2. Open GLAM
● A project of the Open
Knowledge Foundation
● A network of organisations
working to open up content
and data held by GLAMs
● A provider of expertise to
GLAMs on open issues
● A provider of open source
tools for use within the
cultural heritage sector
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4. What does Open mean?
Digital content or data is open that is free
to use, re-use and re-distribute without
technical or legal restriction (see http:
//opendefinition.org)
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5. Opening up cultural data
Three layers of Data
1. Digitised Object - Data
2. Information about the object - Metadata
3. User generated content
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6. Making the data available for re-
use
Metadata: Under CC0 licence - waive all
copyrights and related or neighboring rights
that you have over your work.
Data: Choice of the institution
- Unless it is in the Public Domain!
UGC: CC0
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8. 5 Stars of Open Data
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9. Why Open? – The Digital Dream
● A world in which our shared cultural
heritage, the map of humanity, is open to
all regardless of their background
● A world in which people are no longer
passive consumers of cultural content
created by an elite, but contribute,
participate, create and share
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12. Possibilities for institutions
Connect to different collections -> New insights
in your data
Enrich your data
Become more visible
Public mission
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13. Possibilities for institutions
Connect to different collections -> New insights
in your data
Enrich your data
Become more visible
Public mission
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14. More Open: More Hits!
A growing body of evidence1 that the more
cultural heritage institutions make their material
openly available the more people are led back to
their website
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM#Quantitative
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15. Challenges
● Concerns over lost revenue streams
● Worries about the misuse of data and content
● Legal uncertainties: licensing, orphan works
● Technical challenges: standards, tools
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