[OpenGLAM] Fwd: [open-humanities] BL Labs competition

Mon May 6 13:10:10 UTC 2013

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From: Andrew Prescott <a.prescott at sheffield.ac.uk>
Date: 4 May 2013 17:53
Subject: [open-humanities] BL Labs competition
To: A list for people interested in the use of open source tools and open
access in humanities teaching and research <open-humanities at lists.okfn.org>

British Library Labs Competition Live

Calling all researchers and developers!

Propose an innovative and transformative project that answers a research
question using the British Library's digital collections / data and if your
idea is chosen, the Labs team will work with you to make it happen and you
could win a prize of up to £3,000.

>From the digitisation of thousands of books, newspapers and manuscripts,
the collecting of UK websites, bird sounds or location data for our maps,
over the last two decades we’ve been faithfully amassing a vast and
wide-ranging digital collection for the nation. What remains elusive
however is understanding what researchers need in place in order to unlock
the potential for new discoveries within these fascinating and diverse
digital collections. The Labs competition is designed to attract scholars,
explorers and trailblazers to the Library who see the potential for new and
innovative research lurking within these immense digital collections.
Through soliciting innovative and transformative projects utilising this
content you will be giving us a steer as to the types of platforms,
arrangements, services and tools needed to surface it. We’ll even throw the
Library’s resources behind you to make your idea a reality.

To find out more, visit the competition pages
http://labs.bl.uk/Competition+2013 (deadline for submission of ideas is the
26 June 2013), sign up to the wiki,  express your interest and participate
in one of the related events, virtually (17 May 2013, 1500 GMT), hack event
in London on the 28 and 29 May, 2013 or one of our roadshow events,

Good luck!

Mahendra Mahey
BL Labs Project Manager
T +44 (0)20 7412 7324
F +44 (0)20 7412 7093
S mr_mahendra_mahey
mahendra.mahey at bl.uk
@mahendra_mahey
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