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Cool progress on an interesting project

2020 Update #1: Architecting the future of Open Textbooks in Minneapolis

The Open Textbook Network and Coko kicked off a collaboration on December 11, 2019, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The two communities came together to address a shared problem: Helping authors write and design an open textbook. Together, over the next three years and supported by IM

Collaborative Knowledge Foundation

A good day at Shippies today. Some pics I took of some of the surfers out.

Some photos of flax and stuff. You can also see a few shots where the sun was orange from the Australian fires.

Putting online for the Pod people (getting a pod at my place in NZ).

From the first gate

Second Gate…

And the site…

From a very angry buddy with some interesting thoughts on Philanthropy. Its also a pretty funny podcast.

https://www.philanthropissed.com/

Smoke from the Australian fires hazing out the sun here in NZ… pic taken 5pm on a summers day

https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EE51D784834639

Monday, January 20, 20202:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Amsterdam)

Digital or innovation “labs” in library or museum settings have been around for about ten years. The lab is usually a place for experimenting with digital collections in novel ways to reach new audiences or to explore new technologies. These, sometimes temporary, teams within a library, archives, or museum/gallery (GLAM) can support a range of internal and external digital services and programs.

 

Not so long ago, participants of the “labbers” (lab-interested) community identified a need to articulate lab values, share relevant experience and case studies, and suggest some best practices for those starting up cultural heritage innovation labs. Through funding provided by the University College London, Qatar, Qatar University, the British Library and the Library of Congress, a coordinating group engaged Book Sprint, Ltd, a rapid book production and collaboration methodology, and published a call for participants to write a book about GLAM labs in five days.

Trying it out…open source equiv to Disqus

https://discourse.coko.foundation/

Avantdale Bowling Club, NZ experimental jazz/hiphop-ish group have an awesome album out. Its one of the best things I’ve heard for a long time.

https://avantdalebowlingclub.bandcamp.com/

For those not in the know, Avondale is a suburb in Auckland, NZ. The Avondale Bowling Club is a actual lawn bowls club where experimental events sometimes happen.

Punctum books are great allies

https://punctumbooks.pubpub.org/pub/cokocommunity