This presentation reflects the paper titled "The Semantic Web and Libraries in the United States: Experimentation and Achievements," published in the proceedings of 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Satellite Meeting: Emerging Trends in Technology: Libraries between Web 2.0, Semantic Web and Search Technology 8/19-20/2009, in Florence, Italy, presented by Sharon Yang, Rider University, Yanyi Lee, Wagner College, and Amanda Xu, St. John's University. Here is the URL to the full paper: http://www.ifla2009satelliteflorence.it/meeting3/program/assets/SharonYang.pdf