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by Rufus Pollock

Talk at Innovate UK on Big Open Data

March 12, 2013 in Events, Talks

Today I was at Innovate UK to speak in the panel on “Big Open Data”. This was a chance to expand on the ideas I presented at the OECD Foresight Forum on Big Data in November and also to connect with our recent post on Open Data and My Data.

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by Rufus Pollock

Talk at OECD Foresight Forum on Big Data

October 22, 2012 in Events, Talks

Today I was in Paris at the OECD to contribute as a panellist to their foresight forum on Big Data. These were my slides.

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by Rufus Pollock

Slides from Talk at the Future is Open Conference

October 17, 2012 in Events, Talks

Today I had the opportunity to talk at REFORM’s event Future is Open: Open Government and Data Transparency in a session on Data-driven services: Open data and public service reform. Here are the slides.

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by Naomi Lillie

Week ahead: Naomi Lillie

October 1, 2012 in Events, Open Bibliography, People, Updates

Availability: Mon, Thu Foundation Administration; Tue, Wed Community Coordination. Note – not working next week.

Last weeks

  • Community Coordination
    • OKFest
    • JISC Open Biblio 2 final budgeting, including invoicing DevCSI
    • Scotland blogs – #OpenDataEDB Meet-up write-up and guest post by Bob Kerr of OpenStreetMap
    • Open Academia call
  • Foundation Administration
    • Wolfpack call
    • Finance – invoices, reconciliation, pay-run
    • Jobs – supporting Meg Foulkes in general maintenance as well as the School of Data Project Coordinator live role

This week

  • CC
    • OKFest help – follow-up from event
    • #OpenDataEDB further follow up
    • Open Academia call
  • FA
    • Wolfpack meeting
    • Supporting Meg Foulkes, looking after admin, jobs and finance
    • Finance – invoice processing, reconciliation
    • Jobs – supporting Laura Newman for School of Data role and Meg Foulkes for speculative roles

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by Rufus Pollock

Opening Up Local and National Government Open Data Conference – Talk by Rufus Pollock

September 26, 2012 in Events, Talks

Slides from my talk today at the Opening Up project Local and National Government Open Data mini-Conference with the title Open Data and the Open Knowledge Foundation.

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by Naomi Lillie

Week ahead: Naomi Lillie

September 10, 2012 in BibServer, Events, Open Bibliography, People, Projects, Updates

Availability: Mon, Thu Foundation Administration; Tue, Wed Community Coordination. Note – next week at OKFest, responses to e-mail / Skype will be intermittent.

For information: OKFestival NEXT WEEK! :-D

Last week

  • Community Coordination
    • OKFest help:
      • Volunteers grouped and informed of area they’ll be assisting, managers for groups sought, free tickets authorised
      • Responded to general queries regarding bursaries, travel, accommodation, itinerary, etc
    • Open Academia call
  • Foundation Administration
    • Inducted of Meg Foulkes (going much better now evil tech gremlins sent packing)
    • Wolfpack call
    • Finance – invoices, reconciliation
    • Jobs – general maintenance (no live jobs)

This week

  • CC
    • OKFest help – final arrangement for management of volunteers, dealing with ad hoc OKFN and general enquiries
    • #OpenDataEDB follow up (postponed from last week due to OKFest priorities)
    • Confirm final budget for JISC Open Biblio 2 project
    • Open Academia call
  • FA
    • Working with Meg Foulkes, preparing for managing OKFN Core while most of us are in Helsinki (thanks Meg!)
    • Wolfpack meeting
    • Finance – pay run, invoice processing, donations, reconciliation
    • Jobs – general maintenance (no live jobs)

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by Naomi Lillie

Week ahead: Naomi Lillie

September 3, 2012 in BibServer, Events, Open Bibliography, People, Projects, Updates

Availability: Mon, Thu Foundation Administration; Tue, Wed Community Coordination; half-day on Friday for OKFest, but not generally available.

Last week

  • Community Coordination
    • OKFest help:
      • Schedule completed and live!
      • Accommodation for OKFN staff confirmed (no spaces left)
      • Volunteers grouped and informed of area they’ll be assisting, free tickets authorised
      • Responding to general queries regarding bursaries, travel, accommodation, itinerary, etc
      • (2 weeks to go!)
    • Continued development of Scotland community
      • #OpenDataEDB Meet-up last Thursday
    • Open Academia call (kindly hosted by Laura Newman, due to me having a nasty cold which wiped out Wednesday and some of Thursday – unimpressed!!)
  • Foundation Administration
    • Induction of Meg Foulkes mostly on-hold due to tech issues (although hopefully can re-start this week)
    • Wolfpack call
    • Finance – pay-run (2 days’ worth – OKFN is growing!), invoices, donations, reconciliation
    • Jobs – general maintenance (no live jobs)

This week

  • CC
    • #OpenDataEDB follow up – blog, invite attendees to sign up to Scotland List, explore other recommended community-building tools, contact suggested interested parties, etc (other Scotland community follow-up on hold until after OKFest)
    • OKFest help – managing volunteers, dealing with ad hoc OKFN and general enquiries
    • Finalise budget for JISC Open Biblio 2 project – still waiting on DevCSI
    • Open Academia call
  • FA
    • Induct Meg Foulkes
    • Wolfpack, Management meetings
    • Finance – invoice processing, donations, reconciliation
    • Jobs – general maintenance (no live jobs)

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by Naomi Lillie

Week ahead: Naomi Lillie

July 16, 2012 in BibServer, Events, Open Bibliography, People, Projects, Updates

Availability: Mon, Thu Foundation Administration; Tue, Wed Community Coordination for Open Biblio.

Last week

  • Open Biblio CC
    • BiblioHack follow-up and budgeting
    • Round up of recent List discussions
    • Arranged meeting of Scotland-based people interested in Open Data
    • Open Academia call
    • OKFest input
  • FA
    • Wolfpack and Management meetings
    • Finance – pay-run, reconciliation, processed invoices, updated donations spreadsheet
    • Jobs – hosted call, acknowledged applications, updated spreadsheet and applicants

This week

  • Open Biblio CC
    • BiblioHack follow-up and budgeting
    • Organise next #OpenDataEDB (postponed from last week)
    • OKFest input
  • FA
    • Wolfpack and Management meetings
    • Jobs – acknowledge applications, update spreadsheet and applicants, review status of roles via call
    • Finance – invoice processing, donations, VAT re-coding
    • Monitor speakers@ and info@ as well as admin@

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by Naomi Lillie

Week ahead: Naomi Lillie

June 11, 2012 in BibServer, Events, Open Bibliography, People, Projects, Updates

Availability: Mon Foundation Administration; Tue, Wed, Thu at BiblioHack so minimal availability. Please note I am not working 19th-22nd June, back 25th June.

Last weeks

  • Open Biblio Community Coordination
    • Final preparation for BiblioHack including Hackathon, Seminar and Meet-up
    • Continued work with data mining group
    • Open Academia stand-ups for regular catch-up of smaller data- / research-based projects
  • Foundation Administration
    • Finance – reconciliation, invoice processing, pay-runs, updating donations spreadsheet, re-coding for VAT
    • Jobs – acknowledged applications, updated spreadsheet and applicants

This week

  • Open Biblio CC
    • BiblioHack! Come and join us at the Meet-up
    • Face-to-face with many Open Academia people
  • FA
    • Wolfpack and Management meetings
    • Finance – reconciliation, invoice processing
    • Jobs – acknowledge applications, update spreadsheet and applicants

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by Sam Leon

Weekly Update: Sam Leon

May 21, 2012 in Events, Workshop

Availability Monday at Goldsmiths for TEXTUS user testing workshop. Tuesday-Thursday C4CC. Friday at Natural History Museum for open digitisation project event.

This Week

TEXTUS

  • TEXTUS user testing workshop at Goldsmiths with Tom Oinn (Monday)
  • Update Wiki for progress on all user stories
  • Write up of user testing workshop at Goldsmiths
  • Set up remote TEXTUS user testing for 100+ user testers who have signed up
  • Organisation of reading group sessions to begin in June at Goldsmiths
  • TEXTUS budget review with Jilly

DM2E

  • Open Digitisation Project event with Collections Trust and Open Right Group at Natural History Museum (Friday)
  • Finish first in series of key concept in open cultural heritage metadata with Primavera for openglam.org and UK Discovery
  • More #BiblioHack workshop promotion and invites
  • Continue storyboarding for open licensing animation with Joris
  • Edit and publish new guest post from The Archive Platform on openglam.org
  • Find and book food and venue for meet-up before #BiblioHack

Last Week

TEXTUS

  • User testing workshop planning
  • Emails to university departments concerning user testing
  • Open Humanities Working Group call with new volunteer Sarah plus discussion of open humanities presence at OKFest — see notes

DM2E

  • #BiblioHack workshop and hack organisation
  • Open GLAM stream OKFest planning – calls, confirmation of venues, questions and preparation for 2nd call
  • Challenges blog post on openglam.org
  • PM handover calls and budget reviews with Jilly
  • Organisation of Adivsory Board Meeting in Berlin
  • Boosting OpenGlam handle on Twitter – follow us!
  • Discussion with Wittgenstein Archives re: use of their data and documents in Hack4Europe in Berlin. Decision that data not ready.

Other

  • Setting up new email aliases
  • Approving Histories of Open Knowledge Project – next steps to follow shortly

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