Great news! IFLA has created a Semantic Web Special Interest Group. Details below. -Jodi Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [log in to unmask] > From: Emmanuelle Bermes <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 30 March 2012 13:26:49 GMT+02:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: IFLA's Semantic Web Special Interest Group > > Dear Colleagues, > > A Semantic Web Special Interest Group (SWSIG) has been created within > IFLA (International Federation of Libraries Associations and > Institutions). > This group is intended to gather library professionals interested in > Semantic Web technologies, and to undertake whatever tasks are needed > to develop, enhance and facilitate the adoption of semantic Web > technologies in the library community. > To know more about the SWSIG, see [1]. > > The SIG has its own Web page hosted by IFLA at [2]. The page will > provide news about the activities of the group, as well as information > regarding Linked Data and Semantic Web in libraries in general. News > from the group can be suscribed via RSS [2]. > The group will meet during each IFLA congress for the 3 coming years, > starting with the 78th IFLA Congress in Helsinki (11-17 August 2012). > If you are interested in joining the group or receiving updates > regarding the group's activities by email, please contact me. > > Emmanuelle BERMES > Convenor of the Semantic Web SIG > Information Technology Section, IFLA > > [1] http://www.ifla.org/en/about-swsig > [2] http://www.ifla.org/en/swsig > [3] http://www.ifla.org/en/rss/group/6155 >