Hello everyone,
I'm Sam from Urban Archive <http://urbanarchive.org/>, a small
tech-nonprofit based out of NYC. We merge open city data with the digital
collections of dozens of museums, libraries, and city agencies, making it
easy for anyone to explore the history of our changing urban environments.
*We are hosting an open community call on Thursday, October 15th at 12PM
EST*. If you're interested in learning more about our work or exploring
contextual ways to get your digital collections out in the open, do join!
We're all about open data, archives, and collaboration here at Urban
Archive––and love to have you tune in.
You can register for the call by filling out this community interest form:
https://airtable.com/shrMamFna3LSSRPlS
If you have any questions or would just like to say hello, shoot me a note!
Cheers,
Sam
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*Sam Addeo*she/her
Director of Community and Development
Urban Archive
123 Bowery | Floor 4 | New York, NY 10002
www.urbanarchive.nyc | o 646-504-7719
Hi all
I’m a board member and long time attendee of MCN each November, I thought this might interest the list.
This November, MCN 2020 VIRTUAL includes over 50 online experiences with 140 musetech speakers from around the world.
No matter where you find yourself in your career, you’ll find opportunities to take your digital skills to the next level. Whether you’re a cultural heritage professional who finds your work integrating with museum technology in ways it never has before, or if you’re transitioning careers—this is a virtual space to retool your tech savvy, reconnect with new ideas, and rebuild your networks.
See more details and the full program: http://bit.ly/mcn2020virtual
I’ll be doing a session on the book Dr. Suse Anderson and I just put out 'The Digital Future of Museums'.
Best.
Keir
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Keir Winesmith<http://keir.winesmith.co>
Principal
Winesmith Digital Studio<http://keir.winesmith.co/studio/>
Digital Collections Catalyst
State Library of Queensland<https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/digitalcatalyst>
Adjunct Professor
UNSW Art & Design<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Keir_Winesmith>
New book out now! The Digital Future of Museums<https://www.routledge.com/The-Digital-Future-of-Museums-Conversations-and-P…>
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and internationally. I pay my respect to Elders past, present, and emerging.
Was. Is. Always will be.
Maybe some of you are interested in helping the ReCreating Europe by
answering this survey on Copyright Law and Open Policies in the GLAM sector.
Below you'll find the link.
cheers,
scann
*De: *Camille Francoise <camille.francoise(a)ifla.org>
*Objet: **[EU-DSM] Survey - ReCreating Europe - Copyright law and open
policies in GLAM sector.*
*Date: *18 septembre 2020 à 13:13:22 UTC+2
*À: *"EU-DSM(a)iflalists.org" <EU-DSM(a)iflalists.org>
*Répondre à: *Camille Francoise <camille.francoise(a)ifla.org>
Dear all,
We would like to share with you this survey from Re-Creating Europe.
<https://srssurvey2.unitn.it/ls6/limesurvey/index.php/872418?lang=en>
This survey aims at assessing the impact of copyright law and open policies
in relation to digitization in the GLAM Sector.
We encourage all members to provide insights as it will support Re-Creating
Europe to have a better understanding on these policies.
Many thanks,
Best regards,
Camille
*Camille Françoise*
IFLA Policy and Research Officer
camille.francoise(a)ifla.org
Skype: camille.francoise
www.ifla.org
********* UPON REQUEST: FINAL DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS: 28 SEPTEMBER 2020 **************
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the international conference ** Collect & Connect: Archives and Collections in a Digital Age **. The final deadline extension for paper submissions is 28 September 2020 11 September 2020. The conference will be held online from 23 to 24 November 2020 (* see also COVID 19 note below).
The aims of this conference which officially concludes the NWO/Brill Creative Industries Project Making Sense of Illustrated Handwritten Archives (2016-2020) are twofold. First, to present results of finished and original research in the field of digitized archives and natural and cultural heritage collections. Second, to promote exchange and discussion between researchers and heritage professionals in the field of digital natural and cultural heritage. Papers can be submitted as regular papers (=10-12 pages) and short papers (=5-9 pages) through EASYCHAIR. More information about the conference and the link to the submission system can be found here: http://cfp.makingsenseproject.org
All positively reviewed papers shall be submitted as proceedings volume to CEUR-WS.org<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fceur-ws.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQ…> for online publication. Six to eight papers presented at the conference are expected to be selected for publication in the Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH).
Scope of the special session:
In recent years, libraries, archives and museums have spent major efforts on annotating and enriching their digitized archives and collections with contextual information, in order to make them retrievable and interlinked in novel ways. Often institutions aim to enhance their reach and relevance for broader user groups. A major challenge in the field is the heterogeneous character of many of such digitized collections. Many handwritten archives and collections of physical objects in the realms of natural history, archaeology, history, and art history entail combinations of textual and visual elements whose interpretation requires a range of different expertise and computational technologies. This conference therefore welcomes papers that present, discuss, and reflect upon the technical, social, and institutional challenges digital heritage professionals and researchers encounter when enriching heterogeneous digitized collections with context.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Semantic web approaches to interlinking digitized historical archives and collections
* Text and image interpretation in digital collections
* Multimodal collection interpretation and access
* Handwriting recognition and heterogeneous digital collections
* Machine learning and digital collections
* Bias and digital heritage
* Computer vision and digital collections
* Digital collections' access and inclusivity
* Sharing and visualization of heterogeneous historical archives and collections
* Citizen science (including crowdsourcing) and digital archives and collections
* Challenges of enriching digitized handwritten archive material
* Digital capture and annotation of heterogeneous collections and artefacts
* Dealing with uncertainty, quality issues, data bias and collection gaps
* Geographical and spatial enrichment of collections
* Application of common vocabularies and data reconciliation
If you are not sure whether you research fits with ** Collect & Connect ** or if you have any other question relate to the event, please do not hesitate to contact the conference chairs:
1. Andreas Weber (a.weber(a)utwente.nl<mailto:a.weber@utwente.nl>)
1. Eulàlia Gassó Miracle (eulalia.gassomiracle(a)naturalis.nl<mailto:eulalia.gassomiracle@naturalis.nl>)
2. Katy Wolstencroft (k.j.wolstencroft(a)liacs.leidenuniv.nl<mailto:k.j.wolstencroft@liacs.leidenuniv.nl>)
4. Maarten Heerlien (m.heerlien(a)rijksmuseum.nl<mailto:m.heerlien@rijksmuseum.nl>)
One of Catherine Stihler’s first key priorities as CEO of Creative Commons
is leading us to develop and articulate a new vision and strategy for the
organization as we embark upon CC’s third decade. A major part of that work
is hearing from you about your hopes and expectations for CC in the years
ahead.
As the co-leaders of this strategy development, we have put together a
structured process for gathering your initial input in the next three weeks.
Here are the key elements:
What and why? This document
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLk11BEQMCttALMlgqNxPfyk8_VAQmbydyvFgaq…>
lays out the context and urgency for this work in order to give you more
background about the need for and purpose of this new strategy.
How and when? We are providing methods for private written feedback, group
discussions, and opportunities for one-on-one conversations. This process
and timeline
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G36kNyQELSPEQfK9OGsHOfcoEyA6lZXX5bcOo5Y…>
explains the details, including dates.
Please note that this only reflects the start of a longer process. However,
we hope as many of you as possible will give us the benefit of your
insights before we put pen to paper on a first draft of the strategy. If
any of the scheduled consultations do not work for you for any reason, we
are happy to schedule a time to speak separately.
All the best,
Sarah Pearson (sarah(a)creativecommons.org) & Brigitte Vézina (
brigitte(a)creativecommons.org)
Dear Open-GLAM community,
I hope this email finds you well and healthy.
My name is Mauricio Delfin (http://mauriciodelfin.pe/) and I am a cultural
manager and researcher from Peru. I am also the director of Solar (
http://solar.pe/), a non-profit organization that promotes open government
principles and practices in the cultural sectors of Latin America.
I have been a member of this list for quite some time, interested in
eventually activating an Open-GLAM chapter in Peru. While I have not
managed to do so yet, I am currently developing a report on open data use
in the cultural sectors of Peru, with the support of the Latin America Open
Data Initiative (ILDA) <https://idatosabiertos.org/una-nueva-generacion/>.
As part of this project, I want to map organizations and initiatives that
promote the use of open data in the cultural sectors of the region.
I was wondering if anyone in this list is aware of (1) an updated map or a
database of Open-GLAM chapters or networks in Latin America, or of
groups working with open data in the arts and cultural sectors, and/or (2)
research initiatives concerning this subject and region of the world.
While my work will not focus exclusively on Open-GLAM initiatives, I would
like to mention this community in my report, and hopefully reach out to
some of these projects in Latin America, as I try to learn about and
connect with other civic projects and non-state organizations working with
open data in the cultural sectors.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions, recommendations or resources you
may be able to share with me at this point.
Best,
Mauricio Delfin
Director, Asociación Civil Solar
http://mauriciodelfin.pe/https://twitter.com/maudelfin
Hello Open GLAM Community,
I am writing to invite you to the fourth Communia Salon this year, taking place on Thursday, the 17th of September, at 15.30-17.00. During the online event, organised in cooperation with the #NoWorries project, we want to discuss policies that concern digital cultural heritage.
Our meeting will take place right after the European Commission will close its consultation on opportunities offered by digital technologies for the culture heritage sector <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/public-consultation-oppo…>. We also want to discuss the ongoing implementation of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, and the rules that it will set for cultural heritage institutions.
In the consultations, the European Commission is referring to the “Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation” <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32011H0711>, from 2011. Almost a decade has passed since then, and large amounts of heritage have been digitised. The term “digitisation” has been replaced with the idea of digital transformation. At the same time, barriers and challenges to access and reuse still remain – heritage in digitised form is a potentially underused resource.
During the salon, we want to ask representatives of key stakeholders from the heritage sector: what are the effects of digital technologies on the cultural heritage sector, and how should we shape them with appropriate policies? With regard to copyright regulations, we want to discuss wheter the reform went far enough, and whether it struck the the right balance? We also want to consider whether any other policies are needed for Europe to fully benefit from digital heritage?
Join us for a debate moderated by Alek Tarkowski (Communia / Centrum Cyfrowe <http://centrumcyfrowe.pl/>), with the participation of Paul Keller (Communia / IViR <http://ivir.nl/>), Ariadna Matas (Europeana <http://europeana.eu/>), Hessel van Oorschot (Open Nederland <https://www.opennederland.nl/> / Tribe of Noise <https://www.tribeofnoise.com/>) and Brigitte Vézina (Creative Commons <http://creativecommons.org/>).
The Salon is open for everyone to attend and will be held on Zoom. Join us on Thursday, the 17th of September, at 1530 CET, by registering here <https://forms.gle/NuKxFn4vigkLKAsk9>. Registered participants will receive login information ahead of the event.
I hope that you will join us next Thursday for this policy debate.
Best,
Alek
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Prezes i Fundator | President and Co-Founder
Centrum Cyfrowe | centrumcyfrowe.pl
T: +48 889 660 444
@atarkowski
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Board of Directors Member, Creative Commons | creativecommons.org
Network Representative, Creative Commons Polska. | creativecommons.pl
Member, COMMUNIA | communia-association.org
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Informujemy zgodnie z wymogami RODO: Fundacja Centrum Cyfrowe przetwarza Państwa dane (imię i nazwisko, adres e-mail oraz informacje zawarte w treści wiadomości) na podstawie uzasadnionego interesu, w celu obsługi korespondencji, w celach wynikających z treści e-maila lub w celu nawiązania kontaktu w przyszłości.
Hello everyone,
We'll be having our Open GLAM monthly call this Thursday Sept. 10 at 2 PM
UTC - 10 AM EST - 4 PM CEST (make sure to check your timezone!). This is
the link to join the meeting: https://meet.google.com/mpu-qbtz-ram
And as usual, the agenda is available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y-ooRioOKMgLJo5s9IB-kDmmq5ZXUsiAPGRBzMM…
For this round, we will have a first round of invitations to various
conferences and events that will be happening between October and November.
After that we'll have Ariadna Matas from Europeana talking about upcoming
changes in the policies of Europeana when it comes to user generated
content (you can read more here
<https://pro.europeana.eu/post/transcriptions-subtitles-and-enrichments-shar…>).
Europeana is currently seeking for feedback on this.
As our special guest we'll be having Rupika Sharma, from the Open Heritage
Foundation in India, who will be talking about some of the work she is
doing around Wiki Loves Folklore.
If you have something you'd like to share in the call, please let me know
and we can add it to the agenda!
The meeting will be recorded. You can access last month's meeting here
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTz1gR0vlH4>.
See you all on Thursday!
best,
scann
Hello Open GLAMmers!
I am glad to inform you that we have received advance notice that the
online culture hack Hack4OpenGLAM will be included in the virtual CC Summit
19–24 October.
This is a call for participation for all hackers and GLAMs, non-coders and
coders, designers and tinkerers, to join the event both as organisers and
participants.
I will be presenting the hackathon briefly in tomorrow's Open GLAM call. I
have prepared a few slides to explain, and you can find them attached to
this email.
Hope to see you tomorrow!
Best regards
Susanna Ånäs, Avoin GLAM, Finland
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k2O6MwIL-Rgp
Sign-up form: https://forms.gle/QxuBf4WTwRyvvTiY9
Hi everyone,
I wanted to let you know that we'll be holding our Open GLAM Monthly Call
on Thursday, 10 AM EST - 4 PM CET. We'll be using this link to join:
https://meet.google.com/ygf-uyim-ekr
This time, we have prepared a more structured agenda that you can find here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y-ooRioOKMgLJo5s9IB-kDmmq5ZXUsiAPGRBzMM…
We'll also be recording the meeting for future reference if people want to
have access to it.
See you on Thursday!
cheers,
scann