Preparing for linked data in digital repositories

This program will present the experiment of adding linked data values to the digital collections at the University of Central Florida Libraries in its digital repository and institutional repository (IR). Working with the Digital Initiatives and some faculty members, the Metadata Librarian in Technical Services has been adding Library of Congress linked data and Virtual Internarial Authority File data to the library\u27s collections in CONTENTdm and its Digital Commons based IR. While these systems haven\u27t been designed or updated to fully accommodate linked data yet, to add linked data values to the collection fields in these systems is preparing for linked data in the future. This presentation will also discuss non-catalogers\u27 reaction to linked data and the collaboration between catalogers in Technical Services and non-catalogers within and outside of the library