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Welcome

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OpenGLAM Workshop 20/09/2012

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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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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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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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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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Open Licenses

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5 Stars of Open Data

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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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Stimulating Innovation

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Education

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InnovationSharing on the webcollaborative workingNew ways of connecting things

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Possibilities for institutions

Connect to different collections -> New insights in your data

Enrich your data

Become more visible

Public mission

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Possibilities for institutions

Connect to different collections -> New insights in your data

Enrich your data

Become more visible

Public mission

#OpenGLAM

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

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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM#Quantitative

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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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