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Minutes: 25th Virtual Meeting of the OKFN Working Group for Open Bibliographic Data

Date: September, 4th 2012, 15:00 GMT Channels: Meeting was held via Skype and Etherpad Participants Peter Murray-Rust Naomi Lillie NB Karen Coyle apologies due to attendance at DublinCore conference Agenda As there was just PeterMR and me attending this call, … Continue reading

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Community Discussions 3

It has been a couple of months since the round-up on Community Discussions 2 and we have been busy! BiblioHack was a highlight for me, and last week included a meeting of many OKFN types – here’s a picture taken … Continue reading

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Bringing the Open German National Bibliography to a BibServer

This blog post is written by Etienne Posthumus and Adrian Pohl. We are happy that the German National Library recently released the German National Bibliography as Linked Open Data, see (announcement). At the #bibliohack this week we worked on getting … Continue reading

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BiblioHack: Day 2, part 2

Pens down! Or, rather, key-strokes cease! BiblioHack has drawn to a close and the results of two days’ hard labour are in: A Bibliographic Toolkit Utilising BibServer Peter Murray-Rust reported back on what was planned, what was done, and the … Continue reading

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BiblioHack: Day 2, part 1

After easing into the day with breakfast and coffee, each of the 3 sub-groups gave an overview of the mini-project’s aim and fed back on the evening’s progress: Peter Murray-Rust revisited the overarching theme of ‘A Bibliographic Toolkit’ and the … Continue reading

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BiblioHack: Day 1

The first day of BiblioHack was a day of combinations and sub-divisions! The event attendees started the day all together, both hackers and workshop / seminar attendees, and Sam introduced the purpose of the day as follows: coders – to … Continue reading

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BiblioHack Meet-up

I’ve been quiet on this blog lately, but it’s in the same way a duck looks still when swimming: things may look peaceful but there is much activity going on beneath the surface! The Open Biblio crowd have been busy … Continue reading

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Hackathon alert: BiblioHack!

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

Registration is now closed, but keep an eye on this blog and the main OKFN blog for upcoming events.

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#OpenDataEDB 2: 16th May

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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