[OpenGLAM] Fwd: The Open Book now available online for free and in print

[Joris Pekel]

Hi all,

the Open Book is published! More info below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at gmail.com>
Date: 2013/4/8
Subject: The Open Book now available online for free and in print
To: openbook <openbook at okfestival.org>
Cc: Antti Halonen <antti.halonen at finnish-institute.org.uk>


Hello,

Thanks for your interest in the Open Book! We are happy to announce that
after a lot of work and passion, this long-awaited publication is now
available both online (for free!) and in print.

THE CONTEXT // From makerspaces to data wrangling schools to archives, the
digital is being remixed by the open – and it is changing society as we
know it. The Open Book <http://theopenbook.org.uk> is an ambitious project
to explore these emergent understandings, put together by The Finnish
Institute in London as a part of the critical Reaktio series <
http://bit.ly/ZvrLn8> with the help of the Open Knowledge Foundation <
http://okfn.org> and a global team of contributors and mentors.

THE BOOK // Inspired by the world’s first Open Knowledge Festival <
http://okfestival.org> this fall in Helsinki, The Open Book explores the
social and technological manifestations of this movement for the first
time, featuring over 25 in-depth thought pieces written by pioneers of
openness around the world from London to São Paulo - many of whom were
suggested by you! Also included is “The Evolution of Open Knowledge” <
http://bit.ly/YGwj7N>, the world’s first crowdsourced timeline of openness
from 1425 to the current day which we asked you to contribute to <
http://bit.ly/122EuLV> earlier this year.

THE CONCLUSIONS // Due to the divisive nature of such an experimental
publication, we do not attempt to present any single argument on what
‘open’ is. Instead, we hope The Open Book will serve as a platform for
discussion and a launching pad for new ideas about the future of a global
open knowledge movement in a time of rapid technological progress.

THE LAUNCH // As many of you already know, The Open Book was officially
launched at FutureEverything in Manchester last month: <
http://bit.ly/146xxwf> Many thanks to everyone who came and showed their
support - it was a great event! Here's a summary by Antti Halonen, Head of
Society at the Finnish Institute: <http://bit.ly/ZvqHjj>

GET YOUR COPY // Web: The Open Book is now available online for free as a
PDF (CC-BY-SA license) at <http://theopenbook.org.uk>. Print: You can also
grab a beautiful print copy at-cost via Amazon: <http://amzn.to/ZcZ2xn>.
Please share with colleagues and friends!

THE END // Lastly, and most importantly, we'd like to thank each of you
from the bottom of our hearts for being involved - your ideas, advice and
support have made this project possible, and your work continues to inspire
us! We look forward to your discussions and feedback!

For questions about the publication, you can email us at
openbook at okfestival.org - and do take a moment to continue the debate on
Twitter using the hashtag #TheOpenBook.

With much love,

The entire Open Book Editorial Team

--------------------------------------------------------------------
hi, i'm: @kat_braybrooke <http://twitter.com/kat_braybrooke> | find me at:
kaibray.com
currently hacking popular culture at: mozilla <http://webmaker.org>
otherwise, i'm into: open design <http://design.okfn.org/> | the open
book<http://theopenbook.org.uk/>
--------------------------------------------------------------------




-- 
Joris Pekel
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
http://twitter.com/jpekel
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-glam/attachments/20130409/85cc7616/attachment.html>