[Metadatalibrarians] Midwinter Program Announcement: Transitioning the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies to Linked Open Data: A Simple Model for Thesaurus Publishers

[O'Dell, Allison Jai]

Transitioning the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies to Linked Open Data: A Simple Model for Thesaurus Publishers

In 2016, the RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group will publish the Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging<http://rbms.info/vocabularies/> as Linked Open Data.  The Group has explored various options for a simple, low-tech solution to publish library thesauri as Linked Data.

Please join us for a discussion of the options explored, their relative merits and drawbacks, and an outline of the solution and workflows chosen by the Group.  This presentation will interest those involved in thesaurus production and/or authority work who seek to re-purpose their data as Linked Data.

When: 1/9/2016 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Where: Westin Copley Place, Empire room

Presenters:
Amber Billey, Metadata Librarian, Columbia University
Amy Brown, Librarian, Book Cataloging, Harry Ransom Center
Allison Jai O’Dell, Metadata Librarian, University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries

Details: http://connect.ala.org/node/247581