Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from both the industry leaders in Linked Data for libraries, as well as Indiana and Michigan libraries on their experiments and projects in the Linked Data environment!

This March 16, multi-state event will take place at both Indiana Wesleyan University, Indianapolis North Campus and Lansing Community College, West Campus. Speakers and participants will interact in-person and remotely. The morning will feature an overview and update in Lansing on the Library of Congress BIBFRAME pilot project presented by Beacher Wiggins (Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access, Library of Congress) and a presentation from Indianapolis delivered by Jeff Penka of the Linked Data industry leader Zepheira on the implications for libraries.

Afternoon sessions will include presentations from:

• Joshua Barton and Robin Dean of the Michigan State University Libraries on how they are preparing staff for the Linked Data environment - Lansing MI
• Andrea Kappler of the Evansville Vanderburgh (IN) Public library on their experience  converting their MARC catalog data to BIBFRAME/Linked Data for publishing on the Web. The presentation will also cover how the library attempted to measure the impact of Linked Data on library services and collection usage. - Indianapolis
• Indiana State Library on their Evergreen Indiana Linked Data project - Indianapolis
• MCLS and the Library of Michigan on their MeLCat Linked Data project - Lansing

This program has been approved for 5 Technology LEUs for Indiana library staff!

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Questions can be directed to Michelle Bradley, Member Engagement Manager, at bradleym@mcls.org.