Most of these institutions have a mission to inform the public. Openness
helps fulfill that mission. In the Bundesarchiv's case, donation of 100,000
images significantly increased their sales of images. That may seem
counterintuitive but if an organization is smart about it everyone
benefits. We're working to build synergies. Various kinds of synergies can
develop. That's one of them.
-Durova
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Durova
<nadezhda.durova(a)gmail.com> wrote:
4. Persuade the staff to change policy.
This is the approach I've been working on, one institution at a time. A
group of volunteers have been pooling information and resources toward
that
end. We've had some successes and are
gaining momentum. For
Interesting, what's in it for them? They're giving up control over
their "property", but what do they get in return?
Steve
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