Tagged With: British Library
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Research
The Impact of Open Access on Galleries, Libraries, Museums, & Archives
This paper follows on Kristin Kelly's 2013 report, 'Images of Works of Art in Museum Collections: The Experience of Open Access, a Study of 11 Museums,' and documents trends and insights that have emerged over the past decade among early adopters of open access programs. It also highlights the growing expectation both private and public funders have regarding the requirements of open access as a condition for grant recipients.
Tools & Resources
A review of a year of open access images at Te Papa
This article reviews the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa's experience with open access following the first year of the policy's implementation.
Tools & Resources
Get Downloading - 20 great GLAM websites for free high resolution images
Posted in March 2016, this article provides a comprehensive list of images from online collections that people may use for free. Many are made available for all types of use as either public domain or CC0 content while others are released under Creative Commons licenses.
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Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art
This blog post responds to the lawsuit filed by the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany, against Wikimedia Foundation in regards to 17 images of public domain artworks which were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.