There will be a Europeana hacakthon in Dublin 24-25 September – they’re
looking for people to express interest today
They have some funding for developers (150E for those outside the island).
And with cheap Ryanair flights that could definitely cover costs… Also
prizes for the best stuff.
Info below and at
-Jodi
Hack4Europe! Dublin
ANNOUNCING A COMPETITION TO USE OPEN CULTURAL DATA
Hack4Europe! Dublin is part of a series of hack days organised by the
Europeana Foundation and its partners throughout Europe. Hackathons
provide an exciting environment to explore the potential of open
cultural data from the Europeana portal to create products for social
and economic growth in Europe.
Europeana - www.europeana.eu http://www.europeana.eu - enables people
to explore over 20 million digital objects from Europe’s libraries,
museums, archives and galleries.
The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltact is organising the
Dublin hackathon in conjunction with the Irish Manuscripts Commission,
the Digital Humanities Observatory and Fáilte Ireland.
Hack4Europe! Dublin will take place on 24 and 25 September 2012 in the
Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
*CONTACT AND QUESTIONS *- hack4europedublin@gmail.com
<mailto:hack4europedublin@gmail.com hack4europedublin@gmail.com>
*REGISTRATION - *Register your interest before Friday 31 August 2012
at: http://hack4europe2012-dublin.eventbrite.ie
On behalf of the organising committee
Sharon Barry (D/AHG)
Cathy Hayes (IMC)
Niall O’Leary (DHO)
Ursina O’Riordan (D/AHG)