Author Archives: Naomi Lillie

Hackathon alert: BiblioHack!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

This is cross-posted from the OKFN blog The Open Knowledge Foundation’s Open Biblio group, and Working Group on Open Data in Cultural Heritage, along with DevCSI, present BiblioHack: an open Hackathon to kick-start the summer months. From Wednesday 13th – … Continue reading →

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BiblioHack hackathon registration form

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

To register for BiblioHack, the 2-day hackathon event on 13th-14th June 2012, please submit your details using the form below and ensure you scroll down to complete all fields. Please note, unfortunately spaces are limited so completion of form does … Continue reading →

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#OpenDataEDB 2: 16th May

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

Following the fun we had at March’s Meet-up ‘launch’, we will be having another gathering of people interested in open data next Wednesday 16th May. Hosted by the Wash Bar, Edinburgh, from 19.00, come and join us to discuss ideas, … Continue reading →

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Community discussions 2

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

It’s been a funny few weeks, with Easter meaning that various people have been out-and-about at various times, but as always, the community never rests… Following on from Community Discussions (1), here are the latest goings-on to raise your interest … Continue reading →

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Community discussions

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

The Open Biblio core team are a small bunch, but there’s a wealth of people out there providing information and suggestions to make our work better and more widely known. The List is a key way for people to post … Continue reading →

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Planning for the next three months

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

We have developed BibJSON… We’ve improved BibServer… We’ve made BibSoup… …But what’s next? The nature of cutting-edge technology is that it is fast-paced and constantly adapting. We may think we’ve come up with a good idea, but if it turns … Continue reading →

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Day 3 of the March Sprint

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

This morning we were buzzing from the Meet-up, excited about the interesting people we met and the cool things they talked about. Graham Steel, who was in town for yesterday’s event, stopped by to see what the team was up … Continue reading →

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#OpenDataEDB: the results

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

Last night was the first OKFN Meet-Up in Scotland* at the Ghillie Dhu, Edinburgh, run in collaboration with DevCSI. 19 people attended from around the city and nearby, including Glasgow, and those visiting for the Open Biblio Sprint represented Cambridge, … Continue reading →

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Day 2 of the March Sprint

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

Today started well: Berkeley and PubMed contacted us about running a BibServer, which is great! It was also a day of comings and goings: Etienne arrived to code with Mark, Richard Jones of Cottage Labs dropped by to play around … Continue reading →

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Installing BibServer from the repo on Mac OSX

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Naomi Lillie

The following guest post is by Edmund Chamberlain who works at Cambridge Unviversity Library. As part of my work on the Open Bibliography project, I wanted to test how easy it would be for an average Systems Librarian such as … Continue reading →

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