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I could understand paying ~$100 for an 1.5 hour session if there was some sort of interactive training, or in-person component. But this seems kind of ridiculous for a webinar. Also, it is unfortunate that you would need to spend this amount of money to get an update on where things are at with the transition from MARC to a new bibliographic framework, which is a matter of general concern to the library community. //Ed PS. I think I got this message 14 times in my inbox. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:08 AM, DCMI Announce <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** > > Join NISO/DCMI for our joint January webinar > > --Webinar: Translating the Library Catalog from MARC into Linked Data: An > Update on the Bibliographic Framework Initiative > --Date: January 23, 2013 > --Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time - UTC 18:00:00) (World Clock: > http://bit.ly/UQtGdU) > --Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/bibframework/ > > ========================================================================= > > ABOUT THE WEBINAR: > > In May 2012, the Library of Congress announced a new modeling initiative > focused on reflecting the MARC 21 library standard as a Linked Data model > for the Web, with an initial model to be proposed by the consulting company > Zepheira. The goal of the initiative is to translate the MARC 21 format to > a Linked Data model while retaining the richness and benefits of existing > data in the historical format. > > In this webinar, Eric Miller of Zepheira will report on progress towards > this important goal, starting with an analysis of the translation problem > and concluding with potential migration scenarios for a broad-based > transition from MARC to a new bibliographic framework. > > SPEAKER: > > Eric Miller is co-founder and president of Zepheira, which provides > solutions for managing information across boundaries of person, group, and > enterprise. Until 2007, Eric led the Semantic Web Initiative for the World > Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT and was one of the key leaders in the > development of the Resource Description Framework and other Semantic Web > technologies. Prior to his work at W3C, Eric was a Senior Research > Scientist at OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, > where he served as the co-founder and Associate Director of the Dublin Core > Metadata Initiative. > > Registration closes one hour before the webinar begins. > > For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: > http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/bibframework/