This is a reminder for the above seminar which will explore the use of linked data in library catalogues.

 

Speakers include:

 

- Gordon Dunsire from the DCMI RDA Task Group providing an introduction to linked data concepts for cataloguers.

- Alan Danskin from the British Library reporting on linked data experiments with the British National Bibliography

- William Waites from the Open Knowledge Foundation with the hot-off-the-press report from the W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group

- Lukas Koster from the University of Amsterdam speaking on a proof of concept project connecting bibliographic metadata from the Library OPAC with a theatre performances database maintained by the Theatre Institute of The Netherlands.

 

Details:

 

Date:   Friday 17^th June 2011

Place: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. 

Time:  Registration opens at 11am, with the event closing at 4pm.  

Cost:  £40 (inc VAT) which includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch.

 

To register for this event please contact Colin Duncan, CIGS Secretary, at [log in to unmask] indicating whether you wish to be invoiced or pay on the day.  Registration closes on the 10^th of June.

 

Apologies for cross posting

 

Paul Cunnea

Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland