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

• Dates: 23/24 March, 2013
• Venue: University of California, Berkeley School of Information, Berkeley, CA
• Hashtag: #openglam
• Etherpad: okfnpad.org/USOpenGLAM
• US OpenGLAM Friendly space policy: US OpenGLAM Launch/Friendly space policy

Goals

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

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

Saturday @ UC Berkeley I-School 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

Sunday @ UC Berkeley I-School 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