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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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