Just to clarify, I'm not involved in the OpenGLAM project myself. I saw the
email from Cable Green of Creative Commons because he forwarded it to the
UK Open Educational Resources discussion list. Feedback is very good but
I'm not the person to send it to: best to go directly to
.
On 25 August 2013 21:40, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
hi martin,
i really appreciate this structured approach. why are you not using
zentralbibliothek zürich:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Zentralbibliothek_Z%C3%BCrich
as an example? they did not invent anything new and used the proven
way of uploading. no additional license text, no additional website.
highest quality. unrestricted. no links to pay walls.
rupert
swissGLAMour
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Martin Poulter <infobomb(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Forwarded in case it is of interest
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Cable Green <cable(a)creativecommons.org>
Date: 19 August 2013 18:29
Subject: OpenGLAM Principles, 3rd iteration
To: OER-DISCUSS(a)jiscmail.ac.uk
FYI
Cable
http://openglam.org/principles/
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OpenGLAM Principles
v.0.6.
Note: This is the third version of the OpenGLAM principles which we have
drafted together with the OpenGLAM Working Group. We would like this to
be a
community effort so please give feedback on the
OpenGLAM mailing list!
Galleries, libraries, archives and museums have a fundamental role in
supporting the advance of humanity’s knowledge. They are the custodians
of
our cultural heritage and in their collections
they hold the record of
humankind.
The internet affords cultural heritage institutions a radical new
opportunity to engage global audiences and make their collections more
discoverable and connected than ever, allowing users not only to enjoy
the
riches of the world’s memory institutions, but
also to contribute,
participate and share.
We believe that cultural institutions that take steps to open up their
collections and metadata stand to benefit from these opportunities.
When we say that a collection or data set is “open” we mean that it is
complies with the Open Definition, which can be summed up in the
statement
that:
“A piece of data or content is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and
redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to give
credit
to the author and/or making any resulting work
available under the same
terms as the original work.”
The first step to make a collection open is to apply an open license, but
that is where the story begins. Openness to collaboration and to novel
forms
of user engagement are essential if cultural
heritage institutions are to
realise the full potential of the internet for access, innovation and
digital scholarship.
________________________________
An OpenGLAM institution champions these principles:
1. Digital information about the works (metadata) should be released
under
the Creative Commons Zero Waiver.
This promotes the maximum possible reuse of the data and allows your
resources to become more discoverable whilst also ensuring compliance
with
major cultural data aggregators such as Europeana
and the Digital Public
Library of America.
For exemplary open metadata licensing policies see:
Europeana Licensing Framework
Digital Public Library of America
2. Keep digital representations of works for which copyright has expired
(public domain) in the public domain by not adding new rights to them.
Digital representations of public domain works should be placed in the
public domain via the use of the Public Domain Mark. This promotes the
maximum possible reuse of the content.
For exemplary open content licensing policies see:
The Rijksmuseum
The British Library
The Walters Art Museum
For more detailed documents and charters on the importance of the digital
public domain see:
Europeana Public Domain Charter
Communia Public Domain Manifesto
3. When publishing data make an explicit and robust statement of your
wishes
and expectations with respect to reuse and
repurposing of the
descriptions,
the whole data collection, and subsets of the
collection.
For exemplary statements see:
The Rijksmuseum
The British Library
The Walters Art Museum
4. When publishing data use open file formats which are machine-readable.
Formats that are machine readable are ones which are able to have their
data
extracted by computer programs.
If information is released in a closed file format, this can cause
significant obstacles to reusing the information encoded in it, forcing
those who wish to use the information to buy the necessary software.
The structure and possible uses of the data should be well documented,
for
example in a datablog or webpage.
For more information on open file formats, have a look at the Open Data
Handbook.
5. Opportunities to engage audiences in novel ways on the web should be
pursued.
When publishing data, be willing to answer questions from interested
parties
about the data and support them in getting the
most out of your data.
Give opportunities for your audiences to curate and collect items from
your
collections. The Rijksmuseum’s Rijksstudio is a
great example of this
kind
engagement.
Where possible consider allowing your users to enrich and improve your
metadata by leveraging crowdsourcing applications.
- See more at:
http://openglam.org/principles/#sthash.k3DIhQOC.dpuf
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