Do you know what GLAM means? GLAM is an acronym for “galleries, libraries, archives and museums,” overall cultural institutions that promote access to knowledge. Last month we facilitated our first Book Sprint in Qatar, as well as our first in the ... read more
We can no longer ignore that the future of humanity and the planet are at risk. How we go about our work must be in intentional service of the lasting change we seek to make. With a team of 15 ... read more
The Shuttleworth Foundation participated in a Book Sprint reflecting on ten years of giving. “Our thinking about how change happens has been influenced by the journeys Fellows take, and partnering with them for many years,” said Helen Turvey, CEO of ... read more
Here we are, DAY 2 in San Diego campus booksprinting to produce a collection of resources on different ways to approach how to center marginalized community’s knowledge online. Whose Knowledge? is behind the initiative. This impressive non-profit association defends and ... read more
We are in the middle of our first Book Sprint for Publish What You Pay an international coalition of civil society organisations working to ensure transparency and accountability in oil, gas and mining. Participants are from eight countries and all PWYP members ... read more
The book ‘Open Knowledge Institutions: Reinventing Universities’ is currently on MIT Press’ PubPub online platform, open to a wider community for review and editing before it gets pitched to publishers. The book was written by a group of 13 authors ... read more
The Curtin University Book Sprint resulted in a guide for all so-called Supporters of Research Communication, a term which is yet to be embraced by all the people who do this work. This book will however be a step towards defining ... read more
As Mandela said: “it always seems impossible until it’s done”. And that was the group feeling after a hectic week of collaborative writing. The 15 participants manage to write a book from A to Z on their the Yensore Programme ... read more
Today amidst major building work at Varley Park in Falmer, a group of academics and representatives of local community organisations have been summing up the learnings from the seminar series New Practices for New Publics. The seminars took place over ... read more
The Responsible Data in Development Handbook that was the result of a Book Sprint in 2014 with the engine room recently received a beautiful make-over including its own website.
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