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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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#OpenDataEDB: the results

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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Interview on Open Bibliographic Data in German Open Data Blog

Yesterday, an interview was published in the Open Data blog of the German weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”. In this interview, I answer questions asked by Lorenz Matzat about open bibliograpic data, the OKFN’s working group and openbiblio activities going on … Continue reading

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Talk at UKSG 2011 Conference on Open Bibliography

This is a post by Rufus Pollock, a member of the Working Group and co-Founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation. Yesterday, I was up in Harrogate at the UKSG (UK Serials Group) annual conference to speak in a keynote session … Continue reading

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