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Perspectives on the Share Family at the DCMI Conference 2025
The DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference 2025 has seen several contributions by Tiziana Possemato covering a range of topics that touch on the Share Family commitment for a sustainable linked open data ecosystem. From the value of promoting open data, to the scenarios for a sustainable economic implementation of Share Family technology, to the focus on the National Bibliographies in linked open data supported by our initiative, this conference has been a fruitful occasion to exchange ideas and perspectives with the DCMI community. All presentations are available: - Open borders for wider access to knowledge: connecting National Bibliographies in Linked Open Data; - Share-VDE Economics & Sustainability; - Open Metadata in the Share Family.
Share Family advancements at the BIBFRAME Workshop in Europe
The BIBFRAME Workshop in Europe 2025 hosted presentations illustrating the application of Share Family LOD Platform technology to different use cases: - the "Bibliographic Database of Interactive Books" consists of bibliographical information about books, manuscript and printed, ancient and modern, and prints containing interactive paper devices. Gianfranco Crupi, Michela Giacomelli, Alice Guercio, and Annalisa Di Sabato presented an introduction to the project along with a demo of the portal; the recording is available. - The illustration of "BIBFRAME Discovery Using Generative AI" by Jim Hahn explored how knowledge representation can be fully exploited by integrating Generative AI into BIBFRAME-based discoveries, leveraging LOD Platform technology; slides and recording are available. - The live demo by Tiziana Possemato and Annalisa Di Sabato on "Share Family linked data editors: practical experience of JCricket integration with third parties" showcased the advancements of integration of LOD Platform tools with ILS/LSP such as Alma and FOLIO; slides and recording are available.
Explore the content of the latest Share Family Workshop
The Share Family Workshop took place on June 30th, 2025, as part of the ALA Annual Conference. Engaging presentation were delivered by various speakers: BIBFRAME has Entered the Chat, by Jim Hahn; BIBFRAME at Last!, by Lisa McColl; How to improve the dialogue and interaction between JCricket and FOLIO, by Tiziana Possemato; Consortia Perspectives, by Kirsten Leonard, Tina Baich, Jill Morris; Share Family Response, by Nina Servizzi. The slides of all presentations are available, along with the recording.
Join the Share Family Workshop at ALA Annual Conference 2025
The Share Family Workshop will take place on Monday, June 30th, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 202 B, as part of the ALA Annual Conference. This engaging session will bring together members of the Share community to share their experiences and insights on implementing Share technologies across institutions.
Workshop topics include:
Co-operative cataloguing using the JCricket data curation tool
Advanced use cases involving Linked Open Data (LOD) Platform APIs and Alma
Practical integration strategies with FOLIO
The benefits of Share Family tools for library consortia
The event is free and open to all attendees, offered in a hybrid format, both in-person and online. The session will also be recorded and made available for later viewing.
We look forward to welcoming you—whether in Philadelphia or online.
LOD Platform Version 3 Achievements: Advancing Bibliographic Data
We’re excited to announce the LOD Platform Version 3, which will be soon rolled out across all Share Family institutions. This new release strengthens global collaboration in the bibliographic ecosystem, enhancing discoverability and interoperability for libraries, archives, and museums.
The platform supports an entity-based approach, compatible with BIBFRAME, IFLA LRM, and other major ontologies, powered by the Cluster Knowledge Base, JCricket Entity Editor, and a robust API backbone.
The Share Family Bulletin provides the highlights of the recent achievements and the shared vision of the Share Family community. The latest issue, Bulletin 10 (April 2025), is available at: https://wiki.share-vde.org/wiki/ShareFamily:NewsAndUpdates with alternative access to the PDF version: https://bit.ly/SFBulletin_n10_Apr2025. This issue highlights the improvements of version 3 and the developments of the LOD Platform, including the evolution of the entity model supporting the mature Share infrastructure, the advancements in JCricket Entity Editor and the integration with third parties systems. Much has also been done in the Community work area, where Share Family staff and members are committed to nurturing the liaisons with the library information experts and linked data and BIBFRAME communities. Check out the recent news about the liaison protocol established with the RDA Steering Committee and the publication of the new Open Metadata Policy. Looking ahead to the next events, there will be the chance to meet at many conferences and meetings, including ALA Annual Conference 2025 where the Share Family Workshop will be held on Monday June 30th (a full announcement will be shared as soon as more details for participation are available). Other important past and future events are listed and will be shared on https://www.share-family.org/en/events. Among the informative resources, check out the Share Family’s series of informative videos about the “Share Family: Linked Data for Libraries, by Libraries”, addressing the vision and core concepts of the initiative:
Subscribe to the Share Family YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Share_Family to keep up to date with our presentations and events, access informative materials and more!
RDA Steering Committee and Share Family: liaison protocol established
We are very happy to announce that a liaison protocol has been signed to establish the relationship at the strategic level between the Share Family Advisory Council and the RSC - RDA Steering Committee. The protocol has been published on different sources: - on RDA Chair Documents page: https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/chair-documents; - in RDA protocols and liaisons page: https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/RSCprotocols; - as a RDA news item: https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/ShareFamilyProtocol. This step is considered particularly fruitful also in consideration of the activities that libraires from different countries and continents are bringing forward in the Share Family Working Groups with the scope of enhancing the practical implementations and the concrete interoperability of the emerging bibliographic ecosystem based on linked open data.
Share Family Open Metadata Policy release
The Share Family Open Metadata Policy has been approved by the Share Family Advisory Council on April 9th 2025. It outlines Share Family's support and commitment in open data to freely share information, and encourages open access to data produced by Share Family processes supporting the discovery of library and cultural heritage resources. The previous version of the policy was published in 2023.
The Share Family Bulletin n.9 is online!
The Share
Family Bulletin provides the highlights of the recent achievements and the shared vision
of the Share Family community. The latest issue, Bulletin 9 (July 2024),
is available at: https://wiki.share-vde.org/wiki/ShareFamily:NewsAndUpdates with alternative access to the PDF version: https://bit.ly/SFBulletin_n9_Jul2024. This issue highlights the release of version 3 and the developments of the LOD Platform, showcasing the JCricket Entity Editor. Recounting the
achievements and challenges within the Share Family initiative during this
year, we are happy to share the materials from the Share Family Workshop that was held during ALA Conference 2024 in San Diego, including slides and recording. The Bulletin report serves as a comprehensive reflection on the accomplishments
for the first half of 2024, as well as insights into what is to come the
remaining months of year 2024. Among the latest resources, check out the Share Family’s brand new series of informative videos about the “Share Family: Linked Data for Libraries, by Libraries”, addressing the vision and core concepts of the initiative:
Subscribe to the Share Family YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Share_Family to keep up to date with our presentations and events, access informative materials and more! Our deepest appreciation is to everyone for their
relentless passion and dedicated efforts and resources towards the initiative. Stay connected for more
updates and events soon!
The Share Family featuring at the LC BIBFRAME Update Forum
We are delighted to participate as contributors at the Library of Congress BIBFRAME Update, due to take place at 1pm Eastern US time on Monday 1st July. Tiziana Possemato will discuss "Fostering BIBFRAME collaboration: interoperability and data curation with the Share Family". Share-VDE has been active
with BIBFRAME since 2016. The several Share Family projects
all maintain standardization of BIBFRAME linked data as defined by the Library
of Congress and the presentation will emphasize how standard BIBFRAME is a key
to our community’s integrated environments as systems proliferate, from both
the interoperability and the data curation point of view. The session is available for viewing via this link from the
LC BIBFRAME Homepage.
