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Promoting OpenGLAM – Exchange of Experiences and Best Practices 9 August 2014 – Wikimania, London
Open Knowledge | OpenGLAM Working Group
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▶ Introducing the OpenGLAM InitiativeJoris Pekel
▶ Presenting Approaches from various countries• The Netherlands – OpenGLAM Master Classes
Maarten Brinkerink• Germany – Cultural Data Hackathon
Helene Hahn• Switzerland – «Swiss Heritage Institutions on Wikipedia» /
OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey Beat Estermann
▶ Questions / Discussion
Welcome!
OpenGLAM initiative
▶ An initiative of Open Knowledge
▶ Supported by a network of
organisations and local initiatives
working to open up content and data
held by GLAMs which includes the likes
of Europeana, the Digital Public Library
of America, Creative Commons and
Wikimedia
▶ A provider of expertise to GLAMs on
open issues
▶ A growing network of open culture
evangelists in various countries
@jpekel
Release digital information about the artefacts (metadata) into the public
domain using an appropriate legal tool such as the Creative Commons Zero
Waiver.
http://openglam.org/principles/
Keep digital representations of works for which copyright has
expired (public domain works) in the public domain by not adding
new rights to them.
http://openglam.org/principles/
When publishing data
make an explicit and robust statement of your wishes and expectations with respect to
reuse and repurposing of the descriptions, the whole data collection, and subsets
of the collection.
http://openglam.org/principles/
When publishing data
use open file formats which are machine-readable.
http://openglam.org/principles/
Opportunities to engage audiences
in novel ways on the web should be pursued.
http://openglam.org/principles/
OPEN CULTURE DATA: Opening GLAM Data Bottum-Up
Masterclass on Open Culture for GLAMs
Maarten Brinkerink
London, August 9, 2014
t: @OpenCultuurData | #opencultuurdata
WHAT?
Open Cultuur Data (Open Culture Data) is a network of cultural professionals, developers, designers, copyright specialists and open data experts, that opens data from the cultural heritage sector and encourages the development of valuable cultural applications that started in September 2011. This makes culture accessible in new ways to a broader public.
The aim of Open Cultuur Data is to anchor the cultural sector in the international open data movement.
HOW? 1/2
Open Cultuur Data supports the cultural heritage sector in the release of culture data in the following way:• encourage making more open culture data available• collecting and disseminating open culture data via an
open digital infrastructure• collecting and sharing knowledge and experience with
open culture data• encouraging the making of new applications based on
open culture data
HOW? 2/2
Open Cultuur Data achieves this through the following activities:• workshops, presentations and publications on open
culture data• support cultural institutions in opening up their
datasets• masterclass open data for cultural heritage institutions• competition with special awards for applications made
with open culture data
THE CLASS OF 2014
THE CONCEPT OF THE MASTERCLASS
• Front-runners and alumni teach their colleagues• Domain experts are involved• Based on registration (incl. motivation and dataset)• Small fee• Reader and other material is openly available
THE MASTERCLASS PROGRAMME (FIVE AFTERNOONS AND HOMEWORK)
1. Introduction, getting acquainted and case description
2. Intellectual Property and Open Licenses
3. Technology, reuse and applications
4. Policy, benefits and risks
5. Lessons-learned
http://www.opencultuurdata.nl/about https://p2pu.org/en/groups/open-glam/ http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/open-culture-data-opening-glam-data-bottom-up/
[email protected]@mbrinkerink
@OpenCultuurData#opencultuurdata
THANKS! QUESTIONS?
GermanyHelene Hahn, Project Lead OpenGLAM / Open [email protected] Knowledge Foundation Germany
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SwitzerlandBeat [email protected] CH / Bern University of Applied Sciences
Working Group of the Swiss chapter of Open Knowledge
▶ Mission: ▶ Promote and facilitate the adoption of the OpenGLAM principles
in Switzerland
▶ Members: ▶ NGOs (Open Knowledge; Wikimedia; Creative Commons)▶ GLAMs ▶ Research and educational institutions▶ Service providersAt present: ca. 50 people subscribed to the mailing list; ca. 20-25 people participating in real-life meetings and engaging in projects.
▶ Organizational structure:▶ Loose network of OpenGLAM related projects and task forces
Swiss OpenGLAM Working Group
▶ Active Task Forces▶ Outreach to smaller institutions▶ Open Cultural Data Hackathon
▶ Planned Project(s) (funding applications in preparation)▶ Open Cultural Data Masterclasses▶ Comparative case studies and evaluation of GLAM-Wiki
cooperations and open data projects in the heritage sector▶ Outreach to all Swiss heritage institutions to ask them to
contribute content to Wikipedia /Wikimedia Commons▶ Related Projects
▶ GLAM-Wiki cooperations▶ Open Data projects in the heritage sector▶ OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey
OpenGLAM CH Task Forces / Projects
▶ Online survey conducted among heritage institutions throughout the world in the second half of 2014.
▶ Focusing on questions related to digitization, exchange of metadata, open data/open content, semantic web, social media, crowdsourcing
▶ Inspired by an earlier pilot survey, carried out in Switzerland in 2012
▶ Organized in a federative manner, which means that the organization depends on volunteers and partners in each country
What is the OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey about?
▶ Measure the state of advancement of OpenGLAM in the participating countries
▶ Inform the GLAM community about the latest developments in the area of OpenGLAM
▶ Identify potential partners for open data and/or crowdsourcing projects
▶ Use the study report as a communication instrument to promote OpenGLAM
▶ Use the study report as an instrument for lobbying activities in favour of OpenGLAM and the advancement of free knowledge
▶ Provide international comparisons:• Allowing each country to see where it stands compared to other
countries. • Provide the international OpenGLAM community with a tool that helps it
better understand the particularities of each country
What do we want to achieve?
Overview of participating countries
Further countries are welcome to join!
Overview: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/OpenGLAM_Benchmark_Survey/Participating_countries
Participation status (as of 31 July 2014)Bright Green: initial commitmentYellow: awaiting confirmation
Underlying graphic file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World-v2.png Roke et al. (CC-by-sa)
▶ Join one of the national teams or set-up your own!
▶ Main tasks at the national level:• Ensure the translation of the questionnaire into your national
language(s)• Gather e-mail contacts of the heritage institutions in your
country• Answer questions during the adminstration of the questionnaire
▶ Optional:• Promote the survey results in your country• Carry out country-specific analyses of the survey data• Promote OpenGLAM in your country
How can you contribute?
Project «Swiss Heritage Institutions on Wikipedia»
List of Institutions (Progress Tracking)
Step-by-step Instructions
Pilot study: Swiss Heritage Institutions in the Internet Era:• Door opener: umbrella organizations• List of heritage institutions
▶ OpenGLAM Working Group:• http://openglam.org• Contact: [email protected] (Lieke Ploeger)
[email protected] (Joris Pekel)
▶ OpenGLAM Benchmark Survey:• http://
outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/OpenGLAM_Benchmark_Survey• Contact: [email protected] (Beat Estermann)
Thank you for your attention!
