[open-bibliography] fyi - Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Summit

Mon Feb 14 20:27:26 UTC 2011

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From: Jon Voss <jon at lookbackmaps.net>
Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Subject: [Freebase-discuss] Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives,
and Museums Summit
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Hi folks,

Thought I would share this international event taking place in San
Francisco this June 2-3. http://lod-lam.net.

If you’re doing any work with libraries, archives, museums or cultural
heritage institutions, or building applications with such data, this
is a great opportunity to gather with colleagues from around the
world.  As space is limited, we’ll be accepting applications through
Feb. 28.

Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Jon

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The International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Summit (LOD-LAM) will be held in San Francisco on 2-3 June 2011.

LOD-LAM will convene leaders in their respective areas of expertise
from the humanities and sciences to catalyse practical and actionable
approaches to publishing Linked Open Data, specifically:

* Identify the tools and techniques for publishing and working with
Linked Open Data.

* Draft precedents and policy for licensing and copyright
considerations regarding the publishing of library, archive, and
museum metadata.

* Publish definitions and promote use cases that will give LAM staff
the tools they need to advocate for Linked Open Data in their
institutions.

Applications open from  1 February – 28 February.  Limited travel
grants will be available. The hashtag for the event is #lodlam.

Please go to http://lod-lam.net/summit/ for more information.

Sent on behalf of the organizers and organizing committee:

Jon Voss, Founder, LookBackMaps, principal organizer/facilitator.

Kris Carpenter Negulescu, Director of Web Group, Internet Archive,
project manager

Organizing Committee:

Lisa Goddard, Acting Associate University Librarian for Information
Technology, Memorial University Libraries

Martin Kalfatovic, Assistant Director, Digital Services Division at
Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Deputy Project Director of
the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Mark Matienzo, Digital Archivist in Manuscripts and Archives at the
Yale University Library

Mia Ridge, Lead Web Developer & Technical Architect, Science Museum/NMSI (UK)

Tim Sherratt, National Museum of Australia & University of Canberra

MacKenzie Smith, Research Director, MIT Libraries

Adrian Stevenson, Research Officer, UKOLN; Project Manager, LOCAH
Linked Data Project

John Wilbanks, VP of Science, Director of Science Commons, Creative Commons

Special thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Internet
Archive for making this event possible.

Jon Voss

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