BL Labs Project - Labs Roadshow 2016 - #citylis

http://labs.bl.uk 1@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

http://www.bl.uk/projects/british-library-labs1st February 2016Presentation at#citylis

http://labs.bl.uk 2@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

http://www.bl.uk/subjects/digital-scholarship

http://labs.bl.uk/Digital+Collectionsmove to…http://data.bl.uk

http://labs.bl.uk 3@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

How?

http://labs.bl.uk 4@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

CompetitionTell us your ideas of what to do with our digital content, work in residence from June – Oct with our support (technical and other)

AwardsShow us what you have already done with our digital content

ProjectsTalk to us about working on potential ideas

http://labs.bl.uk 5@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Why?

http://labs.bl.uk 6@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Library learning…

•who is using and would like to use our digital content and data and why

•how it is and should be supporting those who want to use it for the future

•to have a space to experiment and fail fast

http://labs.bl.uk 7@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Competition

• Deadline 11 April 2016

• Road-show between Feb and March around the UK

• Winners announced late May 2016

• Residency between June – October

• Showcase at Labs Symposium Monday 7th of November

http://labs.bl.uk 8@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Katrina Navickas (2015) Political Meetings Mapper

Speech at Labs Symposium 2015 (33 mins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YadqrQw_Iw4 Interview 2015 (4 mins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lx0CL_dsQs

http://labs.bl.uk 9@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Adam Crymble (2015)Mechanical Curator Arcade

What if crowd sourcing

looked like this?

http://goo.gl/LBfJ4W

Drawing on downtime

Drawing on scarcity of access

Drawing on energy reserved for ‘play’

http://itch.io/jam/britishlibrary30 minute talk at BL Labs Symposium 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtNgc8-SmE

http://labs.bl.uk 10@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Awards

• Categories: Artistic, Commercial, Research and possibly Learning and Teaching

• Deadline 5 September 2016

• Winners announced Monday 7th of November

• To learn who has already been using our digital content in interesting and innovative ways

http://labs.bl.uk 11@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

ArtisticMario Klingeman - Quasimondo

Talk at BL Labs Symposium 2015https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyDFMT2t0uk

Talk at Curious Images Event – Dec 2014https://youtu.be/6wglRwBbg48

http://labs.bl.uk 12@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

CommercialEtsy project by Dina Malkova

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DinaMalkova

http://labs.bl.uk 13@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/projects/spatialhum.wordpress/

Presentation at Labs Symposium: https://youtu.be/kbmpORX_AgY

ResearchSpatial Humanities: Lancaster University

Combining Text and GeographicAnalysis

Investigating the representation of disease in nineteenth-century newspapers

http://labs.bl.uk 14@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Other projects…

https://youtu.be/MQK1mVSXaAk

http://mechanicalcurator.tumblr.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiS1cx38rKk

http://www.crossroadsofcuriosity.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK95lzaPNp0

http://labs.bl.uk 15@BL_Labs #bldigital labs@bl.uk

Finally…

• There is an appetite to use our digital content and data

• Identify and bridge gaps

• Consider entering the Competition and Awards!

• Know anyone used / using or wants to use our digital content?

– labs@bl.uk