Talking with Talis http://talk.talis.com/ Listen to conversations with thought-leaders spanning Web 2.0, Libraries, and the Semantic Web... en 2008-06-30T22:32:36+00:00 Ed Summers Talks with Talis http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/06/ed_summers_talk_1.html Ed Summers - 2.jpgEd Summers has recently been active in exposing Library of Congress Subject Heading data as Linked Data using Semantic Web technologies and RDF, through his experimental service at lcsh.info.

In this conversation we find out how Ed's career, not always on a traditional library path, has led him to his work in the Library of Congress, his pragmatic interest in things Semantic Web, and why he has needed to experiment outside of the LoC.

In this conversation we reference:

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This conversation was conducted as a Skype call on Thurday 26th June 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.


]]> Richard Wallis 2008-06-30T22:32:36+00:00 Karen Schneider Talks with Talis http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/06/karen_schneider.html Karen Schneider Karen Schneider has had a varied career in libraries, she is best known as an entertaining and informative speaker at library conferences, author of many articles, and prolific blogger as Free Range Librarian.

Karen recently announced another career move to become Community Librarian, for Open Source library software support company, Equinox.

We discuss her career and her view of libraries that have lead to her move to an open source organisation, and what Open Source has to offer.

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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Tuesday 27th May 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.


]]> Richard Wallis 2008-06-10T16:25:53+00:00 Allan Cho Talks with Talis http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/06/allan_cho_talks_1.html Allan Cho Program Services Librarian at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia Canada, Allan Cho, has a theme of the Semantic Web running through many of his post on his blog Allan's Library.

In this Talking with Talis conversation we discuss the newly created role of Program Services Librarian, Allan's thoughts on the Semantic Web and what it means for libraries and librarians.

During the conversation we reference the following:

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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Thursday 22nd May 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

 ]]> Richard Wallis 2008-06-04T09:41:40+00:00 Kingsley Idehen talks about OpenLink Software, Linked Data and the Semantic Web http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/05/kingsley_idehen.html kidehen1.jpg
In our latest podcast I talk with Kingsley Idehen, President and CEO of OpenLink Software. We discuss OpenLink's approach, and the role that semantic technologies play in this, before turning to a broader discussion of Linked Data; a movement with which Kingsley has been closely involved.

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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Tuesday 13 May, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband. Thanks are due to Andrew Peterson for his advice on editing the audio.

For further Talking with Talis podcasts on the emerging Web of Data, see here.

]]> Paul Miller 2008-05-15T15:46:32+00:00 <![CDATA[JISC & SCONUL Talk with Talis about Library Management System Study]]> http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/05/jisc_sconul_tal.html Rachel Bruce of JISC and Anne Bell of SCONUL join me in the latest Talking with Talis podcast to discuss the recently published JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study - An Evaluation and horizon scan of the current library management systems and related systems landscape for UK higher education.

We discuss the report, the reasons for commissioning it, how it will inform the on going debate about the future of academic libraries, and how libraries could use it.

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During the conversation we reference the following resorces:

This conversation was recorded on Friday 9th May  and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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]]> Richard Wallis 2008-05-12T14:33:33+00:00 Peter Mika talks about SearchMonkey and the Semantic Technology Conference http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/05/peter_mika_talk.html Peter Mika
In our latest podcast I talk with Peter Mika of Yahoo! Research. Peter is speaking at the Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose later this month, and we explore the topic of his presentation as well as learning more about Yahoo! bringing semantic technologies to the mainstream with SearchMonkey.

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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Thursday 8 May, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband. Thanks are due to Andrew Peterson for his advice on editing the audio.

For further Talking with Talis podcasts on the emerging Web of Data, see here.

]]> Paul Miller 2008-05-08T13:22:40+00:00 Christine Connors talks about semantic technologies at Dow Jones http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/05/christine_conno.html Christine Connors
In our latest podcast I talk with Christine Connors, Global Director, Semantic Technology Solutions at Dow Jones. Christine is speaking at the Semantic Technology Conference in San Jose later this month, and we explore the topic of her presentation as well as discussing Dow Jones' wider approach to the adoption of semantic technologies.

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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Friday 18 April, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband. Thanks are due to Andrew Peterson for his advice on editing the audio.

For further Talking with Talis podcasts on the emerging Web of Data, see here.

]]> Paul Miller 2008-05-01T16:49:46+00:00 Talis talks with the New Media Consortium about Horizon Report 2008 http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/talis_talks_wit_1.html 2008Hor-Rep-Cvr

In our latest podcast I talk with Larry Johnson, Alan Levine and Rachel Smith of the New Media Consortium. We discuss the 2008 edition of their Horizon Report, exploring both their methods and the wide-ranging implications for Higher Education of their findings.

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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Wednesday 26 March, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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]]> Paul Miller 2008-03-31T21:38:29+00:00 Fiona Bradley Talks with Talis about the Semantic Web and Libraries http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/fiona_bradley_t_1.html fbradleyThe guest for this Talking with Talis Podcast is Fiona Bradley, Australian Librarian working for IFLA in the Netherlands.

Fiona Launched the blog Semantic Library, to help her find out more about the Semantic Web.  We discuss what she has discovered from the blog and the relevance of the Semantic Web to libraries.

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During the conversation we mention:

This conversation was conducted as a Skype call on Wednesday 12th March 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.
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]]> Richard Wallis 2008-03-26T09:34:31+00:00 Introducing the Semantic Web Gang http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/introducing_the_1.html Today we're launching a further series of podcasts to add to the range currently available to you. This new Semantic Web Gang will be a regular monthly show, tapping into insights on the news of the moment from some of those at the forefront in bringing the Semantic Web vision to reality.

Gang members for the first show were;

We shall be adding to the Gang in the coming months, as well as introducing the occasional special guest from time to time.

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See this post on ZDNet's blog, The Semantic Web, for more discussion.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted on 20 March 2008.

For further Talking with Talis podcasts on the emerging Web of Data, see here.

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]]> Paul Miller 2008-03-25T21:58:13+00:00 Jim Hendler talks about the Semantic Web and Artificial Intelligence http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/jim_hendler_tal.html Jim Hendler
In our latest podcast I talk with Jim Hendler, Tetherless World Senior Constellation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. We discuss Jim's early experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, before digging into some of his observations on competing interpretations of the Semantic Web and exploring the relevance of Semantic Web ideas to users of today's Web 2.0 applications.

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See this post on ZDNet's blog, The Semantic Web, for more discussion.

During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Friday 14 March, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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]]> Paul Miller 2008-03-20T09:31:40+00:00 Eric Miller talks about Zepheira and semantically enabling systems for the Semantic Technology conference http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/eric_miller_tal_1.html Eric Miller

In our latest podcast I talk with Eric Miller, President of Zepheira. In this follow-up to our original podcast last year, we discuss a project Zepheira has been undertaking to simplify conference management and enrich the delegate experience at this year's Semantic Technology conference. The systems they have developed demonstrate some of the ways in which semantic web technologies can be integrated with existing processes in order to deliver increased value and functionality.

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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using Skype on Friday 14 March, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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]]> Paul Miller 2008-03-16T12:44:06+00:00 Norman Gray Talks with Talis about Astronomy and the Semantic Web http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/norman_gray_tal.html Norman-Gray 100X150.Shkl
In our latest Talking with Talis podcast I talk with Norman Gray of the European Virtual Observatory's Technology Centre (Euro-VOTech). We talk about Astronomy, and some of the ways in which Semantic Web ideas and methods are beginning to play a role.

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During the conversation, we refer to the following resources;

This conversation was conducted using iChat on Monday 10 March, recorded with Ecamm Network's Conference Recorder, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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]]> Paul Miller 2008-03-16T11:45:29+00:00 A Chat with Richard Cyganiak http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/a_chat_with_ric.html Latest recording on technical matters is a chat with Richard Cyganiak, who's currently working on the Sindice Semantic Web search engine, though is probably best known for his leading role in the Linking Open Data project (maintaining the cloud diagram :-)

In the podcast Richard describes various technical details of these projects, and talks about the nature of data on the Web in the wild, as RDF, microformats and increasingly RDFa. He also discusses some of the practical issues in mapping existing databases to the Semantic Web (the kind of techniques Tim Berners-Lee mentioned in his podcast with Paul a few weeks ago).

Richard naturally mentions the principles of Linked Data :

  1. Use URIs as names for things
  2. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names.
  3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information.
  4. Include links to other URIs. so that they can discover more things.

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]]> Paul Miller 2008-03-13T18:03:35+00:00 SLIC's Elaine Fulton Talks with Talis http://talk.talis.com/archives/2008/03/slics_elaine_fu.html elaine_fulton Elaine Fulton Director, Scottish Library and Information Council/CILIP in Scotland is the subject of this Talking with Talis Podcast.

From library assistant in East Kilbride to Director of SLIC, Elaine has had a long career in and around Public Libraries in Scotland.  For a significant amount of that time she was associated with library systems, which has been a great help in her current position.

We discuss her career; the role of SLIC/CILIP in Scotland; the differences and advantages of working through the Scottish Government; and past and current SLIC projects.

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This conversation was conducted as a SkypeOut call on Wednesday 5th March 2008, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband.
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