Public libraries in The Netherlands: a powerful networkFers
In this presentation I will briefly present the structure of the public library network in the Netherlands, with particular emphasis on the way public library innovation is “organised”. There is currently a community of practice (CoP) organised for every specific area of library innovation which at the same time also addresses officially established national priorities, i.e. lifelong learning, development of traditional library services, education of the young population, etc. Librarians in each of the CoPs share experiences specific to their field based on which they identify future activities aimed at the development of the particular field. Librarians included in this CoP system come from libraries of all types and sizes regardless of the province or region.
Keywords: innovation, collaboration, Communities of Practice, network
Presented at 11th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries: “Public Library Network – Cooperation in the Development of Digital Services and Public Presentation” http://www.nsk.hr/en/11th-croatian-conference-on-public-libraries/
FryskLab - Education, innovation and maker culture in the libraryFers
FryskLab is an initiative of Library Service Friesland (Bibliotheekservice Fryslân, BSF) and the Frisian public library network. Friesland is a rural province in the northern part of the Netherlands and FryskLab, operating from a truck formerly used as a bookmobile, is Europe’s first official library FabLab, or “fabrication laboratory”. Its varied team consists of IT specialists, arts management professionals and librarians, and its goal is to examine the extent to which this mobile FabLab initiative contributes to the development of creative, technical and entrepreneurial skills of children and young adults. The project is ultimately expected to result in an increase of the innovative capacities of the entire province of Friesland.
Officially launched in 2014, FryskLab has so far received a number of awards, including the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2017 Presidential Citations for Innovative International Library Projects award. Making knowledge and sharing the future, the motto of the FryskLab project, reinforces the role of libraries in facilitating access to various “tools of knowledge” (equipment and technology) and providing support in the form of various educational and training programmes, effectively bringing together physical and digital, traditional and modern means of acquiring knowledge.
Keywords: maker movement, makerspaces, digital literacy, education, creativity
Presented at 11th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries: “Public Library Network – Cooperation in the Development of Digital Services and Public Presentation” http://www.nsk.hr/en/11th-croatian-conference-on-public-libraries/
From Dystopia to Utopia: The Future of E-content in LibrariesWiLS
Delivered for WiLSWorld 2018 on July 24th in Madison, WI by Mitchell Davis, Chief Business Officer, BiblioLabs; Veronda J. Pitchford, Director of Membership and Resource Sharing, Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)
The future is continuously speeding up and consumer media players like Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Spotify take more and more mindshare and attention of the Gen X, Gen Y and Millennial markets.
Over the past decade large media and technology companies such as these have radically changed end user expectations on the ease of having affordable, simple access to high quality digital content of all types. Meanwhile, brick and mortar institutions such as Borders, Barnes & Noble and a host of others have seen their fortunes decline as indie bookstores have seen a rise in popularity and sustainability.
How are libraries positioned to compete and flourish in this new media landscape? What are libraries uniquely positioned to do well in the digital landscape for readers, researchers and consumers of content? What are the underlying dynamics that drive the business of libraries and keep vendors and libraries from working as true partners?
Engaging in radical collaboration between libraries, vendors and publishers can produce better access, content and experiences sprinkled with delight for readers that could become the rallying cry for all the work we all do.
Platform Thinking: Frameworks for a National Digital Platform State of MindTrevor Owens
Talk presented as a closing keynote to the Biodiversity Heritage Library's National Digital Stewardship Residency program meeting at the National Museum of Natural History. This talk reviews the National Digital Platform framework developed by US IMLS in collaboration with various library, archives and museum stakeholders and presents a series of additional conceptual frameworks on the role of software in society and psychology.
Presentation given for University of British Columbia Oct. 23, 2013 as part of Open Access Week.
Presentation explores open practices throughout society including education with a special focus on what freedoms openness brings and who is using those freedoms.
Public libraries in The Netherlands: a powerful networkFers
In this presentation I will briefly present the structure of the public library network in the Netherlands, with particular emphasis on the way public library innovation is “organised”. There is currently a community of practice (CoP) organised for every specific area of library innovation which at the same time also addresses officially established national priorities, i.e. lifelong learning, development of traditional library services, education of the young population, etc. Librarians in each of the CoPs share experiences specific to their field based on which they identify future activities aimed at the development of the particular field. Librarians included in this CoP system come from libraries of all types and sizes regardless of the province or region.
Keywords: innovation, collaboration, Communities of Practice, network
Presented at 11th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries: “Public Library Network – Cooperation in the Development of Digital Services and Public Presentation” http://www.nsk.hr/en/11th-croatian-conference-on-public-libraries/
FryskLab - Education, innovation and maker culture in the libraryFers
FryskLab is an initiative of Library Service Friesland (Bibliotheekservice Fryslân, BSF) and the Frisian public library network. Friesland is a rural province in the northern part of the Netherlands and FryskLab, operating from a truck formerly used as a bookmobile, is Europe’s first official library FabLab, or “fabrication laboratory”. Its varied team consists of IT specialists, arts management professionals and librarians, and its goal is to examine the extent to which this mobile FabLab initiative contributes to the development of creative, technical and entrepreneurial skills of children and young adults. The project is ultimately expected to result in an increase of the innovative capacities of the entire province of Friesland.
Officially launched in 2014, FryskLab has so far received a number of awards, including the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2017 Presidential Citations for Innovative International Library Projects award. Making knowledge and sharing the future, the motto of the FryskLab project, reinforces the role of libraries in facilitating access to various “tools of knowledge” (equipment and technology) and providing support in the form of various educational and training programmes, effectively bringing together physical and digital, traditional and modern means of acquiring knowledge.
Keywords: maker movement, makerspaces, digital literacy, education, creativity
Presented at 11th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries: “Public Library Network – Cooperation in the Development of Digital Services and Public Presentation” http://www.nsk.hr/en/11th-croatian-conference-on-public-libraries/
From Dystopia to Utopia: The Future of E-content in LibrariesWiLS
Delivered for WiLSWorld 2018 on July 24th in Madison, WI by Mitchell Davis, Chief Business Officer, BiblioLabs; Veronda J. Pitchford, Director of Membership and Resource Sharing, Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)
The future is continuously speeding up and consumer media players like Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Spotify take more and more mindshare and attention of the Gen X, Gen Y and Millennial markets.
Over the past decade large media and technology companies such as these have radically changed end user expectations on the ease of having affordable, simple access to high quality digital content of all types. Meanwhile, brick and mortar institutions such as Borders, Barnes & Noble and a host of others have seen their fortunes decline as indie bookstores have seen a rise in popularity and sustainability.
How are libraries positioned to compete and flourish in this new media landscape? What are libraries uniquely positioned to do well in the digital landscape for readers, researchers and consumers of content? What are the underlying dynamics that drive the business of libraries and keep vendors and libraries from working as true partners?
Engaging in radical collaboration between libraries, vendors and publishers can produce better access, content and experiences sprinkled with delight for readers that could become the rallying cry for all the work we all do.
Platform Thinking: Frameworks for a National Digital Platform State of MindTrevor Owens
Talk presented as a closing keynote to the Biodiversity Heritage Library's National Digital Stewardship Residency program meeting at the National Museum of Natural History. This talk reviews the National Digital Platform framework developed by US IMLS in collaboration with various library, archives and museum stakeholders and presents a series of additional conceptual frameworks on the role of software in society and psychology.
Presentation given for University of British Columbia Oct. 23, 2013 as part of Open Access Week.
Presentation explores open practices throughout society including education with a special focus on what freedoms openness brings and who is using those freedoms.
Digital Infrastructures that Embody Library Principles: The IMLS national dig...Trevor Owens
Digital library infrastructures must not simply work. They must also manifest the core principles of libraries and archives. Since 2014, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has engaged with stakeholders from diverse library communities to consider collaborative approaches to building digital library tools and services. The “national digital platform” for libraries, archives, and museums is the framework that resulted from these dialogs. One key feature of the national digital platform (NDP) is the anchoring of core library principles within the development of digital tools and services. This essay explores how NDP-funded projects enact library principles as part of the national framework.
Library Association of Ireland Cataloguing and Metadata Group AGM Keynote presentation by Isabelle Courtney on the topic of the ongoing work of Media Literacy Ireland (MLI).
Media Literacy Ireland is an informal alliance of organisations and individuals working together on a voluntary basis to promote media literacy in Ireland. The Library Association of Ireland (LAI) is a key stakeholder in this initiative and in her presentation, Isabel Courtney will outline the work to date and suggest ways in which LAICMG members can get involved.
Symbiotic relationships: bringing about change for open data togetherenotsluap
Presentation to the Open Data Leaders Summit at IODC18, Buenos Aires, about the value of symbiotic relationships and an informal approach to bring about open data change.
Digital Infrastructures that Embody Library Principles: The IMLS national dig...Trevor Owens
Digital library infrastructures must not simply work. They must also manifest the core principles of libraries and archives. Since 2014, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has engaged with stakeholders from diverse library communities to consider collaborative approaches to building digital library tools and services. The “national digital platform” for libraries, archives, and museums is the framework that resulted from these dialogs. One key feature of the national digital platform (NDP) is the anchoring of core library principles within the development of digital tools and services. This essay explores how NDP-funded projects enact library principles as part of the national framework.
Library Association of Ireland Cataloguing and Metadata Group AGM Keynote presentation by Isabelle Courtney on the topic of the ongoing work of Media Literacy Ireland (MLI).
Media Literacy Ireland is an informal alliance of organisations and individuals working together on a voluntary basis to promote media literacy in Ireland. The Library Association of Ireland (LAI) is a key stakeholder in this initiative and in her presentation, Isabel Courtney will outline the work to date and suggest ways in which LAICMG members can get involved.
Symbiotic relationships: bringing about change for open data togetherenotsluap
Presentation to the Open Data Leaders Summit at IODC18, Buenos Aires, about the value of symbiotic relationships and an informal approach to bring about open data change.
Presentation on Open Government Data Tools and Infrastructure for Citizen Engagement at the WSIS Forum, May 2012 in Geneva Switzerland.
See: http://groups.itu.int/wsis-forum2012/Agenda/DraftAgenda.aspx?se=43276
A presentation of the Daniel Dietrich, Open Government Data for civic engagement Guidelines (OGDCE Guidelines) presentet by Daniel Dietrich co-author, on behalf of the DPADM team at UNDESA at OKCon, 17th September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
B2: Open Up: Open Data in the Public SectorMarieke Guy
Parallel session [B2: Open Up: Open Data in the Public Sector] run at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2013 (IWMW 2013) event, University of Bath on 26 - 28th June 2013.
Shaping our Future: Digitization Partnerships Across Libraries, Archives and ...UBC Library
Presentation by Ingrid Parent at the National Diet Library in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2, 2010.
Shaping our Future: Digitization Partnerships Across Libraries, Archives and Museums
Presentation by Henk Vanstappen (PACKED) and Lotte Belice Baltussen (Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision) about the Open Culture Data initiative. Given at the DISH 2013 conference in Rotterdam, 3 December 2013.
Open Kent is a powerful and innovative tool, which enables organisations and customers easy access to a range of publically available data in a secure way. It will provide the platform to help Kent Connects develop and implement a coherent approach to sharing public information across the County.
As We Move Toward the Future, How Are We Doing?Jill Hurst-Wahl
Subtitle: Convergence & Sustainability: Why Our Future Is Bright, Part 2
This presentation provides information on the services libraries are providing for their users and which are moving them (the libraries) toward a vibrant future.
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On June 7, Jill Hurst-Wahl spoke at the New York Archives Conference. Her presentation was a follow-up to her plenary session for NYAC in 2011.
This PowerPoint was created for use by participants and others after her talk, and covers all of the information she provided in her session. Jill did not use PowerPoint during her session.
Presentation at 2013 World Summit on the Information Society multistakeholder review event (WSIS+10)
UNESCO, Paris, 25-27 February 2013
ISSC Session: Critical Social Sciences in the Digital Age
A short overview of the current state of affairs in the field of digitising cultural heritage. He discussed the proposed amendment of the PSI-directive to include cultural heritage institutions to fall under the directive and the work the Open Knowledge Foundation does to unlock cultural heritage.
My presentation from the ePSIplatform conference on February, 18th 2011 in Berlin. See: http://www.epsiplatform.net/news/events/opendata_apps_for_everyone
Open Data und Open Government
Open Data ist ein Bestandteil von Open Government der eine Vorraussetzung für eine nachhaltige Öffnung von Staat und Verwaltung bildet. Der freie und ungehinderte Zugang der Allgemeinheit zu den Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltung ermöglicht es allen Teilen der Gesellschaft sich zu informieren und qualifizierte Entscheidungen zu treffen. Ein freier Zugang der Allgemeinheit zu diesen Daten schafft die Vorraussetzung für transparentes und effizientes Regierungs- und Verwaltungshandeln und ist so für mehr Rechenschaft, Vertrauen, Teilhabe und Zusammenarbeit.
Mehr und mehr wird auch das ökonomische Potential erkannt, das in der Öffnung der Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltung steckt. Bürger, Nichtregierungsorganisationen, Hochschulen und Firmen können diese Daten nutzen und sie veredeln und weiterverbreiten. So können neue Auswertungen und Analysen, Anwendungen, Dienstleistungen und Geschäftsmodelle entstehen.
Schon heute gibt es viele frei zugängliche Datenbestände des öffentlichen Sektors. Parlamente, Ministerien, Gerichte, Behörden und andere staatliche Stellen produzieren, pflegen und aktualisieren große Mengen an Daten. Zu diesen Daten zählen Umwelt- und Wetterdaten, Geodaten, Statistiken, Verkehrsdaten, Haushaltsdaten, Publikationen, Protokolle, Gesetze, Urteile und Verordnungen.
Diese Daten sind von öffentlichem Interesse und großer Bedeutung für Bürger, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft. Bisher wird dieses Wissen der Verwaltungen aber kaum in strukturierten Formaten angeboten und über Datenkataloge gebündelt. Die Frage ist also: Wie können deutsche Behörden und andere staatlichen Stellen ihre Datenbestände öffnen und ihre Schätze der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung stellen?
Das Impulsreferat soll nach einer kurzen Einführung ins Thema rechtliche und technische Aspekte einer Öffnung von Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltung besprechen. Chancen und Risiken sollen gegenüber gestellt und konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Praxis diskutiert werden.
Einzelne Diskussionsaspekte:
* Technische Offenheit: Standards für Datenformate und Schnittstellen
* Rechtliche Offenheit: Lizenzen und Nutzungesbedingungen
* Preismodelle: Warum "gratis" ein guter Preis ist
Open Data und Open Government
Open Data ist ein Bestandteil von Open Government der eine Vorraussetzung für eine nachhaltige Öffnung von Staat und Verwaltung bildet. Der freie und ungehinderte Zugang der Allgemeinheit zu den Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltung ermöglicht es allen Teilen der Gesellschaft sich zu informieren und qualifizierte Entscheidungen zu treffen. Ein freier Zugang der Allgemeinheit zu diesen Daten schafft die Vorraussetzung für transparentes und effizientes Regierungs- und Verwaltungshandeln und ist so für mehr Rechenschaft, Vertrauen, Teilhabe und Zusammenarbeit.
Mehr und mehr wird auch das ökonomische Potential erkannt, das in der Öffnung der Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltung steckt. Bürger, Nichtregierungsorganisationen, Hochschulen und Firmen können diese Daten nutzen und sie veredeln und weiterverbreiten. So können neue Auswertungen und Analysen, Anwendungen, Dienstleistungen und Geschäftsmodelle entstehen.
Schon heute gibt es viele frei zugängliche Datenbestände des öffentlichen Sektors. Parlamente, Ministerien, Gerichte, Behörden und andere staatliche Stellen produzieren, pflegen und aktualisieren große Mengen an Daten. Zu diesen Daten zählen Umwelt- und Wetterdaten, Geodaten, Statistiken, Verkehrsdaten, Haushaltsdaten, Publikationen, Protokolle, Gesetze, Urteile und Verordnungen.
Diese Daten sind von öffentlichem Interesse und großer Bedeutung für Bürger, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft. Bisher wird dieses Wissen der Verwaltungen aber kaum in strukturierten Formaten angeboten und über Datenkataloge gebündelt. Die Frage ist also: Wie können deutsche Behörden und andere staatlichen Stellen ihre Datenbestände öffnen und ihre Schätze der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung stellen?
Das Impulsreferat soll nach einer kurzen Einführung ins Thema rechtliche und technische Aspekte einer Öffnung von Daten der öffentlichen Verwaltung besprechen. Chancen und Risiken sollen gegenüber gestellt und konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Praxis diskutiert werden.
Einzelne Diskussionsaspekte:
* Technische Offenheit: Standards für Datenformate und Schnittstellen
* Rechtliche Offenheit: Lizenzen und Nutzungesbedingungen
* Preismodelle: Warum "gratis" ein guter Preis ist
Hacks4Democracy – A hackday on opendata
The Opendata Hackday is a two day barcamp-style meetup on 17/18 April 2010. The goal of the event is to demonstrate that it’s possible to progam creative and innovative prototypes and applications, in short time and on a low budget, that allow us to make data from politics and public administration accessible and usable.
2 days time + public service data + creative people (you!) =
* Scape data and make it accessable
* Bild apps & prototypes
* Show what can be done with government data
Am 7. Dezember haben wir im Rahmen Veranstaltungsreihe Openeverything Fokus Berlin ein Themenabend zu Opendata mit dem Untertitel "warum eine freie Gesellschaft offene Daten braucht" veranstaltet. Es gab zwei Präsentationen mit anschließender Diskussion. Zuerst berichtete Franziska Heine über das “Free Culture Forum“, das Anfang November in Barcelona stattfand und stellte die dort geschriebene Charter vorstellen. Im zweiten Teil habe ich dann versucht die sozialen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Prozesse des Übergangs zur Wissensgesellschaft und die damit einhergehenden Aneignungs- und Verteilungskämpfe zu beleuchten und so die soziale und politische Dimension der Forderung nach freiem Zugang zu Informationen, Wissen, Daten diskutieren. Meine Präsentation war wie immer zu lang, aber dennoch gab es viel positives Feedback und eine sehr interessante Diskussion im Anschluss.
Donate to charity during this holiday seasonSERUDS INDIA
For people who have money and are philanthropic, there are infinite opportunities to gift a needy person or child a Merry Christmas. Even if you are living on a shoestring budget, you will be surprised at how much you can do.
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-to-donate-to-charity-during-this-holiday-season/
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
3. About
the
OKFN
!
A not-for-profit organisation, promoting openness in all its forms.
!
"From sonnets to statistics, genes to geo-data”
!
We build tools and communities to create, use and share open
knowledge, content and data that everyone can use, share and build on.
5. CKAN is an open source data portal
software that makes it easy to publish,
share and find data.
!
CKAN features dozens of governments'
data portals including United Kingdom,
Brazil, USA, Finland, Germany and ...
www.ckan.org
We
build
tools
to
share
data
6. www.openspending.org
!
!
!
Open Spending is an open source
software to visualise and help citizens
better understand how their tax-money
is being spend.
!
!
Open Spending features the budget and
spending data from dozens of
Governments from around the world to
become more transparent.
!
We
build
tools
to
work
with
data
12. Open Knowledge Festival
Oken Knowledge Conference
Open Data Camp
Open Data Day
...
www.okfn.org/events/
We
run
events
13. 20k in prizes for apps, ideas, data
430 entries from
24 EU Member States
!
+ 400 participants from
+ 40 countries
+ 6 Tracks + 40 sessions
!
www.ogdcamp.org
We
run
hackdays
and
compeAAons
www.opendatachallenge.org
14. We
build
a
global
Network
Chapters: UK, Germany,Austria, Belgium, Greece and Switzerland
!
Local groups: Finland, Brazil, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy,Australia,
Netherlands, India, South Africa, Bosnia and ...
www.okfn.org/local/
24. Apple ≠ Knowledge
!
If I share an apple with you, both of us will have half an
apple. If I share knowledge with you we will both have the
same knowledge.
25. What are the Commons?
“Resources accessible to all members of a society”
- Wikipedia
27. What is the Digital
Commons?
"An information and knowledge resources that are
collectively created and owned or shared between or
among a community and that is, be (generally freely)
available to third parties.Thus, they are oriented to favor
use and reuse, rather than to exchange as a commodity.”-
Mayo Fuster Morell on Wikipedia
28. The premises of the
Digital Commons
Non Excludable Non Rivalrous
Re-Usable
Digital artifacts can be curated, remixed, annotated by anyone
30. Open Data
Open Data is a concept of openness (similar to open
source, open content, open access, etc) applied to data.
!
“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use,
reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the
requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.”
!
- www. opendefinition.org
31. Open Government Data
Open Government Data has become a major trend in
public administration. It’s a precondition for Open
Government principles, such as: transparency, participation
and collaboration.
32. Open Cultural Data
Cultural institutions making digitized artifacts and metadata
available on the internet, for everybody to reuse and build
on it.
34. Public Mission
"Enable access to everyone who wants to do research"
- British Library, Our Mission and 2020Vision
!
"Our core values are: accessibility, sustainability, innovation and cooperation."
-National Library of the Netherlands, Our Mission andVision
!
"To provide diverse audiences with the best quality experience and optimum access to
our collections, physically and digitally."
- theVictoria & Albert Museum, Mission and Objectives
!
"The Federal Archives have the legal responsibility of permanently preserving the federal
archival documents and making them available for use."
- German Federal Archives - Responsibilities
!
The National Gallery of Denmark is Denmark’s premier museum of art.Through
Accessibility, education, and exhibition
- Danish National Gallery - Mission
35. Why openness matters
to Cultural Institutions
• Helping GLAMs fulfill their public mission
• Larger audience
• Allow the audiences to participate
• Connect and contextualize collections
• Keep memory institutions relevant in a Digital Age
42. Issues
!
• Worries about the misuse of data and content
• Legal uncertainties: licensing, orphan works
• Technical challenges: standards, tools
• Concerns over lost revenue streams
• Attraction of private schemes that lockdown heritage
43. Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
=
=
Digital content or data that is free to use, re-
use and re-distribute without technical or
legal restriction
44. • A global network of
organizations, institutions
and people who work to
get content and data from
cultural heritage
institutions openly
available for anybody to
access, re-use and enjoy
55. 2. Clear IP rights
!
Clear intellectual property rights & apply an open license
56. 3. Make it accessible
!
Publish content on the internet
57. 4. Make it discoverable
!
Enhance your content so it can be easily discovered: open
standards, metadata, improved search, search engine
optimization, specialized data catalog software, RDF
standards, publish as Linked Open Data.
62. Demand
!
Citizens, civil society organizations, science and private
sector can make a case by creating innovations build on
freely available open cultural data.
63. Supply
!
Pioneering GLAM institutions can engage and demonstrate
the benefits of opening up content to others through
successful initiatives and best practice.
64. Collaboration
!
Visitors and users can actively contribute to aspects of GLAM
collections: Curation, enrichment and improvement, or
provide content for new collections.
66. 21st Century GLAM
• It remains:
• The key preserver of our shared cultural heritage
• An authoritative source of information and expertise
about their collections
• Curate, contextualize and tell stories about their
collections
67. 21st Century GLAM
• It stands to gain:
• An audience far beyond the wildest dreams of its first
founders
• Connections to other collections that contextualize
stories about its objects
• A closer connection to its audience (and the
improvements to its digital collections that come with
that)
69. Reading
Topic Report: Open Data in Cultural Heritage
Institutions
http://epsiplatform.eu/content/topic-report-open-data-cultural-
heritage-institutions