2009/7/13 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com:
From your text I get the impression that it is something special that we put annotations about a work with the digital copy. I would argue that this is something that we should do with all our material. The annotations that exist about a work, the references to the GLAM (galleries libraries archives museums) are as important to us as they are to anyone else. It is in the annotations, the rreferences to the GLAM where the original can be found that provides the provenance that gives assurance that the image is a truthful depiction of whatever it is supposed to be. These annotations are as important as citations in our Wikipedia articles.
Absolutely. But if we make a point of it to them that would undoubtedly help.
(c.f. why image restorers should properly be credited, even if their work does not create a new copyright - it's part of the relevant history of the image and correctly informs the viewer as to its provenance.)
- d.