driving Linked Data Innovation.

SEMANTIC Web; SUBJECT headings; DATABASE management; COOPERATIVE cataloging databases; SCHOLARLY method; LIBRARIANS; METADATA; MEDICAL coding; DIGITAL libraries; INFORMATION resources management; FORECASTING

The article discusses the role of linked data as a metadata and access solution as of 2024. Topics covered include the opportunity it brings to introduce the rich data embedded in MARC records and other library metadata schemes that will influence the design of end-user discovery tools, and academics' views on data's role in scholarship and impact on objective research. Also noted are 2 forecasts to the dialogue on data and the promise of greater consortium-level collaboration.