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

Wed Jun 4 22:01:53 UTC 2014

Love the direction of this and the idea of international coordination is key.  (some day it will all be LODLAM. :))

Several sources I've seen and really like, but that are not necessarily up to date are:
http://data.culturehack.org.uk
http://datahub.io/group/open-glam

I think we just need to collectively agree on a place and a platform and all commit to it, and bonus points for something that allows us to add updates, variations, mashups, versioning, etc.  Have been looking at Github as a potential and creating a group or something, but would also require us promoting culture and tools for people who will use/reuse/improve the data. 

OR how about something like http://blend.io for cultural heritage data?!

Jon
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On Jun 4, 2014, at 1:48 AM, Estermann Beat wrote:

> Hi Joris,
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> The first point I was trying to make was that the directory should be editable by people who have collections to add so we can crowdsource that task.
> At present, it seems not to be working, as the people having access to the document are actually not making the effort to add new stuff as it comes up.
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> The second point I was trying to make was that the directory should be machine-readable for anyone out there on the Internet (publish it as open data).
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> And in the longer run we should think about how the directory fits into the larger landscape of open data / open content platforms. Some GLAMs already publish their datasets on a national CKAN-instance. – Ideally, the metadata for these datasets would be harvested and not copied-pasted manually. I am also not sure to what extent we are doubling the efforts of Europeana here. I guess we could think of the OpenGLAM directory of open collections as the pipeline for ingestion into Europeana and Wikimedia Commons.
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> Apart from that, it would be a useful tool for the preparation of Open Cultural Data Hackathons, and the added value compared to Europeana, Wikimedia Commons or existing open data platforms would be that we could also link to applications that have been developed to make use of that data.
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> The USP of the directory could be that:
> -       it has the ambition to list all open GLAM collections worldwide
> -       it provides information about applications making use of these open GLAM collections
> -       it provides a tracking system showing which collections are also available within Wikimedia Commons and/or Europeana, DPLA, or similar
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> Furthermore, we could think about how further to support Open Cultural Data Hackathons at an international level.
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> My 2 cents,
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> From: joris.pekel at gmail.com [mailto:joris.pekel at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Joris Pekel
> Sent: Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2014 10:04
> To: Sarah Stierch
> Cc: Estermann Beat; open-glam at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenGLAM] Fwd: Smithsonian data available for National Day of Civic Hacking!
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> I am also not a great fan of a wiki. We are using Lisitify at the moment which nicely displays information directly from a spreadsheet. See: http://openglam.org/open-collections/
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> With the list growing it gets a bit messy though. I can have a look how to display this more nicely. 
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> Perhaps a nice Whit Monday exercise? :)
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> Cheers,
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> Joris
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> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com> wrote:
> I suggest we avoid a "wiki" to display it though.
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> I would rather see a nice easily discoverable non-wiki webpage.
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> I thought we already had a page for this via openglam? Or perhaps I am just that out of it due to having been out of the scene for a year :)
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> On Jun 3, 2014, at 12:15 AM, Estermann Beat <beat.estermann at bfh.ch> wrote:
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> Hi, Joris.
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> You are absolutely right, there have been many announcements about newly opened collections over the past months.
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> 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).
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> 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
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> Cheers,
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> From: open-glam [mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Joris Pekel
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> Sent: Montag, 2. Juni 2014 09:41
> To: open-glam at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenGLAM] Fwd: Smithsonian data available for National Day of Civic Hacking!
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
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> Joris
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> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah at sarahstierch.com> wrote:
> Please see below!
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> From: Vicki Portway <portwayv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Smithsonian data available for National Day of Civic Hacking!
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> Posting on behalf of Diego Mayer-Cantu, Smithsonian Presidential Innovation
> Fellow
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> Dear Smithsonian Data aficionados,
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> 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!
> 
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> More information on the National Day of Civic Hacking:
> http://hackforchange.org
> Twitter: @civichackingday
> Hashtag: #hackforchange
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> 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
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> Thanks,
> -- Diego
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