[Koha] KOHA and linked data?

[Hernandez, Heather H]

Hi, Amy!

Can​ one discuss linked data to death?!?  I think not!  (Says the cataloger!:) )  It comes up a lot at our Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group meetings, and we're always happy about to chat about it and Koha there--please feel free to join us (info at the Koha-US calendar site, Calendar – koha-US<https://koha-us.org/calendar/> , and you don't have to be a member to join in, or even in the U.S.!)

There are bugs in Bugzilla related to BIBFRAME:
Bug List (koha-community.org)<https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=bibframe>

And it's being developed and used, e.g., at our last SIG (recordings of them are on the Koha-US YouTube channel!), this article came up from April 2022--not Koha, but EBSCO & Novelist activities: EBSCO and Novelist use BIBFRAME to facilitate discoverability -- Breeding, Marshall [Library Technology Guides]<https://librarytechnology.org/document/27302>  (And since a lot of Koha users are also EBSCO users, might be of interest?)

And this is a good update on the Library of Congress' use of BIBFRAME:
https://youtu.be/pjr056DMpZc

From what I've seen, BIBFRAME is super-neato-cool!  And MARC21-BIBFRAME conversion is around and happening.  But, IMO, the sheer volume of data in MARC21 is going to make it viable for a looooooooooooong time.

(And, just FYI, "Koha" is a Maori word, according to The Koha Logo : Origins and Explanation - Koha Wiki (koha-community.org)<https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/The_Koha_Logo_:_Origins_and_Explanation> it means, "The word Koha is a maori word meaning gift or donation - or perhaps more "giving your specialty to the collective event". Possibly even a sense of quid pro quo. In traditional maori society (and still) you would bring a koha (Contribution) to an event like a funeral or wedding or big meeting, often food or the specialty of your region. When it's your turn to hold an event all your guests will bring a Koha, to ease the burden of catering for a lot of people.")

Cheerio!
--h2

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