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Linked Data and Libraries

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Description

After the great success of Linked Data and Libraries 2010 we are doing it again!

Linked Data and Libraries 2011 will be held at The British Library Conference Centre in London on Thursday July 14th. Again it will be a free event, with limited spaces allocated, so register early.

Agenda

10:00 Coffee
10:30 Opening Keynote
Dame Lynne Brindley, British Library Chief Executive
10:50 The Linked Data World : Why so applicable to Libraries
Richard Wallis, Talis
11:15 Report from the LOD-LAM Summit
Adrian Stevenson, UKOLN
11:35 Linked Data OPAC
Phil John, Capita Software Services
12:00 Lightening Talks
1. Carsten Keßler, University of Münster
2. Owen Stephens, Owen Stephens Consulting
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Lightening Talks
3. Jochen Schirrwagen, Universität Bielefeld
4. Jerry Persons, Stanford University
14:00 W3C Library Linked Data Group – A Summary
Antoine Isaac
14:30 Establishing the Connection: The British Library’s experience in creating a linked data
version of the British National Bibliography
Neil Wilson, British Library
15:00 The Record is Dead
Rob Styles, Talis
15:30 Where next: Direction, adoption and discussion
Richard Wallis, Talis

Check out our speaker list for details of who you will hear from.

If you can not attend, follow the proceedings on the Talis Consulting UStream Channel, and on Twitter with the #ldal hashtag.

Who you will meet

Alison Kershaw

Alison Kershaw

RJW Cropped Podium

Richard Wallis

Rob Styles, Senior Technical Consultant

Rob Styles

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