Conference announcement - programme confirmed for Opening Library Linked Data to National Heritage: Perspectives on International Practice
The draft programme is now confirmed for the 2nd Linked Open Data Conference from the Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland (CIGS).
Taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland on 21st September 2012, with keynote presentation from Richard Wallis - LOD and semantic web expert and Technology Evangelist at OCLC - and speakers from across Europe, the conference will be of relevance if you work with or are responsible for cultural heritage metadata, resource discovery, or data interoperability and are interested in linked data, open data and the semantic web - learn how your metadata can work harder for you and others, and how other people's metadata can work harder for you.
Conference details
Organiser CATALOGUING & INDEXING GROUP IN SCOTLAND: 2nd Linked Open Data Conference
Title Opening Library Linked Data to National Heritage: Perspectives on International Practice
Date Friday 21st September 2012
Venue Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation
15 South College Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AA, Scotland
Cost £50 + 20% vat (£40 + vat for CIG/CIGS members)
Draft programme
10.00-10.30 Registration and coffee
10.30-10.45 Welcome and introduction / Graeme Forbes (CIGS/National Library of Scotland)
10.45-11.30 Keynote: Why Link? / Richard Wallis (Technology Evangelist, OCLC)
11.30-12.00 Will's world: walking through Shakespeare. / Muriel Mewissen (Project Manager, EDINA)
12.00-12.30 Archives, printed material and costumes : cataloguing performing arts collections. / Mileva Stupar (Curator, Département des Arts du spectacle, Bibliothèque nationale de France)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.00 Speaker tbc (Open Knowledge Foundation Network)
14.00-14.30 Open all hours: National Library of Scotland's open data developments. / Gill Hamilton (Systems Librarian, National Library of Scotland)
14.30-15.00 Publishing the Danish National Bibliography as linked data / Susanne Thorborg (Bibliographic Consultant, Danish Bibliographic Centre)
15.00-15.30 datos.bne.es: Publishing and consuming Linked Data from the National Library of Spain. / Daniel Vila (Researcher/ Ontology Engineering Group, UPM (Madrid, Spain))
15.30-16.15 Web tour, Q/A and discussion
Find full details attached, including abstracts. Please refer to the Slainte events calendar for any updates (http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/evntcalendarsummary.cfm)
To register for this event, please contact Paul Cunnea, CIGS Secretary, at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> - please indicate whether you are a CIG/CIGS member, and whether you wish to be invoiced or will pay on the day; include invoicing details as appropriate. Please note that delegates will be invoiced after the conference. Any queries regarding purchase orders or invoicing please contact CIGS Treasurer Ann Cameron at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Many thanks
Paul Cunnea
CIGS Secretary
c/o National Library of Scotland
312-320 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PJ
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