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  • LOD-LAM Summit in San Francisco, 2-3 June

    The International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Summit (LOD-LAM) will convene leaders in their respective areas of expertise from the humanities and sciences to catalyze practical, actionable approaches to publishing Linked Open Data, specifically: Identify the tools and techniques for publishing and working with Linked Open Data. ...
  • Library of Congress announced a plan for moving away from MARC

    The Library of Congress is launching a review of the bibliographic framework to better accommodate future needs. A major focus of the initiative will be to determine a transition path for the MARC 21 exchange format in order to reap the benefits of newer technology while preserving a robust data exchange ...
  • Trip Report from jks mission to the States, May 2011

    Executive Summary The goal of  this trip was to discuss recent activities of OEK, especially the CIARD (http:www.ciard.net) initiative and the   work on AGROVOC and linked open data (http://aims.fao.org) with partners in the  USA and to agree on specific collaboration actions.  Main results of ...
  • Call for Papers-Special track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories & Infrastructures at Metadata and Semantics Research Conference (MTSR) 2011

    Part of the Fifth International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR'11). Yasar University, October 12-October 14, 2011, Izmir (Turkey) Motivation Handling metadata and semantics in open access repositories and infrastructures is becoming increasingly challenging due to emerging requirements like repositories of scientific data sets, interoperability of repositories with external services and ...