Tagged With: Wikimedia Foundation
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Research
Stepping Beyond Libraries: The Changing Orientation in Global GLAM-Wiki
This paper explores how GLAM-Wiki tactics, opportunities and collaboration are changing the GLAM use of Wikimedia projects from being viewed as just a platform for exposing collection to a broader public audience, into a growing part of the heritage professional toolkit.
Research
OpenGLAM principles: ways forward to open access for cultural heritage
As open access has become broadly adopted in the cultural sector, the need for stronger collaboration between stakeholders in this area has grown. In 2018, a group of people connected to Creative Commons, the Wikimedia Foundation and Open Knowledge International took initiative to revitalize the OpenGLAM network and to think about next steps. This blog post presents an overview of this.
Tools & Resources
Digitising public domain images creates a new copyright, rules German court
This blog post summarises the result of the Regional Court of Berlin's decision to recognise protection in 17 reproductions of public domain works made by the Reiss Engelhorn Museum, which were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
Tools & Resources
Wikipedia slapped with National Portrait Gallery copyright order
This online article details the 2009 dispute between the National Portrait Gallery and a Wikipedia volunteer, who uploaded images of paintings from the Gallery's website to Wikipedia.