How to build a Space/Time Directory?

Hi!
I'm Bert Spaan!
@bertspaan

Main goal: make the Library's collections and NYC's history more accessible

Example 1: Brooklyn's farms

Example 2: beer

Example 3: cars

First step: the Libary's collection!

Second step: digitization!

Third step: extract data!

Fourth step: combining it all!

NYC Space/Time Directory = NYPL data + external datasets + databases + APIs + search + geo + RDF + open source + digitization + crowdsourcing + community

Goals: open data, plain JSON files, for everyone to download

Goals: APIs, open source, search tools, user interfaces

Goals: tools that allow people to tell new stories about NYC's history

Fifth step: more crowdsourcing!

Sixth step: make things!

Seventh step: open data + community!

Thanks!