[Freebase-discuss] Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Summit

[Jon Voss]

Hi folks,

Thought I would share this international event taking place in San Francisco
this June 2-3. http://lod-lam.net.

 

If you're doing any work with libraries, archives, museums or cultural
heritage institutions, or building applications with such data, this is a
great opportunity to gather with colleagues from around the world.  As space
is limited, we'll be accepting applications through Feb. 28.

 

Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.

Thanks, 

Jon

 

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The International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Summit (LOD-LAM) will be held in San Francisco on 2-3 June 2011.

 

LOD-LAM will convene leaders in their respective areas of expertise from the
humanities and sciences to catalyse practical and actionable approaches to
publishing Linked Open Data, specifically:

 

* Identify the tools and techniques for publishing and working with Linked
Open Data.

* Draft precedents and policy for licensing and copyright considerations
regarding the publishing of library, archive, and museum metadata.

* Publish definitions and promote use cases that will give LAM staff the
tools they need to advocate for Linked Open Data in their institutions.

 

Applications open from  1 February - 28 February.  Limited travel grants
will be available. The hashtag for the event is #lodlam.

 

Please go to http://lod-lam.net/summit/ for more information.

 

Sent on behalf of the organizers and organizing committee:

 

Jon Voss, Founder, LookBackMaps, principal organizer/facilitator.

Kris Carpenter Negulescu, Director of Web Group, Internet Archive, project
manager

 

Organizing Committee:

 

Lisa Goddard, Acting Associate University Librarian for Information
Technology, Memorial University Libraries 

Martin Kalfatovic, Assistant Director, Digital Services Division at
Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Deputy Project Director of the
Biodiversity Heritage Library 

Mark Matienzo, Digital Archivist in Manuscripts and Archives at the Yale
University Library 

Mia Ridge, Lead Web Developer & Technical Architect, Science Museum/NMSI
(UK)

Tim Sherratt, National Museum of Australia & University of Canberra 

MacKenzie Smith, Research Director, MIT Libraries 

Adrian Stevenson, Research Officer, UKOLN; Project Manager, LOCAH Linked
Data Project 

John Wilbanks, VP of Science, Director of Science Commons, Creative Commons

 

Special thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Internet Archive
for making this event possible.

 

 

Jon Voss   

LookBackMaps.Netp.415.593.5508Twitter:LookBackMaps 

CivilWarData150.netLod-Lam.netThatCampBayArea.org 

 

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