[OpenGLAM] Fwd: Smithsonian data available for National Day of Civic Hacking!

Tue Jun 3 07:15:10 UTC 2014

Hi, Joris.

You are absolutely right, there have been many announcements about newly opened collections over the past months.

I like the idea of having a hub where all the Open Collections are listed. However, I think, it would be good to have an editable list (maybe on a wiki, based on a template, in order for it to be machine-readable).

Maybe in cooperation with the Wikimedia Commons community? – The following pages could be starting points for this, although I guess we should give it some extra thought how best to present the open collections:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading

Cheers,
Beat

From: open-glam [mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Joris Pekel
Sent: Montag, 2. Juni 2014 09:41
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Subject: Re: [OpenGLAM] Fwd: Smithsonian data available for National Day of Civic Hacking!

Cool! Thanks for sharing.
I've recently seen quite some sets being made available openly. We should probably do an update on the Open Collections page on the OpenGLAM.org website. http://openglam.org/open-collections/
Is anybody interested in helping out? Adding the sets is really easy using the listify tool, just add the info to a spreadsheet.
Let me know and we can set a time/date.

Cheers,

Joris

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From: Vicki Portway <portwayv at gmail.com<mailto:portwayv at gmail.com>>
Subject: Smithsonian data available for National Day of Civic Hacking!

Posting on behalf of Diego Mayer-Cantu, Smithsonian Presidential Innovation
Fellow

Dear Smithsonian Data aficionados,

I am pleased to announce the Cooper-Hewitt, Freer-Sackler, and SI Archives
have made their already-public collections metadata available for the
National Day of Civic Hacking -- a nationwide hackathon with thousands of
participants, and hundreds of events -- happening this weekend. We're
inviting our technologically-inclined enthusiasts to help us think about
some of the Smithsonian's most pressing digital challenges, and maybe even
prototype some interesting, open-source solutions!

More information on the National Day of Civic Hacking:
http://hackforchange.org
Twitter: @civichackingday
Hashtag: #hackforchange

A nice article on the NDoCH:
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/may/29/white-house-and-nasa-gear-up-for-national-day-of-civic-hacking

Thanks,
-- Diego

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