US OpenGLAM Launch

US OpenGLAM Launch is an invite open event being which brings together United States based cultural professionals to learn about OpenGLAM principles to become better advocates for the OpenGLAM initiative, which includes programs like GLAM-Wiki. This small workshop, which includes approximately 25 participants, is the first of many events in the United States which will engage professionals and community members alike.

UC Berkeley's South Hall serves as the location of the US OpenGLAM Launch

This event is sponsored by the OCLC, Wikimedia Foundation, and the Open Knowledge Foundation. Thank you for your support!

Note: We are at maximum capacity for this event. No inquiries about attending, please.

Basic information

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Goals

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Our main goals for this two day summit are
  • Develop confident institutional evangelists for OpenGLAM
  • Set achievable goals for the next six months in relation to US OpenGLAM
  • Celebrate and engage one another's work and projects, and find support
 
The first class of US OpenGLAM GLAMbassadors

Participants

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Participant Affilitation Twitter
Sarah Stierch Open Knowledge Foundation/World Digital Library @Sarah_Stierch
Merrilee Proffitt OCLC Research @merrileeIam
Lauren Boegen Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum @lboges
Jessica Coates Creative Commons @damph
Bettina Cousineau GLAM professional
David Farneth Getty Research Institute @DavidFarn
Georgina Goodlander Smithsonian American Art Museum @bathlander
Kevin Gorman University of California, Berkeley @Kevin_the_Gorma
Jonathan Gray Open Knowledge Foundation @ jwyg
Jim Kuhn Folger Shakespeare Library @JamesCKuhn
Thea Lindquist University of Colorado Boulder @lutefisk812
Holley Long University of Colorado Boulder
Shawn Mummert Cincinnati Museum Center and National Underground Railroad Freedom Center @technpo
Ed Rodley Peabody Essex Museum, Salem @erodley
Sarah Sherman Getty Research Institute @shermansarahr
Neal Stimler The Metropolitan Museum of Art @nealstimler
Genevieve Gaiser Tremblay 1000Museums, Emerging Curator Initiative (U of WA), Wiki-WINS (Women In Innovation Summit) @gentremblaze
Jon Voss Historypin/LODLAM @jonvoss
Marc Weber Computer History Museum, Internet History Program @interwebhistory
Rachel Wright 1000Museums, Archijive @1000Museums @archijive
Angelica Tavella University of California, Berkeley

Day 1 Etherpad

9:00am
Breakfast at I-School
2nd Floor
  • Light morning snacks, coffee & tea provided by OCLC
10:00am
Introductions & welcome
Room 210
  • Participant introductions & welcome by Sarah & Merrilee
10:30am
Goals
Room 210
  • Sarah presents goals for the weekend & overview of what to expect
11:00am
Open Knowledge Foundation & OpenGLAM
Room 210
  • Jonathan Gray presents on the Open Knowledge Foundation & OpenGLAM
11:40am
Lightning talk #1
Room 210
  • Jon Voss on "Working Toward the Dream of Linked Open Data"
12:00pm
Lunch

2nd Floor Hallway

Lunch sponsored by OCLC
1:00pm
Creative Commons
Room 210
  • Jessica Coates presents about Creative Commons & licensing practices
2:00pm
Lightning talk #2
  • Merrilee Proffitt: Wikipedia, Open Communities, and Libraries, what's the connection? [handout]
2:30pm
Snack break

2nd Floor Hallway

Snacks sponsored by OCLC
3:00pm
DPLA in a nutshell
Room 210
  • Emily Gore presents about DPLA
3:45pm
Resistance is Futile: Breakout Session #1
Room 210
  • Institutional resistance: what are they? What do we need to do?
4:45pm
Wrap up
Room 210
  • Day reflection facilitated by Sarah

Day 2 Etherpad

9:00am
Breakfast at I-School
2nd Floor
  • Light morning snacks, coffee & tea provided by OCLC
10:00am
Welcome
Room 210
  • Welcome & review of the day by Sarah
10:15am
Dream Big: Breakout Session #2
Room 210
  • Dream big for 2013: Finding one major goal & making it happen this year
10:45am
Lightning Talk #3
Room 210
  • Thea Lindquist: "WW1 LOD and international collaboration"
11:00am
Real Life School of Open
Room 210
  • Jessica facilitates a "real life" School of Open to develop a best practice program
1:00pm
Lunch

2nd Floor Hallway

Lunch sponsored by OCLC
2:00pm
Lightning Talk #4
Room 210
  • Holley Long: OpenGLAM is the Name of the Game: Gamifying Wikisource for Increased Access to Digital Collections
2:30pm
Lightning Talk #5
Room 210
  • Georgina Goodlander, "Linking the Smithsonian American Art Museum to the Cloud"
3:00pm
Snack break

2nd Floor Hallway

Light snacks provided by OCLC
3:30pm
Six Months: Breakout Session #3
Room 210
  • Participants will set six month goals related to OpenGLAM & find support from each other
4:45pm
Reflection & closing
Room 210
  • So long, farewell...Au revoir, Auf Weidersehen