We told you a couple of weeks ago about Common Ground: a community-curated global Flickr Commons meetup. Now we know more!

So far, the event hosts on October 2-3 are:

in North America:

• Brooklyn Museum + New York Public Library combined, at the Brooklyn Museum, NY
• George Eastman House, Rochester NY
• Oregon State University Archives
• State Library and Archives of Florida

in  Australia & New Zealand:

• Powerhouse Museum + State Library of New South Wales combined at the Powerhouse
• State Library of Queensland
• Australian War Memorial

in Europe:

• Swedish National Heritage Board

Watch this topic for new announcements, or to find out how to host an event yourself!

And if you still haven’t put your votes in for what will be in the common slide show, you have more time!  Voting has been extended to September 16.

See you in October!

Today in the Flickr Commons group, the Powerhouse Museum’s Paula Bray announced Common Ground, an international celebration of the Commons to be held at Commons institutions, October 2-3, with a slideshow of Commons photos selected by you and me, the Commons community.

What is Common Ground?

Paula says:

Common Ground is a global meet up celebrating the Commons on Flickr to be held by as many of the institutions in the Commons. This will consist of a projection onto the participating institutions building at night (or suitable day-time location) using a slideshow of content from the Commons on Flickr accounts that is curated by you, our community. This will be hosted on the weekend of 2nd – 3rd October across the globe (albeit time-differences). Making the Flickr Commons go live through a connected slideshow. You will get to meet the staff behind the Commons and we will get to know you.

So book that date – October 2-3, 2009 – and keep your eyes on this topic for announcements from Commons institutions that will be hosting Common Ground gatherings.

Curate this

Want to make sure you’ll see some of your favourites at Common Ground? Vote!

Paula explains how you can help select the 20-25 images from each Commons collection that will be in the slideshow:

1-Sign on using your flickr credentials and go to a random Commons partner.
2-Click on an image to vote, or the icon in the lower-left to open via flickr.
3-The page will load with the next partner. Repeat Step 2!

Voting closed September 9.

Welcome to the first Carnival of the Commons! This series explores various happenings at the Commons’ institutions, be they online or at their facilities, and collects intriguing posts from their blogs. This first carnival has everything but the kitchen sink in it, while in coming weeks we will feature more thematic selections. This is your at-a-glance report of happenings around the Commons.

Institutions’ Workflow

• George Eastman House posts an introduction to the ARTStor Digitization Process, a nonprofit online database of art images.
• The DNA (Digital Nationaal Archief) movie illustrates the Nationaal Archief’s digital ambitions.
• Informative articles from the National Library of New Zealand introduce their new Manuscripts & Pictorial website.
• The Brooklyn Museum updates us with an new installment of Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection.
• Want to know how to implement an internal Wiki? Powerhouse Museum explains their process.

Blog Blog Blog!

• A wonderful post from the Australian War Memorial’s blog about Minnie Augusta Rattigan, who helped feed and entertain soldiers on leave in London during the First World War. A terrific adjunct to their currently running exhibit, Advancing to Victory, 1918.
• At Face to Face, the Smithsonian celebrates the 250th wedding anniversary of U.S. President George Washington and the first First Lady, Martha Washington.

Go Visit!

See below the fold for events at the institutions.
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