Harnessing the Semantic Web for Scholarship

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The Semantic Web links data to other data via machine-readable information. Scholars from a wide variety of fields are applying semantic technologies to their research. At this event, panelists cover examples of the scholarly use of linked data and its creation. The panel also consider how linked data is changing the process and outcomes of research. Speakers: Micki McGee is an assistant professor of Sociology at Fordham University and is project director of the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Compatible Database Initiative. Benno Blumenthal is Data Library Manager at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University. He is the author of the IRI/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Climate Data Library, which offers freely accessible climate data via the Web. Cristina Pattuelli is an assistant professor at the Pratt School of Information and Library Science. Date: November 2, 2011 Sponsor: Columbia University Scholarly Communication Program Cosponsors: Digital Humanities Center, the Digital Science Center, and the Digital Social Science Center of the Columbia University Libraries

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