Collaborate - Community Projects
Want to get involved with an Open project but don’t know where to start? Check out the list of awesome projects that are happening in the OpenCon community, and what kinds of help they're looking for. There might be something for you! Want to see your project listed on this page? Submit a request using this form.
Browse projects tagged: Open Access | Open Education | Open Data | Open Research | Repositories & Databases
Asian Arts Database
This project focuses on Open Archives and Arts. In Europe, there is Europeana.eu, an internet portal that acts as an interface to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe. However, there is no such thing in Asia, and it is necessary for us to have one in Asia, as it gives access to different types of content from different types of heritage/arts institutions. The project will explore the possibility of having arts database in Asia and the importance of having one in Asia, by taking Europeana.eu as the example.
Read more about getting involvedProject Cognoma
Project Cognoma is an open source project to create a webapp for analyzing cancer data. We're a community-driven philanthropic project that began as a collaboration between the Greene Lab, DataPhilly, and Code for Philly. While many contributors are based in the Philadelphia area, anyone anywhere is welcome to join.
Website: https://github.com/cognoma/cognoma
Read more about getting involvedOOO Canada Research Network
The OOO Canada network supports and leads students and young researchers affiliated with Canadian institutions in their efforts to promote open, transparent approaches to knowledge sharing. Our goal is to coordinate initiatives happening across provinces.
Website: www.ooocanada.ca
Read more about getting involved