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ALA Midwinter Meeting 2015: Part II

“Linked Data Initiatives at NLM.” Nancy Fallgren and Barbara Bushman from the National Library of Medicine. In January 2014, following an environmental scan of linked data at peer institutions and a survey of NLM’s “datascape”, NLM formed the Linked Data … Continue reading

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ALA Midwinter Meeting 2015: Part I

“Breaking the Bottleneck: Automating the Reconciliation of Named Entities to the Library of Congress Name Authority File.” Jennifer Wright and Matt Carruthers from the University of Michigan Libraries At the University of Michigan Libraries, we have developed an intuitive, straight-forward … Continue reading

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ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Session at ALA Midwinter 2015

The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group will hold a meeting at the ALA Midwinter in Chicago on Sunday, February 1, 2015 from 8:30 to 10am in McCormick Place West Room W176c.  The meeting will include two presentations. Jennifer Wright and Matt … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals at ALA Midwinter 2015

The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group invites speakers to present at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Chicago on Sunday, February 1, 2015 from 8:30 to 10am. Presentations will be approximately 30 minutes, including Q&A. Our charge is to provide a broad … Continue reading

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