What is Linked Data and What Does it Mean for Libraries? (Video)

It has been predicted that beyond the person-to-person interaction of Web 2.0 will be interaction between data in the Semantic Web. How can libraries be involved in this new world of information exchange? One answer to this question is: by transforming their bibliographic data into Linked Data, which can then be linked to information from other web resources. Attend this session to learn the basic concepts of Linked Data, how data from libraries can be integrated with other data on the Web, and what this could mean for the future of libraries and their catalogs. Sponsored by ITART. Presented by Emily Nimsakont, Cataloging Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission at the NLA/NEMA 2010 Conference in Grand Island, NE on 15 October 2010.