1. The Digital Commons
and the Republic of
Letters
J o r i s P e k e l
T h e O p e n K n o w l e d g e F o u n d a t i o n
@ j p e k e l
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2. Moo Cows by user LookingGlass CC-BY
The Commons
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4. “To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” - Google
“Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of
all knowledge” - Wikipedia
“Universal Access to All Knowledge” - Internet Archive
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5. "Enable access to everyone who wants to do research"
- British Library, Our Mission and 2020 Vision
"Our core values are: accessibility, sustainability, innovation and cooperation."
-National Library of the Netherlands, Our Mission and Vision
"To provide diverse audiences with the best quality experience and optimum
access to our collections, physically and digitally."
- the Victoria & Albert Museum, Mission and Objectives
"The Federal Archives have the legal responsibility of permanently preserving
the federal archival documents and making them available for use."
- German Federal Archives - Responsibilities
The National Gallery of Denmark is Denmark’s premier museum of art.
Through Accessibility, education, and exhibition
- Danish National Gallery - Mission
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18. Division of Labour
1. Provide data and digital content to Europeana
with a focus on digitised manuscripts
2. Build tools for the aggregation of this data and
content so that it can be re-used and connected
3. Develop tools for the re-use of Europeana Linked
Data in humanities research contexts
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20. Linked Open Data
Allow teachers, students and researchers to
explore the connections others make between
works, authors and collections
Lower the barrier to entry for others to build
the tools that will define 21st century
scholarship
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25. conclusion
• The stuff (the ‘Digital Commons’): open access to
research outputs, open digital copies of public
domain works, open data about works, open source
code, etc.
• The people (‘the Republic’): this enables the growth
of the commons, as well as value from it. Reaching
more people. Collaboration and engagement. Policy
and best practises. Excitement and vision. You!
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