The Library #ideadrop house will return this year again to connect the energy of the library community with the enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit pervasive in Austin for salon-style conversations in our library living room on March 7-11, 2014. Vist in person or on the live stream here. All times listed are local Austin time/ Central time.
Exploring the legal, technological and cultural framework which is creating new models of working with cultural assets in the context of "mashup culture," and how libraries, archives and museums can lead the way. Join the conversation led by Rachel Frick and Jon Voss.
Director of the Digital Library Federation. Librarian by trade. Hangs out with coders, catalogers, Open GLAM-ers. Helped out with the Digital Public Library of America. Lover her hound dog and rockibilly music.
Jon is the Historypin Strategic Partnerships Director at We Are What We Do, a global not-for-profit behavior change agency. He's helping to build an open ecosystem of historical data across libraries, archives, and museums worldwide through his work with Historypin and as the... Read More →
Creative Production Manager, The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Daniel brings to The Edge team extensive experience in community arts and creative technology engagement from working with organisations such as Artful Dodger Studios, Visonary Images and Frankston City Council. In Brisbane Daniel has spent time working with the youth of Queensland... Read More →
Kathryn Jaller is an artist and content professional with design skills and a sense for storytelling. She has worked for over 10 years at the intersection of visual culture and community, as an AmeriCorps volunteer and design education advocate, and also in tech, wrangling engineers... Read More →
Manager R&D, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Dr. Johan Oomen is head of the R&D Department of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and researcher at the Web and Media group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Since 2012, he is elected as Network Officer for Europeana and board member of CLICK-NL.
His PhD research... Read More →
Javier is CEO and co-founder of Vizzuality and CartoDB, in charge of product strategy and business development. He is an expert on biodiversity informatics, open data and mapping software. He has been featured in publications including NPR, CNET, The Guardian and El Pais and is frequently... Read More →
Richard Vijgen is founder of Studio Richard Vijgen, a design studio for contemporary information culture. Richard investigates new strategies to find the big stories in big data through research and design. His work is deeply rooted in the digital domain but always connects with physical... Read More →
Head of Digital, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Keir Winesmith is the Head of Web and Digital Platforms at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and has a background in Physics, Computer Science, and Art. He has previously worked for a public broadcaster in Australia (SBS), a media research institute in Germany (ZKM) and... Read More →
