Profile
Jon joined Shift in 2011. He is based in San Francisco and now leads the US office.
He works primarily on Historypin as our Strategic Partnerships Director, and joined our team as a global expert in Linked Open Data in libraries, archives and museums.
He is responsible for US fundraising initiatives and client/community development, as well as managing the US based Historypin projects and Community Officers.
Jon is also the co-founder of the International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museum Summit, gathering world wide innovators working to harness Open Data on the web for the common good, and is frequently asked to talk about Citizen History. He was named an Outstanding Citizen Archivist by the National Archives of the United States in 2013, for outstanding leadership in promoting citizen participation and innovative solutions in 21st-century access to historical records. His past projects have included LookBackMaps, a location-based web and mobile app, and Civil War Data 150, which shares and connects Civil War data across local, state and federal institutions.
Jon graduated from Kalamazoo College with a Bachelor of Arts in religion. He loves cheesy movies and can often be heard quoting them, to the great annoyance of his friends and family.
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Death by Social Media
Jon Voss runs Shift’s US operations, with a major focus on Historypin. Our deep intergenerational work has pulled us recently …
Historypin & LODLAM at EuropeanaTech 2015
This talk at the National Library of France from February 2015 highlights some of the ways Historypin is being leveraged to increase access to cultural heritage content and strengthen local communities. I also take a quick look at the growing culture around Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museums and how data sharing may soon be the new norm for cultural heritage.
4 Major Efforts to Share European Cultural Heritage
This winter has seen a flurry of activity around a number of projects related to Europeana content, and the incredible work of partners across Europe helping to increase the discovery and reuse of European cultural heritage.
Can One Story Change the World?
Jon Voss of Historypin.org presents “Can One Story Change the World?” at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia.
Research from Libraries, Archives & Museums on Historypin
We’re fortunate to work with many cultural heritage partners who are putting a lot of thought and research into the ways they can share their collections with the world, from physical exhibitions to digital engagement strategies, and everything in between…
Society of American Archivists Keynote
Jon Voss, Strategic Partnerships Director at Historypin, during opening plenary of the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, August 9, 2012. This is audio of the talk together with slides.
Opinion: Considering SOPA in Cultural Heritage
I’m guessing you’ve already heard of the two bills that have been introduced before Congress in the United States, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House…
Smithsonian Institution talk on Linked Open Data
Jon Voss addresses the Smithsonian Institute and explores the fundamental elements of Linked Open Data and discover how rapidly growing access to metadata within the world’s libraries, archives and museums is opening exciting new possibilities for understanding our past, and may help in predicting our future.
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IMLS Focus: The National Digital Platform
July 23, 2015
On April 28, 2015, the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) convened library, archive, and museum professionals to, in the words of Maura Marx, IMLS Director, “advance a vision of easy, seamless and reliable access for all Americans to the digital content and services that will enrich and improve their lives.” Jon Voss represented Historypin on a panel about Linked Open Data and crowdsourcing.
From Crowdsourcing to Knowledge Communities: Creating Meaningful Scholarship Through Digital Collaboration
April 2, 2015
In this paper, we share some of the findings of our Mellon-funded crowdsourcing research with Stanford University, with a focus on tools we found helpful in the process of identification, outreach, and collaboration with knowledge communities.
Jon Voss and Kerri Young
Leading in the Digital World: Opportunities for Canada’s Memory Institutions
February 4, 2015
Jon: “I was fortunate to be a reviewer on this important publication examining the future of Canada’s memory institutions, though the findings are applicable worldwide. The authors of the paper take a bold stance on what is necessary for leadership in the digital domain.”
Citizen Science and Mobile Phone Cameras as Tools for Monitoring World Heritage
November 1, 2013
Early research on a proposed project to combine citizen science techniques and photo gathering to examine and monitor the aging and deterioration of objects of cultural heritage. Published in Built Heritage 2013 Monitoring Conservation Management.
LODLAM State of Affairs
April 2, 2012
Article on the community evolving around Linked Open Data in libraries, archives and museums.
Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data on the Web
April 1, 2012
This paper examines how a cultural, technological, and legal environment is enabling a growing ecosystem of open historical data. Published on Museums and the Web.
