Thank you Merrilee! I am dearly looking forward to this. Any specific affordances for remote participation this yr? //S
🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Fri., Feb. 28, 2020, 11:38 p.m. Proffitt,Merrilee, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Registration announcement* > > *LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries: May 13-14, 2020* > > *Preconference workshops: May 12, 2020* > > *Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA* > > *Registration starts: Wednesday, March 4* > > *Stipend application deadline: Sunday, March 15* > > *Registration deadline: Friday, April 17* > > > > We’re excited to announce that registration for the 2020 LD4 Conference > will open on Wednesday, March 4th. Join us May 13-14 at Texas A&M > University in College Station, Texas, USA to learn concrete ways that > linked data benefits GLAM institutions, and discover pathways to > participation in linked data. Please visit the conference web site > (ld4.io) <http://ld4.io> for more details. Wikimedians are most warmly > welcome to attend and participate in this conference! > > > > Whether you have already implemented linked data in your work or are just > getting started, you will leave with a better understanding of what linked > data is, how it can be used, and what you can do to get started or continue > to incorporate linked data in your institutions or projects. By bringing > together a broad range of perspectives, and centering diversity, equity, > inclusion, and ethics in our discussions, we will create a community of > practice for linked data in libraries. > > > > We are delighted to have Karen Hwang as our conference kick-off speaker. > Karen’s practice as a metadata professional and archivist is rooted in > concerns of discoverability and representation. She works to promote > underrepresented histories through digital collections, and has explored > ways to implement linked open data to enhance and boost the discovery of > cultural heritage resources. Other program highlights include, > "Workshopping Queeries: Linked Data Vocabularies and Ethical Cataloging," > “Where Linked Data Can Impact User Experience: Findings from a Study on > Discovery Workflows,” "’I don't think I'll ever understand linked data’: > How to Teach Linked Data to Our Colleagues,” and “Linking bilingual > bibliographic data: a Wikidata-based project of Chinese writers' archival > collections.” > > > > A $100 registration fee will help to cover conference expenses and will > include food and beverages during morning and afternoon breaks as well as a > lunch buffet for both conference days, May 13th and 14th. There will not be > an additional registration fee for pre-conference workshops on March 12th. > Thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a > limited number of stipends > <https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/ld42020/stipends> will be > available to make participation possible for those who would not otherwise > be able to attend. > > > > We hope that you’ll join us! Please visit conference web site (ld4.io) > <http://ld4.io> for more information. We’ll send out another message on > Wednesday when registration opens. > > > > For questions about the LD4 Conference, please contact the conference > co-chairs at [email protected] > > > > ******************** > > Hilary Thorsen (Stanford University) and Christine Fernsebner Eslao > (Harvard University), Conference Co-Chairs > > > > > > Merrilee Proffitt > > Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership > > > > > > *From:* Proffitt,Merrilee > *Sent:* Thursday, January 16, 2020 2:28 PM > *To:* Wikimedia & Libraries <[email protected]>; Discussion > list for the Wikidata project <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Subject:* Reminder, deadline approaching for the Call for Presentations > and Program Content for the LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries: May > 13-14, 2020 > > > > > > *Call for Presentations and Program Content* > > *LD4 Conference on Linked Data in Libraries: May 13-14, 2020* > > *Preconference workshops: May 12, 2020* > > *Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA* > > *Proposal form: * > *https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebmQF48Gn9bag6x* > <https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ebmQF48Gn9bag6x> > > *Submission deadline: Friday, January 31st at 11:59pm PST* > > *Conference website: **ld4.io* <http://ld4.io> > > > > 2 weeks are left to propose content for the 2020 LD4 Conference! Wiki > related proposals are warmly welcome at this library conference! > > > > The conference will be held May 13-14 at Texas A&M University in College > Station, Texas, USA with a focus on learning concrete ways that linked data > benefits GLAM institutions and discovering pathways to participation in > linked data. By bringing together a broad range of perspectives, and > centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethics in our discussions, we > will create a community of practice for linked data in libraries. > > > > Thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a > limited number of stipends at three award levels are available to make > participation possible for those who would not otherwise be able to attend: > > - Registration fee ($100 US) waived > - Up to $500 US of travel expenses covered plus registration fee ($100 > US) waived > - Up to $1250 US of travel expenses covered plus registration fee > ($100 US) waived > > Stipend applications will be reviewed by the Program Committee and > recipients selected based on merit and need. > > > > We are accepting proposals for content in a variety of formats and > especially encourage proposals (conference or pre-conference) from > participants from groups and regions that are traditionally > underrepresented in conferences related to linked data in libraries and > other cultural heritage organizations, as well as proposals from early > career professionals. Please see the full Call for Proposals > <https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/ld42020/call-for-proposals> for > additional details. > > > > *The Program Committee will select proposals and contact all applicants by > February 21st. For those interested in attending without proposing a > session, a separate call for participation will be announced in late > February.* > > > > For questions about the LD4 Conference, please contact the conference > co-chairs at [email protected] > > > > For more information on the event, please visit the conference web site > <http://ld4.io> (ld4.io). > > > > ******************** > > Hilary Thorsen (Stanford University) and Christine Fernsebner Eslao > (Harvard University), Conference Co-Chairs > > > > > > Merrilee Proffitt (she/her) > > *OCLC* · Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership > > *M* +1-510-684-4717 > > orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-8337 > > [image: OCLC] <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_logo> > > OCLC.org <http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html?cmpid=emailsig_link> *·* > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCLC/20530435726> *·* Twitter > <http://twitter.com/MerrileeIam> *·* YouTube > <http://www.youtube.com/OCLCvideo> > > > > The OCLC Research Library Partnership > <http://www.oclc.org/research/partnership> provides a unique > transnational > > collaborative network of peers to address common issues as well > > as the opportunity to engage directly with OCLC Research. 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