Fwd: Reminder: Linked Data & the Semantic Web - what have libraries got to do with it? - 17th June 2011, Edinburgh

All
 
This event may be of interest to members of the list.
 
Cheers
 
Gordon




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From: "Cunnea, Paul" <p.cunnea@NLS.UK>
To: LIS-CIGS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Date: 06 June 2011 at 11:07
Subject: Reminder: Linked Data & the Semantic Web - what have libraries got to
do with it? - 17th June 2011, Edinburgh


The Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland is delighted to be hosting the
above seminar at the National Library of Scotland.  
 
The seminar will introduce the concept of linked data, explore its use in
library catalogues, and describe a future where names, concepts, subjects and
other metadata components can be seamlessly and authoritatively linked across
cyberspace.
 
Programme:
 
11.00               Registration and coffee
11.30               Introduction to linked data / Gordon Dunsire, DCMI RDA Task
Force
12.10               Linked data experiments with the British National
Bibliography / Alan Danskin, British Library
12.50               Linking Amsterdam University OPAC to the Theatre Institute
of The Netherlands : a proof of concept – Lukas Koster, University of Amsterdam
13.30               Lunch
14.30               The work of the W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group, and
the Open Knowledge Foundation / William Waites, Open Knowledge Foundation
15.10               Current initiatives in developing library linked data at the
National Library of Scotland, IFLA, and elsewhere / Gordon Dunsire
15.45               Panel discussion
16.00               Close
 
 
The seminar will take place on Friday 17th June at the National Library of
Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh – see
http://www.nls.uk/info/locationmap/index.cfm for directions.  Cost is £40 (inc
VAT) and includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch.
 
To register for this event please contact Colin Duncan, CIGS Secretary, at
colin.duncan@inverclyde.gov.uk [mailto:colin.duncan@inverclyde.gov.uk]
 indicating whether you wish to be invoiced or will pay on the day. 
Registration closes on the 10th of June.
 
Apologies for cross posting
 
Paul Cunnea
Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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