Enhancing Web Connectivity and Quality: OCLC Research Seminar Agenda
Explore the agenda of an OCLC research seminar focused on increasing web connectivity and quality. Sessions include discussions on the new French SemanticPedia, involvement of Wikipedians-in-Residence with libraries, and OCLC's advanced development initiatives. Discover how OCLC aims to expand knowledge and support libraries in reducing costs. Engage with shared community R&D activities and learn about member and partner engagement opportunities in the E.U.R.O.P.E, M.I.D.D.L.E.E.A.S.T & A.F.R.I.C.A regions.
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Optional member session Increasing connectivity and quality on the web
agenda 10:00 10:15 Titia van der Werf, OCLC Senior Program Officer Welcome Short briefing of current OCLC Research efforts. 10:15 11:30 R mi Mathis, President of Wikimedia France and Max Klein, Wikipedian in Residence, OCLC The new French SemanticPedia and its use by the BnF and other cultural institutions. Wikipedians-in-Residence s involvement with Libraries Q&A session Research investigations by OCLC and Europeana 11:30 12:00 Shenghui Wang, Research Scientist, OCLC Q&A session E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
About OCLC Research Mission: expand knowledge that advances OCLC's public purposes: 1. Furthering access to the world's information 2. Reducing library costs One of the world's leading centers devoted exclusively to exploring the challenges facing libraries & archives E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
Shared Community R&D Research activities: http://www.oclc.org/research/activities.html Activities related to this session: Wikipedians and Libraries Webinars/events in the US VIAFbot Europeana Innovation Pilots E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
Advanced Development OCLC Innovation Lab OCLC s Proving Grounds : Develop/trial innovative processes & frameworks First adopter of new standards & tools Technology diffusion within OCLC and beyond Economically processing data at scale with Linked data technologies Examples: Addition of Schema.org mark-up to WorldCat.org pages Release of a downloadable linked data file for the 1M most widely held works in WorldCat. http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2009/4/2/saupload_hadoop_logo.png E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
Member and partner engagement Contact: Titia van der Werf titia.vanderwerf@oclc.org E U R O P E, M I D D L E E A S T & A F R I C A R E G I O N A L C O U N C I L
