A few bookmarks while I was conferencing and traveling:

Semantic Library: RDF in Practice

This recent podcast by Robert Wolfe at MIT (via Catalogablog) is what I’ll be listening to on my commute tomorrow. Topics include SIMILE, RDF and SKOS.

RDA satellite conference report

The Bib Blog has a good summary of the RDA pre-conference held prior to the 2008 IFLA Congress last month. The linked presentations give a good introduction to RDA and the linkages to FRBR, FRBRoo and the Semantic Web.

One Web, No Go

Oliver Weidlich’s presentation, “One Web, No Go” at the Australian Web Standards Group meeting in August (via CaseyG) on the mobile web goes through the pros and cons of developing mobile-specific sites. A range of examples of (commercial) sites is also included. Libraries should be considering these issues now, as demand for mobile services grows and more OPACs are available with mobile options. For many, it will be more resource-efficient (and more logical in the long run) to focus on standards-compliant sites for any device rather than putting resources into a mobile-optimised site.