If you're working with cultural heritage data, this free open data-related event in London this October may be of interest:

http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/

Mia is still looking for a few good speakers, as well.

-Jodi

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mia mia.ridge@gmail.com Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:14 PM Subject: [LOD-LAM] Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London), October 6th To: lod-lam@googlegroups.com

Hi all,

I thought you might be interested in this LODLAM-ish event in London, 'Open data in cultural heritage' (info below). You can get free tickets at http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com. Europeana's 'EuropeanaTech' event will have been the day before, so I'm sure we can also report back on any developments there.

Also, if you can think of anyone who'd make a good speaker, let me know! I figure this group will know people who can speak for five minutes on their open data projects - I'm particularly interested in people who've run successful projects in cultural heritage institutions, or created something that has changed how a LAM thinks about open data.

Cheers, Mia

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Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London)

A meetup for people interested in the applications of linked and open data for cultural heritage.

Building on earlier 'linking museums' and London #OpenData (#opendataLDN) meetups, this event is an opportunity to think more widely about Linked Open Data in Libraries Archives and Museums (LODLAM) and bring together a wider community of people interested in open data. It will focus on the success stories for open data in cultural heritage (with a nod to the barriers to publishing usable open data).

We'll have some interesting speakers with short talks on their work with open data in cultural heritage, including Paul Rowe, Joint CEO at Vernon Systems in New Zealand, and potentially Leif Isaksen, who could share his experiences with the Google Ancient Places (GAP) and PELAGIOS projects.

We'll also have small discussion sessions to think creatively about how we can overcome the barriers. We want to gather together success stories for open data projects, and address the issues that limit the publication of open data in cultural institutions.

Who?

You! If you're interested in using or publishing open cultural data and want to help getting better data out there for people to use... Or if you work with a cultural institution and are curious to know why people care so much, have experience to share, or want to know how open data might help your organisation, we'd love you to come along to find out more.

Where?

Thanks to the Open Knowledge Foundation we have a great space at the Centre for Creative Collaboration (#c4cc), 16 Acton Street, London, WC1X 9NG [map and directions].

http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/