SWIB20 12th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference, Online

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we cannot be sure that travelling and meeting face-to-face will be possible for everybody in the community by November. Therefore, we have decided to hold SWIB20 within the scheduled timeframe not in Bonn, Germany, but for the first time on the web. This will be an opportunity to participate from all over the world at little or no cost. SWIB focuses on Linked Open Data (LOD) in libraries and related organizations. It is well established as an event where IT staff, developers, librarians, and researchers from over the world meet and mingle and learn from each other. The topics of talks and workshops at SWIB revolve around opening data, linking data and creating tools and software for LOD production scenarios. These areas of focus are supplemented by presentations of research projects in applied sciences, industry applications, and LOD activities in other areas. As usual, SWIB20 will be organized by the ZBW - German National Library of Economics / Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz). The conference language is English.