[Okfn-ca] Fwd: [sparc open data] Webcast Invitation: Demystifying Hackathons with Brian Glanz Aug. 6

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Sujet: 	[sparc open data] Webcast Invitation: Demystifying Hackathons 
with Brian Glanz Aug. 6
Date : 	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:36:38 -0400
De : 	Andrea Higginbotham <andrea at arl.org>
Pour : 	sparc-opendata at arl.org




*Tools for Open Access Advocacy: Demystifying Hackathons*

Another free SPARC online event
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
12:00 - 1:00PM EDT (use helpful time converter: http://bit.ly/1bSErJ6)
Registration is free, but required. Please *RSVP* by August 1st at: 
http://sparc2.arl.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=120

This webcast requires both a phone dial-in and an Internet connection.

Does the very word “Hackathon” have you crawling to the nearest corner, 
with visions of computer code dancing in your head? Have you 
ever wondered what exactly they are, and why you should care? Hackathons 
can be a great tool, bringing together groups of people to complete a 
set goal using the combination of their skills – computer-based and 
otherwise. They are not just for the technologists – your individual 
expertise can be a vital part of a “hack.” Open Access Week is now just 
around the corner (October 21-27) and a Hackathon is a great way to stir 
interest, involvement, and possibly create finished projects using 
Open Access content.

Our guest speaker, Brian Glanz, is the founder of the Open Science 
Federation and co-founder of the American chapter of the Open 
Knowledge Foundation. With both organizations, Brian has lots of 
experience participating in and deploying Hackathons where Open Access 
content played a critical part. For two recent examples, he points to 
the over 100 events associated with http://hackforchange.org in June, 
and July’s http://hack4ac.com in the scholarly publishing community.

Brian will fully explain what Hackathons are, how you deploy them, and 
why we in the library community should be participating in and utilizing 
them.

To accommodate interest in every time zone, this 1-hour event will be 
recorded and available on our website shortly afterwards.

Please join us for a lively and interactive discussion. SPARC’s 
Executive Director, Heather Joseph, will be moderating questions during 
the webcast. Feel free to post preliminary comments and questions for 
Brian on the OA Week Website 
(http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/hackwebcastquestions).

For additional information, contact SPARC’s Communication’s Manager, 
Andrea Higginbotham at andrea [at] arl [dot] org.

And make sure to join Open Access Week Events at www.openaccessweek.org 
<http://www.openaccessweek.org>.

Best,

Andrea

Andrea Brusca Higginbotham
Communications Manager, SPARC
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-2296 ext 121
andrea at arl.org <mailto:andrea at arl.org>
www.arl.org/sparc <http://www.arl.org/sparc>

Open Access Week 2013
October 21-27
http://www.openaccessweek.org/
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