+ GLAM

A simple, standardized, legally robust way to

grant © permissions to cultural works and

data

Enable © holders to grant copy and reuse permissions to the public

6 licenses: Some grant commercial uses Some grant derivative uses All require attribution

CC Licenses

Attribution ShareAlike NonCommercial NoDerivatives

4 Conditions

Public Domain

Licences

CC Zero = I want to waive all ofMY rights to a work.

(legally operable)

PD Mark = For works already in the

public domain.(legally operable)

Legal Code

Plain EnglishDeed

MachineReadable Metadata

CC licenses are robust, built on © law

Clarity and specificity regarding use

Data embedded w/assets; enables browse/search filters

Minimizes overhead for individual transactions

Clear way to share PD collections

+GLAM

Sharing

Collections

Sharing

Metadata

Engaging Users +

Community

Digital Collections

Open Collections

Move to open aligned w/greater sales

2010: No images available 2011: First set available via CC BY 2012: CC0; launched Rijksstudio 2013: Released all resolutions

under CC0

Rijksmuseum

Source: Democratising the Rijksmuseum by Joris Pekel

Promoted museum beyond staff capabilities

Curried goodwill w/public, creative industries, funders

Would they do it again? “Yes, but a lot faster.” – Museum staff

Rijksmuseum

Open Data

NYPL – 1 million records Europeana – 30 million records Harvard Library – 12 million

records Digital Public Library of America –

8 million records Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt – 75%

of its collection

CC0 Metadata Records

75% of documented collection data available for download via CC0

Collection data is “the raw material on which interpretations through exhibitions, public programs, and experiences are built.”

Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Source: http://labs.cooperhewitt.org/2014/the-api-at-the-center-of-the-museum/

“The release of such data into the public domain brings closer a future in which cross-institutional discovery is the norm.”

Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Engaging Users + Community

Invites users to tag collection with their photos from Flickr, Instagram

Users can help identify errors and submit corrections to collection data

Encourages users to cite objects in Wikipedia

Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Source: https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18472621/

Result: Wikipedia is largest source of traffic

from other websites – more than FB, Twitter,

Tumblr, etc.

Source: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2013/02/25/the-wikipedians-are-coming-and-weve-opened-the-doors/

Scaffolding Open

AusGOAL

SharingDigital

Collections

SharingCollection

Records

Engaging Users +

Community

Promotional & educational tool Increases reach + impact of

museum Good will w/public, creative

industries Enable unexpected, creative &

delightful results Lead to refocusing of resources,

new funding + revenue models

More information Warwick Cathro. 2007 .“Federated discovery opportunities for Australia’s

collecting institutions” https://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/article/viewFile/1035/1303

Mansfield, T., Winter, C., Griffith, C., Dockerty, A., Brown, T. 2014. “An Innovation Study: Challenges and Opportunities for Australia’s Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums”. http://museumsaustralia.org.au/userfiles/file/GLAM_Innovation_Study_September2014-Report_Final_accessible.pdf

Rijksmuseum case study: Sharing free, high quality images without restrictions makes good things happen http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43381

National Libraries and a Museum open up their data using CC0 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/31853

Australian Government Open Access Framework (AusGOAL) http://www.ausgoal.gov.au

Except where otherwise noted: CC BY creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Acknowledgement & Attribution

“Creative Commons & Digital Collections “ by Nerida Quatermass is is a derivative of ”Creative Commons

and cultural heritage" by Jane Park.