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Some initial next steps are already scheduled. Bob will be meeting with Rob Cartolano and Stephen Davis on Wednesday (4/1) to discuss the technical side of the LD4P commitment Columbia has in mind (e.g. the local triple store, installing tools, etc.). Chew Chiat Naun has convened is convening a meeting of the LTS Linked Data Steering Group (including Jim and the group's IT liaison, Simeon Warner) on Thursday afternoon (4/2) to begin discussion of the project Cornell has in mind, including the grant planning process, the scope of the project, local infrastructure, relationship of LD4P to the Linked Data for Libraries (LD4L) project, and how to demonstrate the value of this work. Bob and Jim agreed to raise explicitly questions not only about local infrastructure but the possible benefits of a 2CUL collaboration on the technical component of the project(s). We will aim to make notes from these meetings available ASAP, or at least by Friday 12:00noon.
Other questions that we will need to answer (soon – the first draft of the grant proposal will be due to Mellon in mid-May):
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Xin will ask Michelle and Nini to schedule a follow-up meeting session for the four of us on Monday to review conclusions from the separate Columbia and Cornell meetings taking place later this week.