This two-hour live online class explores the future of library data from linked data to BIBFRAME, including the latest news and projects related to the library data landscape.
We'll talk about:
- open data and harvesting,
- the impact of the semantic web communities on library data,
- new tools for searching and more.
This webinar will be delivered via SEFLIN Connect. Log-in information will be emailed approximately one week before the course.
Presented by: Robin Fay
Robin Fay became Head of Database Maintenance, University of Georgia Libraries in 2001. Prior to that position, she was the Technical Services Librarian at Oxford/Emory University. Throughout much of her career, she has freelanced web design and metadata work. As an early adopter of technology, she has been involved in many software and web development projects in the incubation stage. Her research interests are library and community sourced metadata (RDA, DC, RDF/XML and other semantic web schemas) for materials including digital objects, linked data and the intersection of the semantic and social webs. Robin is a prolific content creator (georgiawebgurl on most social media websites); her book Semantic Web Technologies and Social Search for Librarians was published in 2012 (Neal Schuman/ALA TechSource). Robin is a sought after instructor and presenter with 12 years experience in teaching and training. She holds a MLIS (University of South Carolina); B.A. in English (University of Georgia).
Registration deadline: 08/17/2015
Staff from Florida libraries may register for this workshop at no charge. Priority will be given to SEFLIN members. Non-members will be placed on a waiting list and added as space permits after the registration deadline.
Non-Member Registration Form