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The Australian GLAM sector and Creative
Commons
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National Library of Australia and Flickr
• The National Library of Australia (NLA) is facilitating the collection of public contributions to its picture archive (PictureAustralia) through Flickr.
• The NLA is encouraging donors to use Creative Commons licences and mentions the CC BY NC licence.
• The NLA established three Flickr groups:
– ‘Picture Australia: People, Places and Events’ : http://www.flickr.com/groups/pictureaustralia_ppe/
– ‘Picture Australia: Ourtown’ : http://www.flickr.com/groups/pa_ourtown/
– ‘Re-Picture Australia’: http://www.flickr.com/groups/re-pictureaustralia/
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State Library of Queensland and Flickr
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• State Library of Queensland is actively collecting images that document the 2011 floods and natural disasters in Queensland.
• The library is aiming to build a permanent photographic collection for Queensland’s memory available under CC licences: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1573059@N25/pool/
State Library of NSW and Flickr
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• The State Library of NSW has created a ‘Public Library Services’ Photostream’ containing photographs of NSW public libraries .
• These photographs are licensed under a CC NC SA licence: http://www.flickr.com/photos/publiclibrariesnsw
Queensland Museum and Wiki Commons
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• The Queensland Museum is uploading high resolution images from their collection under a CC BY SA licence on wiki commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Queensland_Museum
Powerhouse Museum and Flickr
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• Powerhouse Museum is uploading photographs taken by its staff of events and exhibitions at the Powerhouse under a CC BY NC ND licence: http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum_photography/
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The Powerhouse Museum has developed a variety of art and craft resources for school kids all licensed under CC BY NC SA licence:
http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/
Play at the Powerhouse
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• The Australian Centre for Moving Image has created an online creative studio space titled ‘Generator’: http://generator.acmi.net.au/library
• Generator is a space for students and teachers to access and engage with screen content.
• The downloadable media resources on Generator are licensed under a CC BY NC licence.
Australian Centre for Moving Image
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• The ABC has just launched a new CC-friendly social media space titled Pool.
• Users create profiles and upload and download material which they can share with other profile owners and the public.
• Pool contains music, text, images and animations available under Creative Commons licences.
• ABC is also releasing material from its archives onto Pool under Creative Commons licences.
Check out ABC Pool:
http://www.pool.org.au
CC and ABC Pool
Australian GLAM sector and The Commons
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• The following galleries and libraries have contributed photographs to ‘The Commons’ on Flickr:
• State Library of New South Wales• Australian Maritime Museum• Australian War Memorial• Powerhouse Museum• State Library of Queensland
Australian GLAM sector and The Commons
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• These photographs carry the ‘no copyright restrictions’ tag. This means that:
• The photograph is in the public domain because copyright has expired; or
• The institution is not aware of any copyright restrictions on the photograph.
State Library of NSW and The Commons
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• The State Library of NSW is home to one of Australia’s most significant historical and heritage photographic collections in Australia.
• The library joined The Commons to share photographs from its extensive archival collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/
Australian War Memorial and The Commons
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• The Australian War Memorial is uploading hundreds of archival photographs to The Commons to help Australians remember and understand the Australian experience of war and its impact on Australian society: http://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-war-memorial/
Australian National Maritime Museumand The Commons
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• The Australian National Maritime Museum has joined The Commons to share its vast archival collection of photographs documenting the maritime history of Australia: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/
Powerhouse Museum and The Commons
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• The Powerhouse Museum is uploading its archival collection of glass plate negatives to The Commons. These images go up without alteration or cropping: http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/
State Library of Queensland and The Commons
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• The State Library of Queensland holds a diverse photographic collection dating back from 1859 to the present day. The library has made a selection of these photographs available on The Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryqueensland/