[OpenGLAM] SWIB15 (Semantic Web in Libraries): Deadline extended to May 31

Wed May 13 11:53:10 UTC 2015

The submission deadline for the seventh conference "Semantic Web in
Libraries" (SWIB),  November 23 - 25 in Hamburg, has been extended to
May 31, 2015.

The call for proposals here again:

SWIB15 - Semantic Web in Libraries Conference 23.11. - 25.11.2015,
Hamburg, Germany

The SWIB conference (Semantic Web in Libraries, German: "Semantic Web in
Bibliotheken") is an annual conference focusing on Semantic Web and
Linked Open Data (LOD) in libraries and related organisations. It is
held in Germany, by turns in the Cologne region and Hamburg. The topics
of talks and workshops at SWIB revolve around opening data, linking data
and creating tools and software for LOD production scenarios. These
areas of focus are supplemented by presentations of research projects in
applied sciences, industry applications, and LOD activities in other
areas. SWIB mainly targets IT staff, developers, librarians and
researchers.

As in prior years, SWIB15 will be organized by the ZBW - German National
Library of Economics / Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz). The conference
language is English.

Is there an interesting service, research topic or project that you
would like to present at the conference? Would you like to offer a
pre-conference tutorial or workshop on the afternoon of 23 November? We
appreciate proposals on the following or related topics:

Projects & Applications

* integration of LOD into productive library applications
* authorities and knowledge organization systems (thesauri,
classifications, ontologies)
* re-use of published linked library data & mash-ups (using data from
different sources)
* presenting and visualizing LOD
* end-user environments for interaction with LOD (e.g. annotation)
* crowdsourcing/gamification approaches involving LOD sources
* linking research data

Technology (focus on Open Source software)

* semantically enhanced data publication
* data transformation/integration/enhancement/mapping/interlinking
* searching/information retrieval
* read/write linked data
* linked data and library systems

Standards & Best Practices

* open web standards relevant for libraries
* application profiles & provenance information
* providing updates & syncing data sources
* preservation & sustainability
* open data licensing

We are looking forward to receiving your proposals for presentations or
workshops by *31.05.2015 (extended)*.
Please submit an abstract of 1000-1500 characters using our website at
https://www.conftool.net/swib15.

Proposals will be reviewed by the SWIB programme committee:

- Uldis Bojars (National Library of Latvia)
- Valentine Charles (Europeana Foundation, Netherlands)
- Karen Coyle (Consultant, USA)
- Jana Hentschke (German National Library)
- Anja Jentzsch (HPI, Germany)
- Niklas Lindström (National Library of Sweden)
- Joachim Neubert (ZBW, Germany - Chair)
- Adrian Pohl (hbz, Germany - Chair)
- Dorothea Salo (UW-Madison, USA)
- MJ Suhonos (Ryerson University, Canada)
- Osma Suominen (National Library of Finland)
- Jakob Voß (GBV Common Library Network, Germany)

We also have space left for satellite events in the morning of 23
November. Contact us if you want to seize the opportunity to get
together in the context of SWIB15.

Website: http://swib.org/swib15
Hashtag: #swib15
Twitter: @swibcon

If you want to look at previous SWIB conferences:
http://swib.org/swib15/history.php

Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions:

Joachim Neubert
ZBW
Tel. +49-(0)40-42834462
E-mail: j.neubert(at)zbw.eu

or

Adrian Pohl
hbz
Tel. +49-(0)221-40075235
E-mail: swib(at)hbz-nrw.de