Category Archives: GLAM

The (somewhat) latest developments in open data

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Jane Park

Some of these developments may be dated by a month or more, but we want to make sure they are on your radar by pointing them out here. Several open data portals have launched, including a Brazilian Open Data portal powered by the open-source data cataloguing software CKAN (run by the Open Knowledge Foundation – [...] Continue reading →

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National Libraries and a Museum open up their data using CC0

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jane Park

CC0 has been getting lots of love in the last couple months in the realm of data, specifically GLAM data (GLAM as in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums). The national libraries of Spain and Germany have released their bibliographic data using the CC0 public domain dedication tool. For those of you who don’t know what that [...] Continue reading →

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