Results From OpenGLAM Principles Survey

From a Post on the Wikimedia Foundation “Down the Rabbit Whole” Blog on Medium:

As open access has become broadly adopted in the cultural sector, the need for stronger collaboration between stakeholders in this area has grown. In 2018, a group of people connected to Creative Commons, the Wikimedia Foundation and Open Knowledge International took initiative to revitalize the OpenGLAM network and to think about next steps.

The GLAM team at the Wikimedia Foundation has played an active role in this, as knowledge about open access principles in the cultural sector is an important condition to make collaborations between cultural institutions and Wikimedians possible. The first step was to breathe new life in the @OpenGLAM Twitter account through an open call for contributors, and to run a “temperature check” survey on the OpenGLAM Principles.

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Beyond this immediate evaluation of the OpenGLAM Principles, we need to ask ourselves: what is their broader function and usefulness? We know that cultural heritage institutions need more and better guidance to apply open access policies to collections. There is a growing amount of evidence that backs this statement, including the reports commissioned by Europeana around the accuracy of rights statements and the survey of GLAM open access policy and practice made by Andrea Wallace and Douglas McCarthy, that show the disparity in the application of open access policies across cultural heritage institutions. And while more training, such as the CC Certificates, and better advocacy and tooling can be set in place, recommendations and declarations could also be useful elements for advocates working within or with institutions.

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Direct to Complete Survey Findings: A Framework For Open Access to Cultural Heritage: What are Our Shared Values and Goals?

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