Conference Session 181

National libraries and open data: new discovery and access services

National Libraries

Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.

15 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI

• The importance of open data to national libraries
  Keynote speaker: ELIZABETH NIGGEMANN (German National Library, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Are you ready to drive in? A case of open data in national libraries
  GILDAS ILLIEN (National Library of France, Paris, France)
• A National approach to the sharing of data and content
  BILL MACNAUGHT and ANDY NEALE (National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand)
• Opening new doors: recent initiatives in open data at the National Library of Scotland
  GILL HAMILTON (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)