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Tag: Digital Cultural Heritage
Pioneers of Open Culture: A look back at how open access happened at three early adopters
by Brigitte Vézina, Michael Weinberg Open CultureEver wondered how it must have been for some of the first cultural heritage institutions to embark on their open access journey? Michael Weinberg, Executive Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law, talked to three major institutions that helped shape the early open GLAM / open culture movement to…
Blueprint on Open Access to UK’s Digital Cultural Heritage Collections Welcomed
by Creative Commons Open CultureA new blueprint on open access to digital cultural heritage collections in the United Kingdom (UK) has been hailed as a significant opportunity to prevent historical works from being “locked down” behind copyright walls. Recommendations in the report, “A Culture of Copyright, A scoping study on open access to digital cultural heritage collections in the…