Open Data Day 2018: what do we celebrate and why? – Open Knowledge International Blog

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Summary:

"On Open Data Day (http://opendataday.org/), which is happening this year on Saturday 3 March 2018, we celebrate the benefits that open data can bring to our communities and the society at large. But what is open data exactly and why is it important? This blogpost seeks to give you some useful resources to answer this question and some others to make your Open Data Day event even greater!...

Information on Open Data Day

  • Open Data Day website with the map of events and collected event resources
  • Follow the #OpenDataDay hashtag on Twitter
  • The Open Data Day Organizer’s guide gathers tools and ideas for creating successful events
  • Have a look at our 2018 mini-grant winners who will organise events in the categories Open Mapping, Open Science & Research Data, Equal Development and Follow the Money
  • We have highlighted the Open Data Day events per continent
  • And you can read up on what happened last year in our lookback on Open Data Day 2017"

Link:

https://blog.okfn.org/2018/03/02/open-data-day-2018-what-do-we-celebrate-and-why/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.open_data_day oa.intro oa.data oa.awareness oa.advocacy oa.hackathons oa.events

Date tagged:

03/03/2018, 10:34

Date published:

03/03/2018, 05:36