LODLAM

Mia Ridge was featured on the September 27 Outriders radio show, “BBC Radio 5 live’s programme dedicated to exploring the frontiers of the web.” In addition to giving a rundown on what Linked Open Data in libraries, archives, and museums entails, she was also able to promote the upcoming LODLAM-London meetup with Open Knowledge Foundation, and the Metadata Licensing Clinic.

You can download the podcast or stream it here, just look for the 27 September show, “Linked to Relaxation.”

I’m very excited to announce LODLAM-NZ, Thursday Dec. 1, in Wellington, NZ.

This event is being hosted by DigitalNZ, with the support of this year’s New Zealand National Digital Forum.  I’ll be there, together with several other delegates from various global LODLAM meetings and we’re very excited to continue expanding the conversations that are happening around the world, and learn from the many amazing initiatives coming out of New Zealand.

From the registration site (register now, only 50 total spots available!), thanks to Andy Neale:

LODLAM is an initiative that explores Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, Museums (LODLAM) and the cultural sector in general. This LODLAM-NZ event builds upon the findings and sessions of the International LODLAM Summit in San Francisco, held earlier in the year. It is an event that is suitable for both practitioners, and people interested in learning more.

We are also excited to announce that Jon Voss, who organised the first LODLAM event in San Francisco, is planning to attend with other founding participants.

This event is free, but spaces are limited to 50 particpants, so please register your interest. LODLAM-NZ is being hosted by DigitalNZ, and is being held the day after this year’s National Digital Forum with their support.

What is happening on the day?

This one day working meeting will kick off with an introduction on open linked data by Jon Voss.

Sessions will then move to a barcamp style, created by participants, including local and international leaders in the field. The types of sessions might include: clinic on open data licensing; tools for publishing and utilising linked open data; vocabularies; exploring use cases; tools for encouraging in your organisations.

From the fabulous Mia Ridge, who is organizing this event, hosted by Open Knowledge Foundation:

Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London) 6 Oct. 2011.

Register now: http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/

What?

A meetup for people interested in the applications of linked and open
data for cultural heritage.

Building on earlier ‘linking museums‘ and London #OpenData
(#opendataLDN) meetups, this event is an opportunity to think more
widely about Linked Open Data in Libraries Archives and Museums
(LODLAM) and bring together a wider community of people interested in
open data. It will focus on the success stories for open data in
cultural heritage (with a nod to the barriers to publishing usable
open data).

We’ll have some interesting speakers with short talks on their work
with open data in cultural heritage, including Paul Rowe, Joint CEO at
Vernon Systems in New Zealand, and potentially Leif Isaksen, who could
share his experiences with the Google Ancient Places (GAP) and
PELAGIOS projects.

We’ll also have small discussion sessions to think creatively about
how we can overcome the barriers. We want to gather together success
stories for open data projects, and address the issues that limit the
publication of open data in cultural institutions.

Who?

You! If you’re interested in using or publishing open cultural data
and want to help getting better data out there for people to use… Or
if you work with a cultural institution and are curious to know why
people care so much, have experience to share, or want to know how
open data might help your organisation, we’d love you to come along to
find out more.

Where?

Thanks to the Open Knowledge Foundation we have a great space at the
Centre for Creative Collaboration (#c4cc), 16 Acton Street, London,
WC1X 9NG [map and directions].

When?

Thursday, October 06, 2011 from 19:00 to 21:00 (GMT)

http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/

I’m excited to announce the first of a series of LODLAM meetups that will be taking place around the world, starting with LODLAM-DC on September 16. This event is hosted by the Smithsonian Institution, and supported in part by the Sloan Foundation and the National Endowment of the Humanities as part of the dissemination strategy for the LODLAM Summit.  Huge thanks to Effie Kapsalis, Suzanne Pilsk, Martin Kalfatovic and the Smithsonian team for bringing this together!

The format we’ve chosen for DC is an Introduction to LODLAM presentation from 10:30-noon, which will consist of about a 45 minute talk followed by Q&A and discussion. I first gave this presentation with NYPL Labs in New York, and we found this is a great way to bring together the local library, archive & museum community to learn about Linked Open Data, ask questions, and share knowledge. It will also be webcast thanks to the generous support of the Smithsonian CTO Series. We’ll post the webcast info closer to the event.

Then after lunch, we’ll have an Open Space format working meeting from 1-5pm to break down into sessions around action areas from the LODLAM Summit, as well as any other sessions or workshops people want to propose. We’ve planned for room for 30, so please register right away if you plan to attend so we can see if it’s possible to get more space if we need it.