July Update
Hi Ledgerbackers!
Welcome to another update on the Ledgerback Digital Commons Research Cooperative (LDCRC).
This update is written by Charles.
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Library
The Observatory is an open, crowdsourced, convergent database weaving together a network of organizations, designs, tools, people and more that are pushing the alternative internet towards convergence.
You can find and contribute entities here.
There is also work on the Glossary, an open, crowdsourced, convergent database of terms connecting terms across alternative internet sectors and communities. You can find and contribute terms here.
Media
Distroid
We released 2 issues of Distroid last month. Distroid is our convergent newsletter covering updates on the alternative internet.
Articles
New articles this month:
Ideas
We will post an update to the Nested Inter-linkages Systems (NILS) next month.
Volunteer Roles
We have the following volunteer roles available:
Apply on Idealist or send an email to ledgerback@gmail.com.
If you want to learn about the alternative internet (i.e., Web3, Ownership Economy, Decentralized Web) and how emerging tech and digital transformation is impacting society, please consider taking on one of the volunteer roles.
Get Involved
Otherwise, also consider sharing your annotations and citations with us on Hypothesis and Zotero!
Donate
Support the LDCRC and help us continue our work by making a tax-deductible donation.
Back your favorite research cooperative and help move towards ??? with tax-deductible donations.
Listings
Also, we are on the lookout for relevant directories and listings to list the LDCRC. If you know of any where we would fit, please let us know.
Digital Scholar Guide
The Digital Scholar Guide and Toolbox (DGST) Version 0.3, our guide and compendium of tools to help scholars and enthusiasts use open science practices for convergent research on the alternative internet is now available for comment.
Bikestream
We are looking for someone to take over and lead the Bikestream project and build a collective around it (other than yourself of course) as a Project Lead.
If you or someone you know is passionate about passionate about mobility data, location data, data privacy, Web3, Ownership Economy, Decentralized Web, machine-to-machine economy, cycling, blockchain, data governance, DeFi, IoT, alternative business models, or electric bicycles, please let them know about the Project Lead position and send an email to ledgerback@gmail.com.
LDCRC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit worker cooperative working on knowledge-bases, digital tools and connective spaces, and building community around reading, discussing and learning more about academic and grey literature on the alternative internet.
Find out more about us via the links below.