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The following program is part of ALA President Jim Rettig’s “Grassroots Program” initiative, and so is not listed as either an ALCTS or a LITA program. However, it should be of interest to members of both Associations! You are cordially invited to attend the following presentation at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago: From Legacy Data to Linked Data: Preparing Libraries for Web 3.0 Monday, June 13th, 8:00-10:00 AM Hilton Lake Ontario Room How can library cataloging data be transformed to function within “Web 3.0” and be understood by non-library web applications? Speakers from both the library and Semantic Web communities will explore the situation in a non-technical manner and describe current work underway to transform legacy library data into linked data. Speakers: Eric Miller, President, Zepheira, Inc. Diane Hillmann, Director of Metadata Initiatives, Information Institute of Syracuse Jennifer Bowen, Co-Principal Investigator, eXtensible Catalog Project, University of Rochester Rebecca Guenther, Senior Networking and Standards Specialist, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress Moderator: Corey A. Harper, Metadata Services Librarian, New York University Please join us for an interesting program and discussion! Jennifer Bowen