Here's a roundup of recent successes from around the network! * If you have any achievements, big or small, to share, please just drop an email (one line is fine!) to [email protected] *
* A mini victory for OpenGLAM yesterday - The Diplomatic Correspondence of Thomas Bodley resource is now open!! http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/bodley/copyright.html * We wrote a blog post about why we're not the open data foundation http://blog.okfn.org/2013/05/01/open-knowledge-much-more-than-open-data/ and amazingly the Spain local group had translated it within minutes - many thanks! http://es.okfn.org/2013/05/01/conocimiento-abierto-mucho-mas-que-open-data/ :) * Rufus and I started a series of #smalldata blog posts - putting a stake in the ground against the big data hype - and the main one is our first blog post to go over 2000+ shares: http://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/22/forget-big-data-small-data-is-the-real-revolution/ * The Public Domain Review fundraiser was a total success! check out the video: http://vimeo.com/57098465 and blog post http://blog.okfn.org/2013/05/02/the-public-domain-review-is-saved/ - Adam even got offers of help as well as money. Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word * OKFN Labs updated PublicBodies.org - a Labs project whose aim is to provide a "URL for every part of Government": <http://publicbodies.org/> post <http://okfnlabs.org/blog/2013/05/01/publicbodies.org-an-update.html> PublicBodies.org is a database and website of "Public Bodies" -- that is Government-run or controlled organizations (which may or may not have distinct corporate existence). Examples would include government ministries or departments, state-run organizations such as libraries, police and fire departments and more. Let's have more success soon :) Laura
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