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http://labs.bl.uk 1@BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
http://www.bl.uk/projects/british-library-labs1st February 2016Presentation at#citylis
http://labs.bl.uk 2@BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
http://www.bl.uk/subjects/digital-scholarship
http://labs.bl.uk/Digital+Collectionsmove to…http://data.bl.uk
http://labs.bl.uk 4@BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
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 6@BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
CommercialEtsy project by Dina Malkova
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DinaMalkova
http://labs.bl.uk 13@BL_Labs #bldigital [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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?
