OurDigitalWorld (ODW) is seeking a Digital Library Developer for a paid internship opportunity (500 hours, full-time). The intern will be assisting on a pilot project, Phase 2 (ODW, in collaboration with the British Columbia Provincial Digital Library Initiative) to develop and test solutions for a digital library platform, mainly the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) platform, for use initially in Ontario and BC. Working in a collaborative, virtual environment the intern will help assess, create and modify tools, scripts and applications for access to digital cultural heritage collections from multiple jurisdictions.

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Social Media/Web Projects Intern Position: Deadline Nov 20

OurDigitalWorld (ODW) is seeking a Social Media/Web Projects Designer (Intern) for a paid internship opportunity (500 hours to March 24, 2016). OurDigitalWorld provides access and discovery to our digital cultural heritage via a number of tools and platforms. Working in a collaborative environment, the intern will help develop a social media strategy and plans to support community engagement and increase awareness of ODW, as well as increase reach and use of ODW initiatives for access to digital cultural heritage collections.

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Register now! Linked Open Data: A Community Building Workshop

You’ve heard of linked data and its potential to connect resources and collections. You know the why, but wonder how do you do linked data? How do you finish? It’s time to get some practical experience.

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Internship opportunity for Digital Library Developer

OurDigitalWorld (ODW) is seeking a Digital Library Developer for an exciting internship opportunity (20 weeks @ 35 hrs/week). The intern will be assisting on a pilot project (ODW, in collaboration with Ryerson University Library and Archives and the Digital Public Library of America community) to set up and test a replication of the DPLA platform. The intern will help assess, create and modify tools, scripts and applications for access to digital cultural heritage collections.

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Coming Events!

Join us at the following Spring and Summer events:

Kitchener Public Library 4th Annual Genealogy Fair, April 25, 2015

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference “Tracks through time”, May 29-31, 2015

Digital Odyssey “Open Data, Open Heritage”, June 12, 2015

Stay tuned for updates!

See you at Digital Odyssey 2015!

We look forward to being a part of Digital Odyssey 2015: Open Data, Open Heritage.

Digital Odyssey 2015 “Open Data, Open Heritage” will examine the intersection of governmental, academic, and community open data and open heritage materials, and investigate the roles that cultural heritage institutions can and should play in concert with other participants in the emerging open data, open heritage environment.

Stay tuned for more details on the full program and registration.