What does the Rijksmuseum’s landmark Vermeer exhibition tell us about museums, copyright and digital collections today? — Vermeer is a major exhibition of the artist’s work at the Rijksmuseum that brings Vermeers from around the world to Amsterdam. A total of twenty eight works, from fourteen institutions, feature in the exhibition. …

Co-developed and led by Andrea Wallace and me since March 2018, the Open GLAM survey records instances of open access policy and practice in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) sector. Today, the survey lists 1,424 institutions that have published open access data, from Aruba to Venezuela. Housed in a public Google Sheet, the survey has grown in scale and complexity over the past four years. In advance of the survey’s fourth anniversary, Andrea and I have restructured, checked and cleaned the data. …

As 2021 draws to a close, what is the latest picture of open access to cultural heritage (known as “Open GLAM”) around the world? How many institutions have adopted open access policies, and how have they done this? — Global distribution of Open GLAM At the time of writing, more than 1200 instances of Open GLAM practice have been recorded. In which regions of the world is Open GLAM most often seen? As the Open GLAM survey has been extensively annotated in Wikidata, visualisations such as this map can be generated via SPARQL queries:

Tyler Green is an award-winning author, historian and critic. He’s also the host and producer of the Modern Art Notes Podcast, the celebrated audio programme featuring artists, curators and historians that has aired since 2011. In a special interview to mark the publication of Tyler’s latest book ‘Emerson’s Nature and…

What happens to a museum after it has gone open? We spoke to Linda Spurdle of Birmingham Museums Trust to find out. In summer 2018, Birmingham Museums Trust in the UK embraced open access policies for its digitised public domain collections. Two years on, Linda Spurdle and I got together…

Eu e a Andrea Wallace iniciamos há dozes meses um projeto que tem por objetivo identificar quais as instituições de património cultural e como disponibilizam as suas colecções digitais para reutilização gratuita. …

Vor zwölf Monaten haben sich Andrea Wallace und ich auf eine Mission begeben, um herauszufinden, wie viele Kulturerbeinstitutionen ihre digitalen Bestände zur freien Wiederverwendung zur Verfügung stellen und wie sie dies tun. Mein dritter Beitrag zur Open-GLAM-Bestandsaufnahme befasst sich mit dem Umfang und dem Grad von Open Access und zeigt…

Há doze meses, Andrea Wallace e eu começámos a descobrir quantas instituições de património cultural disponibilizam as suas colecções digitais para reutilização gratuita e como o fazem. No meu segundo artigo no inquérito Open GLAM, examino a política e prática de licenciamento no terreno. Como os Open GLAMs licenciam os substitutos digitais de objectos de domínio público O inquérito Open GLAM adopta o…

Câte instituții deținătoare de patrimoniu cultural permit reutilizarea gratuită a colecțiilor lor digitale? Cum realizează ele acest lucru și unde este prevalent accesul deschis? Acum 12 luni, Andrea Wallace și cu mine am început să căutăm răspunsuri. În prima postare dintr-o serie de articole scurte, descriu originea și motivele din…