Category Archives: OKFN Openbiblio

NTNU University Library – a Linked Open Data Hub

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Adrian Pohl

The following guest post is by Rurik Thomas Greenall who works at the section for information resources at NTNU University Library, Trondheim in the area of linked data and resource access. His interests include programming, particularly for the semantic web, … Continue reading →

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ZB MED publishes open article data in medicine and life sciences

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Adrian Pohl

We are happy to announce the recent publication of article data in medicine and life sciences by the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED). Two datasets have been published in August and registered at CKAN/the Data Hub: CC MED … Continue reading →

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openbiblio, bibliographica, bibsoup, bibserver – what’s what?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Mark MacGillivray

We have (or had) various projects going on in relation to the OKF open bibliographic working group recently, and it seems like it might be a good idea to clarify what names mean what things mean where… So here is … Continue reading →

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Ex Libris, Alma and Open Data

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Adrian Pohl

This blog post is written by Carl Grant, chief librarian at Ex Libris and past president of Ex Libris North America, in answer to some questions that Adrian Pohl, coordinator of the OKFN Working Group on Open bibliographic Data, posed … Continue reading →

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After JISC Open Bibliography

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Mark MacGillivray

The JISC Open Bibliography project has come to an end, but of course the Open Bibliography community remains. We will no longer have regular JISC Open Bib meetings, but I would hope that those involved will continue to engage with … Continue reading →

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Are bibliographies copyrightable? – the German case

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Adrian Pohl

Unfortunately, you have to deal with copyright and neighbouring rights like the European sui generis database right when you want to liberate data, be it bibliographic data or other data. In recent discussions about bibliographies and copyright, Peter Murray-Rust several … Continue reading →

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Minutes: 13th Virtual Meeting of the OKFN Openbiblio Group

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Adrian Pohl

Date July, 5th 2011, 15:00 GMT Channel Meeting was held via Skype and Etherpad Participants Adrian Pohl Peter Murray-Rust David Shotton Thomas Krichel Jim Pitman Karen Coyle Agenda Report from the #openbiblio workshop at #okcon2011 & okcon in general openbiblio … Continue reading →

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Collections in Bibliographica: unsorted information is not information

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Open Knowledge International

Collections are the first feature aimed for our users participation at Bibliographica. The collections are lists of books users can create and share with others, and they are one of the basic features of Bibliographica as Jonathan Gray pointed out … Continue reading →

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Minutes: 12th Virtual Meeting of the OKFN Openbiblio Group

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mark MacGillivray

Date June 7th, 2011, 1500 GMT Channel Meeting was held via Etherpad Participants Adrian Pohl Karen Coyle Jim Pitman Mark MacGillivray Will Waites Planning an Open Bibliography activity for OKCON This was the main focus of the call this month. … Continue reading →

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Bibliographica gadget in Wikipedia

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Open Knowledge International

What is a wikipedia gadget? Thinking of ways to show the possibilities of linked data, we have made a Wikipedia gadget, making use of a great resource the Wikimedia developers give to the community. Wikipedia gadgets are small pieces of … Continue reading →

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