Archives in the Web of Data:

Towards a Virtuous Flow of Data in the UK and BeyondJennifer Schaffner, chair

Joy PalmerJane StevensonKira HomoAdrian Stevenson

Society of American ArchivistsAnnual MeetingChicago, 2011

SAA Chicago, 26 August 2011Archives in the Web of Data

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Why do we want to share and re-use data?

• Aggregation

• Interoperability

• Interfaces

• Shareable metadata

• Open data

• Standards

SAA Chicago, 26 August 2011Archives in the Web of Data

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Speakers

• Joy Palmer• Senior Manager• Archival and Library Services, Mimas

• Jane Stevenson• Archives Hub Manager• Mimas

• Kira Homo• Electronic Collections Archivist• University of Oregon

• Adrian Stevenson• Project Manager and Researcher• UKOLN and LOCAH

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Discovery