How your library will benefit from linked data

"When operationalized, linked data will provide participating libraries with:

• A massive collection of descriptive information and identifiers for creative works, persons, and other things libraries need to refer to
• The capability to enhance these descriptions, or add them for things missing from the collection
• An ecosystem (including a lightweight UI and APIs) that will allow library workers to create linked data natively, instead of through conversion from MARC
• Tools to reconcile local library metadata with that of the ecosystem, and connect library metadata with nonlibrary sources...."