[OpenGLAM] Fwd: [CODE4LIB] Get building with Trove at GovHack (AU) 2013

Mon May 20 14:16:55 UTC 2013

Thanks for passing this on Maarten - great to see so much activity in
Australia!

It's a same about the NC clause on Trove, does anyone know why these chose
to use a non-commercial Creative Commons license for this?

All the best,
Sam

On 20 May 2013 12:01, Maarten Brinkerink <mbrinkerink at beeldengeluid.nl>wrote:

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> Begin doorgestuurd bericht:
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> *Van:* Tim Sherratt <tim at DISCONTENTS.COM.AU>
> *Datum:* 20 mei 2013 07:48:23 CEST
> *Aan:* CODE4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> *Onderwerp:* *[CODE4LIB] Get building with Trove at GovHack (AU) 2013*
> *Antwoord aan:* Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
>
> All,
>
> Trove [1] is more than just a discovery portal, it’s also a source of
> machine-readable data drawn from cultural heritage organisations
> around Australia, including the National Library of Australia and all
> State and Territory libraries. Through Trove’s API [2] you can access
> millions of records [3] to build your own tools, applications or
> visualisations.
>
> With GovHack 2013 [4] approaching, we’re inviting developers to take
> our API and see what they can create.  What could you do with 90
> million newspaper articles, 7 million photos or objects, or the
> details of more than 17 million books?
>
> For additional inspiration NSLA (National and State Libraries
> Australasia) are offering a prize to GovHack entries that make use of
> data from Trove. [5]
>
> Here’s a few possibilities to get you thinking:
>
> * How might you use or visualise resources relating to World War I or
> the 1967 Referendum?
>
> *  Are there new ways of exposing state based material in Trove that
> isn’t held by the relevant state library?
>
> *  Could you enrich individual library catalogues by displaying a
> short list of relevant Trove resources?
>
> * Where next for the idea of ‘generous interfaces’ as demonstrated by
> Mitchell Whitelaw’s Trove Mosaic [6] and Manly Images [7] projects?
>
> * Could you use photographs of places to automatically populate social
> media tools? What about creating a map-based view of Trove resources?
>
> * What about combining spatial and temporal data to create a visual
> timeline of newspaper publication?
>
> To get started you need to sign up for an API key [2] and have a look
> through the API documentation. [8] We’ll also be posting extra hints
> and tips in the API section of the Trove Forum. [9]
>
> To help you find your way through the riches of Trove, staff from the
> National Library of Australia will be available as data mentors at
> GovHack 2013 in Canberra. We’re looking forward to seeing what you
> make!
>
> Cheers, Tim
>
> [1] http://trove.nla.gov.au/
> [2] http://trove.nla.gov.au/general/api
> [3] http://trove.nla.gov.au/system/counts
> [4] http://www.govhack.org/
> [5] http://www.nsla.org.au/news/govhack-2013-include-trove-prize
> [6] http://mtchl.net/TroveMosaic/
> [7] http://mtchl.net/ManlyImages
> [8] http://trove.nla.gov.au/general/api-technical
> [9] http://trove.nla.gov.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?30-Trove-API
>
> ----
> Dr Tim Sherratt
> Manager, Trove
> National Library of Australia
> Parkes Place
> Canberra ACT 2600
> p: +61 (0)2 6262 1224
> e: tsherrat at nla.gov.au
>
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