***Reminder*** (apologies for cross posting)
The Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland's 5th linked data event will take place in Edinburgh on the 12 of September.
This year we are delighted to welcome speakers from the British Library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Imperial College London, the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, the RDA Steering Committee, and the National Library of Scotland.
Speakers will describe the practice and challenges of implementing linked data in a library and information environment, from local pilots and experiments, as well as existing services that provide or may support linked data initiatives. The opportunities and challenges that linked data presents to cataloguers, libraries and the wider information landscape will be explored, with speakers describing their organisation's experience, well as providing an insight into national metadata strategies.
The seminar will be of interest to professionals involved in cataloguing, metadata, resource discovery, and data interoperability, with an interest in linked data, open data and the semantic web.
Details
Event Metadata and Linked Data: projects, experiments and services in libraries
Date Monday 12th September 2016
Time 10:00-16:00
Venue Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation
High School Yards, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LZ
Cost £60 (includes buffet lunch, online booking fees apply)
The full programme is still to be announced, but confirmed speakers include:
* Alan Danskin, British Library, describing linked data initiatives and BL metadata strategy
* Mélanie Roche, Bibliothèque nationale de France, describing linked data initiatives at the BnF
· Dr Torsten Reimer, Imperial College London, providing an overview of ORCID and the benefits for global scholarly communication systems.
* Gordon Dunsire, RDA Steering Committee, describing RDA linked data work
* Alasdair MacDonald & Ruby Wilkins, Edinburgh University Library, describing a project to link authorities across local datasets
* Janet Aucock, St Andrews University Library, providing a cataloguer's linked data perspective
* Alexandria de Pretto, National Library of Scotland, describing experiments with linked data at the national library
To reserve your place please register via Eventbrite at http://tinyurl.com/cigslod2016
We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh in September. Please forward to colleagues and appropriate lists.
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Many thanks
Paul Cunnea
CIGS Chair
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