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Open Data to Open Knowledge
Kayla Hammond Larkin NECode4Lib
December 5, 2016 Hampshire College
Open Data to Open Knowledge
2015 Funded by the Knight Foundation’s “News Challenge on Libraries” grant competition
QUESTION: How might libraries serve 21st century
information needs?
Open Data to Open Knowledge
What is
DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Re-imagine Boston’s open data as a valuable resource for public knowledge
open data?
open knowledge?
Open Data to Open Knowledge
Libraries =
Librarians possess the skills and expertise
needed to unearth the value of open data as an
information resource and communicate it to
patrons.
THE PEOPLE
Libraries are trusted, shared public spaces – free to all, and present in every
Boston neighborhood. They are community centers for learning, collaboration, and
innovation.
THE PLACE
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Open Data to Open Knowledge
Open Data Catalog Open Data Platform Open Data Curriculum
Create the city’s first ever comprehensive data catalog to provide context and aid navigation
Redevelop Boston’s open data platform with an enhanced user interface, set to launch in Spring 2017
Design and deliver a supporting open data curriculum for librarians
FURTHER READING
To learn more about the the Open Data to Open
Knowledge Project, please visit our homepage.
Additional information can be found on the Knight
Foundation’s website.