SWIB (Semantic Web in Libraries) is a community and an annual conference, this year being held for the 18th time. SWIB26 will happen online to ensure inclusion of as many participants as possible while minimizing the ecological footprint of the conference.
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 all 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.
The conference language is English.
Programme
The programme will be announced in September 2026.
Registration
The registration will open in September 2026.
Programme committee
- Julia Beck (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Uldis Bojars (National Library of Latvia)
- Nuno Freire (Europeana Foundation, Netherlands)
- Argie Kasprzik (ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Germany – Chair)
- Huda Khan (Stanford University, USA)
- Niklas Lindström (National Library of Sweden)
- Devika Madalli (Indian Statistical Institute)
- Adrian Pohl (hbz, Germany – Chair)
- Dorothea Salo (UW-Madison, USA)
- Jodi Schneider (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Osma Suominen (National Library of Finland)
- Katherine Thornton (Yale University Library, USA)
- Jakob Voß (GBV Common Library Network, Germany)
Social media
Hashtag: #swib26
Mastodon: @swib@openbiblio.social
Contact
Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions:
Adrian Pohl
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz)
Tel. +49-(0)221-40075235
E-mail: swib(at)hbz-nrw.de
or
Argie Kasprzik
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Tel. +49-(0)40-42834425
E-mail: a.kasprzik(at)zbw.eu
Organizers
SWIB26 is organized by ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz).
