Recent investments from Mellon, OCLC, and the global library community have yielded significant advancements in the infrastructure, data, and services needed to bring linked data into today’s library workflows. At the core of this infrastructure is WorldCat Entities, a set of linked data entities that establish the context for bibliographic data curation with uniform resource identifiers (URIs). Serving as the foundation for our shared entity management infrastructure, WorldCat Entities enables greater data interoperability and connections across a variety of both traditional and linked data formats. Supporting this array of data formats allows libraries and researchers to experience the benefits of linked data today, without making dramatic changes to existing systems, workflows, or behaviors. With OCLC Meridian and a suite of accompanying APIs, libraries can create and manage WorldCat Entities as needed. During this session, an expert panel will discuss the importance and application of these linked data entities and share key use cases while demonstrating the first-of-its-kind service.