<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museums (LODLAM): Current Trends, Tools, Techniques, and the Roles of Vendors</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Corey A.</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Harper</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Shlomo</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Sanders</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Corey Harper will explore the background and current state of LODLAM, with a focus on tools, techniques, use-cases and end-user facing applications. Potential vendor roles, both for Ex Libris products and more broadly, will be discussed along with user-group community efforts to bring the output of linked data research and open source development into the suites of tools available as off-the-shelf library discovery and metadata management solutions. Shlomo Sanders will also give a high-level overview of Ex Libris’ activities and developments in the area of Linked Data.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">General Topics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2014-05-01</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>