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Further reading:

  • Unlocking the goldmine « Digital Agenda Commissioner – Neelie Kroes
  • Open Bibliographic Data Guide
  • Open Data in a Library Context (SCONUL Wiki)
  • Open For Business | Think Quarterly
  • Open Data Open Society Report (PDF)
  • UK Data Strategy Board launched
  • The Business of Open Data
  • The economic impact of open data - linkedgov
  • The Four Challenges of Open Data - Open Data Initiative
  • Open Data Business Models

Open Data Resources:

  • Archives Hub
    http://data.archiveshub.ac.uk/
  • BBC Backstage
    http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/
  • CKAN – the Data Hub (Open Knowledge Foundation)
    http://thedatahub.org/
    e.g. Bibliographic datasets: http://thedatahub.org/dataset?groups=bibliographic
    Museum datasets: http://thedatahub.org/dataset?q=museum
  • Culture Grid
    http://www.culturegrid.org.uk/use/
  • GLAM++ APIs, linked and open data services
    http://museum-api.pbworks.com/w/page/21933420/Museum%C2%A0APIs
  • Guardian Data Store
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/data
  • LibraryThing
    http://www.librarything.com/services/
  • Mashed Library Sources
    http://www.mashedlibrary.com/wiki-content/cookbook/ingredients/
  • OCLC Web Services
    http://oclc.org/developer/webservices
  • Talis API Documentation
    http://docs.api.talis.com/platform-api
  • Principles
  • Principles Signatories
  • Related Reading
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Further information

Licensing Open Data: A Practical Guide

Licensing Open Data: A Practical Guide (PDF)