Linked Library Service

The Linked Library Service transforms your existing library data into linked data formats and publishes it to the library.link network, which then publishes that data online for search engines like Google to find and use.

You can choose to further enrich your library’s linked data with Linked Library Enrichment. This enrichment uses NoveList’s award information, series information, appeal factors, and other reader metadata — all of it linking directly to your library catalog. The end result is that your library is more visible on the open web.

Linked Library Enrichment uses NoveList’s curated and highly structured data (such as appeal factors, series information, and other reader information) to supercharge your linked data. This enrichment adds at least 2-10x more data access points to your linked data. More data access points means more visibility and more relevance.

NoveList’s data and lists also make great widgets for your library website, or to share with community partners.

Linked Library Service metrics mean your library can easily track and see how your patrons are finding you in new places on the web.

With linked data, libraries now have the power to reach readers, patrons, and potential patrons in ways they never could before. If you're looking at all the possibilities linked data has opened for you and wondering where to start, NoveList has suggestions.

Share a widget on job hunting resources with your local job board 

Share a widget on pictures books with all the daycares your bookmobile visits

Keep your website up to date with popular series information 

Widgets update when your collection updates, so they stay current without you having to do extra work.

Library partners

Widgets made with Linked Library Enrichment content are an easy way for your library partners to direct traffic to your website. Imagine your local science museum with a widget of STEM children's books, local daycares sharing widgets of picture books about starting school, and an animal rescue organization featuring a widget of picture books about pets.

The Internet Archive

The Internet Archive’s Open Libraries project brings 4 million books online through partnerships with US libraries and other organizations. With Linked Library Service, your patrons can access a wealth of e-books, with no extra work or purchase from your library.

SirsiDynix

SirsiDynix is the exclusive reseller of linked data to SirsiDynix customers, sold as BLUEcloud Visibility+. 

You may have seen libraries in the United States, Canada, and Australia showing up in the knowledge panel, Google Books, and What to Read and wondered how they got there. Linked Library Service is the solution. With Linked Library Service, your catalog data is transformed into formats that search engines like Google can understand and surface during a search.