NISO Webinar, Implementing Linked Library Data

Helping people gain a greater understanding of the information community — our issues and concerns, challenges and opportunities — is core to NISO's mission. Our events are a key element of this, with our popular webinar program at their heart. And, following the NISO/NFAIS merger earlier this year, all NISO members can now attend all 14 webinars in 2020 completely free of charge! This includes an unlimited number of places and full access to a recording of each webinar for anyone who is unable to attend the event itself.

Abigail Sparling is the Serials Metadata Librarian at the University of Alberta Library. Abigail is passionate about leveraging technology to improve resource description, management and discovery, which she explores in her work as a certified Library Carpentry Instructor and as co-chair of the ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group. Since 2017 Abigail has been an active member of the BIBFRAME community, and currently sits on the Share-VDE Advisory Council and Cluster Knowledgebase Working Group, and the LD4P Serials Affinity Group.

Adam Cohen is an academic library resident focused on linked data implementation at the University of Alberta Library. Adam recently completed his MLIS at the University of Alberta, and has an interest in incorporating new technologies and ideas into libraries, so they may better serve their patrons. He is currently a member of the Share-VDE Work ID Working Group and Authority ID Management Services Working Group. As well as the LD4P Profiles Working/Affinity Group, and a contributor to the Sinopia Training Task Group.

Currently, Jackie Shieh is the Descriptive Data Management Librarian at the Smithsonian Libraries. Previously she worked as the Catalog Librarian at Georgia State University Law Library, the Original Cataloger for Electronic Resources for University of Virginia Library, the Team Leader for Special Collections & Projects at the University of Michigan Library and the Resource Description Coordinator for George Washington University Libraries. Over the years, she has been involved in metadata projects related to the Web, e.g. TEI; OCLC's InerCat, and CORC projects; ALCTS, CC:DA, PCC's task groups: URIs in MARC, BIBFRAME (BF) mapping of BIBCO and BF, and Metadata for Application Profiles.