For those with a lot of time on their hands, there's a site out there with
loads of free ebooks on such things including the SPARQL text mentioned
above.  Here: http://it-ebooks-search.info/search?q=sparkql




On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Hutt, Arwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Debra Shapiro
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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" <[log in to unmask]> 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
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