For folks in Europe -- there are a series of Europeana hack days.
Here's info on the one in Dublin -- they have some funding for developers (150E for those outside the island).
-Jodi
>> *Hack4Europe! Dublin*
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>> *ANNOUNCING A COMPETITION TO USE OPEN CULTURAL DATA*
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>> Hack4Europe! Dublin is part of a series of hack days organised by the
>> Europeana Foundation and its partners throughout Europe. Hackathons
>> provide an exciting environment to explore the potential of open
>> cultural data from the Europeana portal to create products for social
>> and economic growth in Europe.
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>> Europeana - www.europeana.eu <http://www.europeana.eu> - enables people
>> to explore over 20 million digital objects from Europe's libraries,
>> museums, archives and galleries.
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>> The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltact is organising the
>> Dublin hackathon in conjunction with the Irish Manuscripts Commission,
>> the Digital Humanities Observatory and Fáilte Ireland.
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>> Hack4Europe! Dublin will take place on 24 and 25 September 2012 in the
>> Science Gallery, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
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>> *CONTACT AND QUESTIONS *- [log in to unmask]
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>> *REGISTRATION - *Register your interest *before* Friday 31 August 2012
>> at: http://hack4europe2012-dublin.eventbrite.ie
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>> On behalf of the organising committee
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>> Sharon Barry (D/AHG)
>> Cathy Hayes (IMC)
>> Niall O'Leary (DHO)
>> Ursina O'Riordan (D/AHG)
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