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2024 Share Family Workshop at ALA

We are pleased to announce the Share Family Workshop that will be held on Monday, July 1st at 8.30am – 10am Pacific US Daylight Time | 5.30pm – 7pm Central European Summer Time, at ALA Conference 2024 in San Diego (Location: Marriott Marquis Hotel, Grand Ballroom Section 02). The meeting is free and open and will be held in hybrid format, both in person and online at this link. After the previous Share-VDE Workshop at ALA Conference 2023 in Chicago, this year's program includes: the evolution of JCricket Entity Editor as a working tool that has been released to members of the Share-VDE and Share Family initiatives for linked data editing and entity sharing; the progress of the SVDE Ontology, modelling the backbone of the LOD Platform data structure and enabling interoperability across linked data formats; opportunities for the integration of Share tools with external networks and ILSs / LSPs; the presentation of a new paradigm for publishing and consuming linked data in a distributed and scalable approach; the practical experience of adopting BIBFRAME for transitioning from original UNIMARC records to linked data descriptions. The event is also posted on ALA 2024 online programme. We look forward to meeting you in San Diego!