VIAFbot Video
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VIAFbot Video


A video showing OCLC Research Wikipedian in Residence Max Klein and Senior Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt discussing the results of having Max's "VIAFbot" link Virtual International Authority File records to Wikipedia references.




- Linked Data Webinar
Image via WikipediaOCLC Research is hosting a free Webinar on Linked Data, 27 May 2010 at 2 pm EDT.Linked Data is a hot topic. It provides a mechanism to expose library data in a way that is understandable to non-librarians, thereby facilitating community...

- Virtual International Authority File
News from OCLC.OCLC, the Bibliothéque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Library of Congress have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend and enhance the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), a project which...

- Video Annotation
Integrating Contextual Video Annotation into Media Authoring for Video Podcasting and Digital Medical Records by I-Jong Lin and Hui Chao is a new HP report.In this paper, we demonstrate how rich media annotation can enable two new applications for video...

- Sura/vide Digital Video Workshop
For those who cannot attend the 6th annual SURA/ViDe Digital Video Workshop in Indianapolis in person next week (March 23-24), the workshop will be streamed live, compliments of the Internet2 Commons.Streaming is set to include all main track presentations...

- Names
VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File is a joint project of OCLC with the Library of Congress and Die Deutsche Bibliothek.Once the existing authority records are linked, shared OAI servers will be established to maintain the authority files and...



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