Hi everyone!
We are setting up Hack4OpenGLAM hackathon
<https://summit.creativecommons.org/hack4openglam-dashboard/#/> for the
2021 Creative Commons Virtual Global Summit, following a great start last
year. Hack4OpenGLAM will invite volunteers, students, professionals and
hobbyists of open cultural heritage from all corners of the world to play
and experiment together over the days of the Summit.
We have applied for a project grant
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Creative_Commons_Finland/Hac…>
at the Wikimedia Foundation, and we would like to ask for your help by
endorsing the project. Hack4OpenGLAM is only one of the many wonderful
projects you should see and endorse. While you check them out, please also
endorse Hack4OpenGLAM!
Looking forward to hacking together!
Best regards,
Susanna Ånäs and the Hack4OpenGLAM team at AvoinGLAM and CC Finland
***please excuse cross-posting***
CFP information session February 11th 2021 at 3pm EST. Register for the
session using this form: https://forms.gle/gyDLnDavd7q7C9M48
Call for Chapter Proposals: Ethics in Linked Data
Working Title: Ethics in Linked Data
Editors: Kathleen Burlingame, Alexandra Provo, B. M. Watson and the Ethics
in Linked Data Affinity Group
Submission Deadline: March 31, 2021
Publisher: Litwin Books
Book Description
This edited collection brings together contributions that explore the
consideration (or lack thereof) of ethics in linked data initiatives.
Discussions about linked data and its potential are often utopian and
technophiliac, rarely examining darker implications or harmful
consequences. Since technology cannot exist outside of social and
environmental spheres, it is important for creators and stewards of linked
data and its related systems to recognize and address the impact (whether
intended or not, positive or negative) on the communities, individuals, and
ecosystems affected. Engaging in critical and ethical analysis is
ultimately an optimistic endeavor aimed at exposing problematic issues,
generating best practices and guidelines, and opening up positive and
generative possibilities for the implementation and use of linked data in
GLAMS (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, Special Collections).
The central premise of this book is that it is possible:
- to foreground ethics rather than apply them as an afterthought,
- to acknowledge and mitigate the damage caused by existing systems,
- to create a place and space of justice for the minoritized,
- and to enable more ethical outcomes in linked data projects.
By recognizing the current and historical use of technologies as control
mechanisms among people and communities (for example, the intertwining of
utilitarian and imperialist data generation in the 19th century to the use
of data in genocides, algorithmic bias, and surveillance capitalism today),
and acknowledging that design and use of technology does not happen in a
vacuum, proposals should speak to a variety of ongoing conversations on how
linked data expands or counteracts many issues often discussed in critical
information organization such as those listed below, among others.
This book aims to collect the voices of practitioners, technologists, and
developers working on linked data initiatives; scholars working at the
intersection of ethics, cultural heritage, and technology; and workers in
GLAMS, among others in order to explore emerging and changing technical and
ethical landscapes. The editors seek chapters examining what it means to be
ethical in a linked data environment, and especially welcome case
studies, theoretical
and practice-based essays, stories, content analyses, and other methods.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to)
The intersection(s) of linked data and:
- Ability to use linked data technology (social and technical)
- Accessibility/Ableism
- Codes of ethics/conduct
- Colonialism
- Controlled vocabularies and classification schemata
- Data sovereignty
- Discovery search and display (e.g., algorithms, knowledge graphs)
- Division of labor in data creation and curation
- Ethics in artificial intelligence
- Gender and sexuality
- Identity management
- Implicit bias
- Institutional and economic access to linked data technology
- Metadata longevity, authority, and data infrastructures
- Mitigating risks or harm
- Privacy
- Racism
- Surveillance
- Standardization and control
- Trust
- Value sensitive design
Timeline
- Information Session with Editors: February 11th 2021
- Deadline for Chapter Proposals: March 31, 2021
- Notification of Accepted Chapter Proposals: April 30, 2021
- Chapter drafts due: December 15, 2021
Submissions
Please direct any questions and email abstracts of up to 500 words to in a
.docx or .pdf format, along with a short author bio around 100 words to
brimwats(a)mail.ubc.ca .
Abstracts should briefly describe your topic and how your chapter will
examine what it means to be ethical in a linked data environment. You are
welcome to submit multiple abstracts about different possible topics. If
your submission is tentatively accepted, the editors may request
modifications. Material cannot be previously published.
Final chapters will be in the 2000-5000 word range. Proposals that explore
linked data ethics and social justice in non-white, non-Western, disabled,
and/or queer contexts are particularly encouraged. The editors are also
especially interested in case studies or project reports that describe the
use of linked data in non-hegemonic ways.
For those interested in submitting a proposal, or learning more about
ethics in linked data the editors will be holding an information
session February
11th 2021 at 3pm EST to answer questions. Register for the session using
this form: https://forms.gle/gyDLnDavd7q7C9M48
About the Editors
Inspiration and ongoing feedback for this compilation is grounded in
discussions conducted through the Linked Data for Libraries (LD4) Ethics
Affinity Group. This group is open to all, providing an inclusive space for
discourse and troubleshooting of ethical issues in linked data technologies
and projects.
More information: https://bit.ly/ethicsLD
Kathleen Burlingame (she/her) has been creating and managing library
metadata for over a decade and is currently Electronic Discovery and Access
Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked on various
linked data initiatives including LD4P2, SHARE-VDE, and the PCC Wikidata
pilot. Kathleen has training in critical race theory, UX design, and web
accessibility and co-founded the LD4 Ethics Affinity group.
Alexandra Provo (she/her) is Metadata Librarian at New York University’s
Division of Libraries. She was previously Project Manager and Digital
Production Editor for the Enhanced Networked Monographs project at NYU. She
has been the project manager for two linked open data projects: Drawings of
the Florentine Painters and the Linked Jazz Project. Currently an MA
candidate in XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at NYU, she
has an MSLIS from Pratt Institute and a BA in art history from Wesleyan
University.
B. M. Watson (they/them) is a PhD. student at the University of British
Columbia’s School of Information focusing on equitable cataloging in
galleries, archives, museums, and special collections. They are interested
in the use of linked open data for reclamatory and liberatory cataloging
work. Additionally, they are the Director of HistSex.com
<https://www.histsex.com/>, an open access resource for the history of
sexuality, and contribute to the Homosaurus <https://homosaurus.org/> LGBTQ
linked data vocabulary. They serve as the Archivist-Historian of the
Consensual Nonmonogamy Taskforce of the APA.
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Alexandra Provo
*Metadata Librarian*
Division of Libraries
New York University
70 Washington Square South, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10012
alexandra.provo(a)nyu.edu
212-992-7534
pronouns: she/her/hers
On behalf of ICOM Italia
Dear Colleagues,
Happy new years!
The Digital Cultural Heritage Research Group - ICOM ITALY have finished
the first draft of the Faq and we have translated it into English, as
follows: FAQs AUTHOR’S RIGHT, COPYRIGHT AND FREE LICENSES FOR CULTURE
ON THE WEB. 100 questions and answers for museums, archives and
libraries By Digital Cultural Heritage Research Group - ICOM ITALY.
We’d like to propose you to participate to the revision of the english
version, possibly within January 18,2021.
For any suggestions and comments you may have, *even for specific
sections of the work or single questions of interest for you*, please
find here the link to intervene in the document: LINK
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--7gUtKU0z_TdsunnE-DGqonGfKnVGlH-kWsbju…
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--7gUtKU0z_TdsunnE-DGqonGfKnVGlH-kWsbju…>
Important: The FAQs are developed in the European copyright law
framework, considering - whenever possible - also for the aim of
practical format of the research work - the differences among the
various legal systems, if relevant. When we use the term “copyright
law”, we also refer to authors’ rights. This document is for
information and disclosure purposes and does not constitute a
technical and/or legal opinion. For specific cases, we recommend
seeking advice on the particular situation.
//
//
The final document will be published on Commons and Zenodo in CC BY SA
and on a Wikibook page so as to allow integrations to the texts, or
translation from all the participants.
Thank you in advance for your kind contribution,
Digital Cultural Heritage Research Group - *ICOM ITALY*
Sara Dominique Orlandi coordinator, Deborah De Angelis, Pierfrancesco
Fasano, Cristina Manasse, Anna Maria Marras and Mirco Modolo
Hello everyone,
This email is to let everyone know that the recording for November call is
available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnfLCtBP-dM
In this call, Andrea Wallace did a very deep dive into the upcoming
Declaration on Open Access to Cultural Heritage, and we also used some of
the time to answer some of the questions that folks brought up and that
were also brought up in other conferences, such as Europeana and MCN.
Our next call will be on December 10th. The link to the agenda is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y-ooRioOKMgLJo5s9IB-kDmmq5ZXUsiAPGRBzMM…
and
this is the link to join the call directly:
https://app.hopin.com/events/open-glam-monthly-call-698adfbd-cb30-470d-b705…
In this opportunity, we will be discussing "workplans for 2021". Several of
us will be sharing what our plans for 2021 look like. This will be an open
stage activity, so anyone who feels like sharing can come and see where
communities could work together and be stronger together!
cheers,
scann
Hello everyone!
Just a reminder that we will have our Monthly Call this Thursday, November
19th, at 2 PM UTC. Please check your timezone.
We'll be having it through Hopin. This is the link to register for the
event: https://hopin.to/events/open-glam-monthly-call and this is the link
for entering directly to the room:
https://app.hopin.com/events/open-glam-monthly-call/sessions/73978a20-da49-…
We will be discussing the research paper for the Declaration on Open Access
to Cultural Heritage, so we will only be having Dr. Andrea Wallace as the
main speaker and then the idea is that the floor will be open for questions
and discussions. We will also talk a bit about the feedback so far and try
to answer some of the questions that have been brought up in different
presentations.
As usual, more info on the agenda here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y-ooRioOKMgLJo5s9IB-kDmmq5ZXUsiAPGRBzMM…
For the call happening in December we're thinking of having an open
conversation about Copyright & Open GLAM plans for 2021. So if you belong
to an organization that is in the middle of their work plan for 2021 and
want to incorporate something around Open GLAM & share it with the
community, just send me a message.
Have a nice day everyone!
Hello everyone,
I am glad to share the links of a short study just published on CIS site
and Wikimedia sites. The study is on mapping the digital transition in
selected Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) institutions in
Maharashtra, India, and exploring possibilities and challenges for
collaborations with Wikimedia projects. I am thankful to Marathi
Wikimedians participated in the research - Aaryaa Joshi, Dnyanada
Gadre-Phadke and Kalyani Kotkar. I am also grateful to Sneha for editorial
oversight and Sumandro Chattapadhyay for external review. This is part of
a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019–2020.
CIS blog - https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/mapping-glam-in-maharashtra
Meta -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Mapping_GLAM_in_Maharashtra,_India
Stay safe,
regards,
Subodh Kulkarni
Program Officer
Centre for Internet & Society - Access to Knowledge Programme
Hello everyone,
MozFest is a unique hybrid: part art, tech and society convening, part
maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global
movements fighting for a more humane digital world.
That’s why I’m excited to invite you
<https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>and your community
to participate in the first-ever virtual MozFest!
Submit A Session Idea for MozFest This Year
<https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>
We’re excited to use the programming that we’ve honed over a decade of
festivals – participant-led sessions, immersive art exhibits, space for
spontaneous conversations, inspiring Dialogues & Debates – to address
current and global crises. Through our Call for Session Proposals (where
you're invited to propose an interactive workshop to host at the festival),
we’ll seek solutions together, through the lens of trustworthy artificial
intelligence.
Anyone can submit a session – you don’t need any particular expertise, just
a great project or idea and the desire to collaborate and learn from
festival participants. Since it’s online this year, we’re especially eager
to see session proposals from those that haven’t been able to attend in
year’s past due to travel restrictions.
Also please check out Global Culture and Heritage space
<https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/uniquely-mozfest/spaces/#global-culture-…>,
a space to express and share about the cultures we carry with us and about
its impact on the access to the internet.
Join us on slack for further conversations: #global-culture-and-heritage
<https://join.slack.com/share/zt-io217uvm-eosR0bMxyHR9WhZu9lkS5g>
If you or someone you know from the Wikimedia community is interested in
leading a session at MozFest this year, you can submit your session idea
here <https://www.mozillafestival.org/get-involved/proposals/>! The
deadline is November 23.
Stay safe and warm regards,
Bhuvana Meenakshi
Mozilla Festival 2021 Space Wrangler - Global Culture and Heritage
Mozilla Pulse - https://www.mozillapulse.org/profile/1911
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the international conference **Collect & Connect: Archives and Collections in a Digital Age**. The conference will be held online from 23 to 24 November 2020. The full program can be found here: http://program.makingsenseproject.org. Owing to an additional grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), registering for and participating in the conference is without cost, however the virtual seats we can offer are limited. See for detailed registration instructions here: http://register.makingsenseproject.org
Keynote lectures:
Sharon Leon, Michigan State University: From Event to Data Set: Perspective, Structure, and the Problem of Representation in Data-Driven Digital History
Franco Niccolucci, PIN-University of Florence: The data challenge for cultural and natural heritage
Lambert Schomaker, University of Groningen: From pixels to knowledge using AI: Where do the humans fit in?
Round table:
Semantics and Beyond: Modeling and enriching longue-durée biocultural data for answering interdisciplinary and epistemic research questions
Panel convenor: Martha Fleming (Natural History Museum of Denmark)
Panel chairs: Dominik Hünniger (Hamburg University) and Katy Wolstencroft (Leiden University)
Panelists: Sally Chambers (Ghent University), Isabelle Charmantier (Linnean Society), Tahani Nadim (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin & Humboldt-University), Nicky Nicolson (Royal Botanical Gardens Kew), Neil Safier (John Carter Brown Library & Brown University)
The full program, including all paper presentations and Demolab presentations can be found here: http://program.makingsenseproject.org
Scope of the conference:
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.
We look forward to welcoming you on 23th of November!
Kind regards,
Andreas Weber
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Dr. Andreas Weber, University of Twente | https://www.utwente.nl/en/bms/steps/staff/weber/
Assistant professor | Research group: Science, Technology and Policy Studies (STePS)
PhD training coordinator | Graduate Research School of Science, Technology, and Modern Culture (WTMC<https://www.wtmc.eu/>)
International Conference: Collect&Connect: Archives and Collections in a Digital Age - program<https://sites.google.com/naturalis.nl/makingsenseproject/conference/program>!
ICAART Special session on AI & Digital Cultural Heritage (ARTIDIGH 2021) - submit a paper<http://www.icaart.org/ARTIDIGH.aspx>!
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>)