Thanks Drew! I have to admit I haven't had much time to sort through resources yet but am definitely adding these to the list. Arwen
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrew Gordon Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 12:05 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Any good "introduction to SPARQL" workshops out there? Not sure if you're still looking for info, but I found these slides (below) the other day trying to get a better grasp of the basics: Lots of slides here, but I found the slow building step-by-step a good jump start: https://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/sparql-by-example Also the answer here for generally exploring a graph: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2930246/exploratory-sparql-queries Hope it helps. drew -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Hutt, Arwen Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 11:39 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Any good "introduction to SPARQL" workshops out there? Thanks to both Owen and Deb! These are some great resources I'm going to explore them more. I really appreciate the help! Arwen -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Debra Shapiro Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:33 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Any good "introduction to SPARQL" workshops out there? I organized a SPARQL webinar that LITA put on in February. The instructor was Bob DuCharme, who also wrote an O'Reilly book - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/752976161 You may be able to view it at the link below; I expect DuCharme would be willing to contract with UCSD to tailor something for you - HTH, deb > Thank you for participating in today's LITA webinar "SKOS, SPARQL, and > vocabulary management" part three of a three part series of webinars on > Linked Data. > > You may access the recording of today's session here: > http://ala.adobeconnect.com/p1n8obr32vd/ On May 1, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Hutt, Arwen" <ah...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > We're interested in an introduction to SPARQL workshop for a smallish group > of staff. Specifically an introduction for fairly tech comfortable > non-programmers (in our case metadata librarians), as well as a refresher for > programmers who aren't using it regularly. > > Ideally (depending on cost) we'd like to bring the workshop to our staff, > since it'll allow more people to attend, but any recommendations for good > introductory workshops or tutorials would be welcome! > > Thanks! > Arwen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Arwen Hutt > Head, Digital Object Metadata Management Unit Metadata Services, > Geisel Library University of California, San Diego > ---------------------------------------------------------------- dsshap...@wisc.edu Debra Shapiro UW-Madison SLIS Helen C. White Hall, Rm. 4282 600 N. Park St. Madison WI 53706 608 262 9195 mobile 608 712 6368 FAX 608 263 4849