From: Heather Staines <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:39:17 -0400

Please excuse any cross-posting:

Please join the ALCTS Holdings Information Committee for our Annual
Forum from 2:00 to 3:00 on Saturday, June 29th, McCormick Place
Convention Center, N227a

“Leveraging Your Linked Data: How Promotion of Linked Data Initiatives
Gives Small Projects Big Visibility”

We’ve seen how daring colleagues, armed with 30 minutes and a free
tool, made big discoveries using even small Linked Data samples. How
can these findings be communicated to the wider world—within the
institution, the consortia, and beyond? What should we expect in terms
of new standards in the display of Linked Data records? Philip Schreur
from Stanford University Libraries will update us on an initiative to
link the Stanford Authority File through interaction with VIAF.
Richard Wallis of OCLC will follow up on his Midwinter presentation,
further exploring how individual libraries can help create a web of
bibliographic data that will help guide patrons to discover local
items. Please join us to discuss next steps in Linked Data.

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Philip Schreur is currently the Head of the Metadata Department at
Stanford University.  He earned a PhD from Stanford in Medieval music
theory and an MLIS from the University of California, Berkeley.
Philip is the Chair of the Program for Cooperative cataloging and has
been deeply involved in the implementation of the new cataloging rules
Resource, Description and Access (RDA) in the United States. With a
mid-career move to HighWire Press, he developed an interest in the
automated taxonomic analysis of digital texts.  Currently, he is in
charge of coordinating linked-data project development for the
Stanford University Libraries (SUL).  Initial areas of interest
include the use of linked data as a mechanism for authority control in
the digital library, the integration of linked data from disparate
sources, and visualization environments.

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Richard Wallis, distinguished thought leader in Semantic Web and
Linked Data technology, joined OCLC in 2012 as Technology Evangelist.
Richard has been at the forefront of emerging Web and Semantic Web
technologies in the wider information world for over 20 years. He is
an active blogger, and was a regular podcaster in the "Talking with
Talis" series. From 2008 to 2010, he hosted and chaired "Library 2.0
Gang," a monthly round-table podcast series that brought together
thought leaders, movers and shakers, and executives from leading
organizations in library technology. Richard most recently had been
with Talis, a Linked Data and Semantic Web technology organization in
the United Kingdom. He is based in Birmingham, United Kingdom.