LD4 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

4:45pm EDT

LD4 Rare Materials Affinity Group

Monday October 7, 2024 4:45pm - 5:30pm EDT

Join the LD4 Rare Materials Affinity Group (RMAG | https://github.com/LD4/rare-materials) to learn more about our group activities and programing and contribute to an informal discussion regarding community needs for a revision of the Art and Rare Materials (ARM) BIBFRAME Ontology Extension | https://github.com/Art-and-Rare-Materials-BF-Ext/arm. The session will include a short presentation on the history of ARM and plans for a new joint task force to review the ontology. Then the floor will be open for discussion.

Speakers

Paloma Graciani Picardo

Metadata Librarian, Harry Ransom Center

Metadata Librarian at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, where I oversee the creation and management of MARC-based cataloging and develop metadata strategies to enhance access and discovery of rare and unique materials. Working collaboratively across departments... Read More →

Gioia Stevens

Librarian for Specialized Cataloging, New York University Libraries

Monday October 7, 2024 4:45pm - 5:30pm EDT
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Affinity Group

4:30pm EDT

LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group: Ethical Description of Humans on Wikidata: Panel & Community Discussion

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

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Many of our most fruitful Wikidata projects involve creating items for humans. This session will offer several case studies of ethical considerations that emerge when describing humans in a public and open forum like Wikidata, some discussion of compiling best practices relating to creating identity-based statements, and a robust community discussion on these topics.

Session Leader: Mara Caelin, Yale University (Wikidata Affinity Group)
Speakers: Dr. Tajah Ebram, Rutgers University; Arielle J. Rodriguez, University of Washington Tacoma; David Fiora, Saint Mary's College

Speakers

Mara Caelin

Catalog/Metadata Librarian, Beinecke Library, Yale University

(she/her)I am a rare books cataloger and the metadata lead for the Black Bibliography Project, a Wikibase project that seeks to create a linked data platform for the search and discovery of bibliographic metadata for African American literature. I am also active in the LD4 Wikidata... Read More →

Tajah Ebram

Rutgers University

David Fiora

Saint Mary's College

Hello! My name is David Fiora, and I am the Electronic Resources Librarian at Saint Mary's College (IN).

Arielle Rodriguez

University of Washington

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
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Affinity Group

1:00pm EDT

LD4 Art & Design Affinity Group

Wednesday October 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

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Join members of the LD4 Art & Design Affinity Group to learn about what the group has covered in the last year and discuss topics related to modeling, creating, querying, and visualizing linked data related to art and design. Attendee participation will be encouraged, and some possible prompts for brainstorming and discussion include:

-What are some art and design topics you are interested in using linked data to represent?
-What data models and/or platforms are you familiar with for creating and managing linked data for art and design?
-What are some unique challenges of representing art and design topics as linked data?
-What are you working on at the moment that you'd like to connect with others about?
-What projects or other groups should the LD4 Art & Design Affinity Group connect with?

Speakers

Alexandra Alisa Provo

Research Curation Librarian, and Research Fellow, Semantic Lab at Pratt Institute, New York University

Samie Konet

Dance Audio and Moving Image Cataloger, New York Public Library

Wednesday October 9, 2024 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
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Affinity Group

2:45pm EDT

Discovery with linked data: challenges and opportunities

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT

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In this session, we will introduce the LD4 Discovery Affinity Group and review the landscape of discovery with linked data. In this session, we will provide an overview of the kinds of questions and topics of interest to us in the affinity group in general, and invite discussion on specific areas including:

Examples of linked data and discovery successes in production
Challenges and opportunities remaining: Going beyond knowledge panels, considering implementation options, exploring discovery opportunities provided by specific models
Looking towards the future: (i) Cataloging with an eye to discovery with linked data and (ii) supporting institutions on their journey to use linked data for discovery

Slides
Agenda/notes document

Speakers

Astrid Usong

UX Designer, Stanford Libraries

Huda Khan

Software Developer, Stanford University

Software developer at Stanford University. Previously at Cornell University.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
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Affinity Group

2:00pm EDT

PCC Sinopia Cataloging Affinity Group: From Pilot to Production: Workflows with Sinopia

Friday October 11, 2024 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

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The PCC Sinopia Cataloging Affinity Group presents a roundtable discussion on different uses and implementations of Sinopia across the spectrum of library linked data workflows. We will discuss testing, pilot, and production workflows and the challenges and opportunities that present themselves. Joanna Fuchs (Brandeis University), PCC Sinopia Cataloging Affinity Group co-convener, will moderate a discussion between TJ Kao (University of California, Davis), Margarita Perez Martinez (University of Miami Law), Kalli Mathios and Jeremy Nelson (Stanford University), Joe Cera and Michael Lindsay (University of California, Berkeley Law), and Jim Hahn (University of Pennsylvania).

Speakers

Affinity Group

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