Planning for Linked Data: Recruitment, Training, and Workflow Design for Resource Description and Metadata Management

Abstract

This chapter helps us to understand the staffing and workflow ramifications of Linked Data. A survey of the current state of metadata work, compared to the possibilities and intentions of Linked Data modeling and technology, allows us to make a needs assessment for future planning. Findings are that current trends in metadata work – distributed production alongside centralized management, iterative and collaborative resource description – are appropriate in a Linked Data environment, and should be further cultivated. A plan for training staff on the conceptual modeling of Linked Data is also outlined, together providing a launching pad to begin organizational planning for Linked Data.

Citation

O’Dell, A.J. (2015), "Planning for Linked Data: Recruitment, Training, and Workflow Design for Resource Description and Metadata Management", Library Staffing for the Future (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Vol. 34), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 245-261. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0732-067120150000034011