[InetBib] OpenGLAM workshop at OKFestival

[Evelyn Dröge <evelyn.droege@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Open Data in Cultural Heritage - OpenGLAM in Germany

Are you working in a cultural heritage institution, or interested in  
opening up cultural heritage data for wider reuse? On the morning prior to  
the start of the Open Knowledge Festival, the OpenGLAM initiative,  
Wikimedia Deutschland and the DM2E project are organising a half day  
workshop on open cultural data, with a special focus on German cultural  
heritage institutions. OpenGLAM is an initiative committed to building a  
world in which our cultural heritage is freely available for everyone to  
access, use, connect and enjoy, and actively encourages galleries,  
libraries, museums and archives worldwide to adopt proactive open content  
and open data policies.


During this workshop, we will identify, investigate and discuss the  
possibilities and key obstacles of opening up your cultural data as an  
institution. After a round of inspiring presentations from initiatives  
like Europeana, Wikidata, the German Digital Library and Coding da Vinci  
we will continue the discussion how to overcome the barriers to opening up  
data in the cultural heritage sector.


Finally, we will hear from the successful local OpenGLAM groups currently  
active in Switzerland and Finland, and kickstart a local OpenGLAM network  
for German heritage institutions interested in open cultural content and  
open access. We invite everyone to join and help think about the focus  
points for such a German OpenGLAM group for the future, and look forward  
to start up a fruitful collaboration!


Registration and details


Date: Tuesday 15 July, 9.30 - 13.00


Location: Wikimedia Deutschland, Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24


More information, as well as the full programme, is available through the  
OpenGLAM site


Attendance is free but places are limited: please register through  
http://bit.ly/openglamOK


If you want to read more about OpenGLAM and open cultural data (in  
German), check out http://okfn.de/openglam
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