Thank you Merrilee! I am dearly looking forward to this. Any specific
affordances for remote participation this yr? //S
🌍🌏🌎🌑
On Fri., Feb. 28, 2020, 11:38 p.m. Proffitt,Merrilee, <proffitm(a)oclc.org>
wrote:
*Registration announcement*
*LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries: May 13-14, 2020*
*Preconference workshops: May 12, 2020*
*Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA*
*Registration starts: Wednesday, March 4*
*Stipend application deadline: Sunday, March 15*
*Registration deadline: Friday, April 17*
We’re excited to announce that registration for the 2020 LD4 Conference
will open on Wednesday, March 4th. Join us May 13-14 at Texas A&M
University in College Station, Texas, USA to learn concrete ways that
linked data benefits GLAM institutions, and discover pathways to
participation in linked data. Please visit the conference web site
(ld4.io) <http://ld4.io> for more details. Wikimedians are most warmly
welcome to attend and participate in this conference!
Whether you have already implemented linked data in your work or are just
getting started, you will leave with a better understanding of what linked
data is, how it can be used, and what you can do to get started or continue
to incorporate linked data in your institutions or projects. By bringing
together a broad range of perspectives, and centering diversity, equity,
inclusion, and ethics in our discussions, we will create a community of
practice for linked data in libraries.
We are delighted to have Karen Hwang as our conference kick-off speaker.
Karen’s practice as a metadata professional and archivist is rooted in
concerns of discoverability and representation. She works to promote
underrepresented histories through digital collections, and has explored
ways to implement linked open data to enhance and boost the discovery of
cultural heritage resources. Other program highlights include,
"Workshopping Queeries: Linked Data Vocabularies and Ethical Cataloging,"
“Where Linked Data Can Impact User Experience: Findings from a Study on
Discovery Workflows,” "’I don't think I'll ever understand linked data’:
How to Teach Linked Data to Our Colleagues,” and “Linking bilingual
bibliographic data: a Wikidata-based project of Chinese writers' archival
collections.”
A $100 registration fee will help to cover conference expenses and will
include food and beverages during morning and afternoon breaks as well as a
lunch buffet for both conference days, May 13th and 14th. There will not be
an additional registration fee for pre-conference workshops on March 12th.
Thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a
limited number of stipends
<https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/ld42020/stipends> will be
available to make participation possible for those who would not otherwise
be able to attend.
We hope that you’ll join us! Please visit conference web site (ld4.io)
<http://ld4.io> for more information. We’ll send out another message on
Wednesday when registration opens.
For questions about the LD4 Conference, please contact the conference
co-chairs at ld4conf_chairs(a)googlegroups.com
********************
Hilary Thorsen (Stanford University) and Christine Fernsebner Eslao
(Harvard University), Conference Co-Chairs
Merrilee Proffitt
Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership
*From:* Proffitt,Merrilee
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*Subject:* Reminder, deadline approaching for the Call for Presentations
and Program Content for the LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries: May
13-14, 2020
*Call for Presentations and Program Content*
*LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries: May 13-14, 2020*
*Preconference workshops: May 12, 2020*
*Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA*
*Proposal form: *
*https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebmQF48Gn9bag6x*
<https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebmQF48Gn9bag6x>
*Submission deadline: Friday, January 31st at 11:59pm PST*
*Conference website: **ld4.io* <http://ld4.io>
2 weeks are left to propose content for the 2020 LD4 Conference! Wiki
related proposals are warmly welcome at this library conference!
The conference will be held May 13-14 at Texas A&M University in College
Station, Texas, USA with a focus on learning concrete ways that linked data
benefits GLAM institutions and discovering pathways to participation in
linked data. By bringing together a broad range of perspectives, and
centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethics in our discussions, we
will create a community of practice for linked data in libraries.
Thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a
limited number of stipends at three award levels are available to make
participation possible for those who would not otherwise be able to attend:
- Registration fee ($100 US) waived
- Up to $500 US of travel expenses covered plus registration fee ($100
US) waived
- Up to $1250 US of travel expenses covered plus registration fee
($100 US) waived
Stipend applications will be reviewed by the Program Committee and
recipients selected based on merit and need.
We are accepting proposals for content in a variety of formats and
especially encourage proposals (conference or pre-conference) from
participants from groups and regions that are traditionally
underrepresented in conferences related to linked data in libraries and
other cultural heritage organizations, as well as proposals from early
career professionals. Please see the full Call for Proposals
<https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/ld42020/call-for-proposals> for
additional details.
*The Program Committee will select proposals and contact all applicants by
February 21st. For those interested in attending without proposing a
session, a separate call for participation will be announced in late
February.*
For questions about the LD4 Conference, please contact the conference
co-chairs at ld4conf_chairs(a)googlegroups.com
For more information on the event, please visit the conference web site
<http://ld4.io> (ld4.io).
********************
Hilary Thorsen (Stanford University) and Christine Fernsebner Eslao
(Harvard University), Conference Co-Chairs
Merrilee Proffitt (she/her)
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