5th SLIC Encounter

What is SLIC

SLIC (Software Libre e Instituciones Culturales -Free Software and Cultural Institutions in English-) is a collaborative project among a variety of Spanish cultural institutions that have gathered together to exchange knowledge and experiences aiming to develop achive tools and create a technological platform that interconnects different digital archives.

Medialab-Prado (Madrid) and Hangar (Barcelona) started this project in 2008 trying to find convergences and share resources using free software, since it that allows to adapt solutions for different necessities and at the same time, allows other groups to use them in the future. Through a series of encounters since May 2009 and online work, many other institutions, developers and other interested peopole have joined the initiative.

In this fourth encounter a prototipe will be presented and discussed. This prototype connects some institutions' files and allows the user to access them though a semantic web meta-browser.

Programme

1st Session: Tuesday, December 14 / 4 pm to 8 pm

Agree on a definitive definition of SLIC and discuss how to communicate the project.

2nd Session: Wednesday, December 15 / 10 am to 2 pm

Presentation and debate about the prototype that interconnects files from some of the participant institutions.

3rd Session: Wednesday, December 15 / 4 pm to 8 pm

Presentation and discussion of the Reference guide for other institutiones to join SLIC.

· Space for sharing knowledge about tools and new developments that can contribute to the process.

4th Session: Thursday, December 16 / 10 am to 2 pm

Debate about the future of the project: next steps, tasks, fundings, etc.