[OpenGLAM] OpenGLAM principles v.0.2. - input welcome!

Mon Apr 22 10:42:13 UTC 2013

Besides principles, any campaign or movement needs to have some theory of change and power. Who can decide on adopting the principles and how to move them?

Many mid-ranking staff at cultural institutions have an instinctive understanding of the value of openness and access, but the boards are increasingly infested with corporate types tasked with looking at the bottom-line.

The top level policies of GLAMs depend on other institutions. For example, in the British Library this is the Department (Ministry) for Culture Media and Sport, which sets direction in a 3 year funding agreement. There is nothing there on openness and very little on access. Dealing with politics is unavoidable at least in Europe where public monies provide the bulk of the funds. Maybe in the USA is about influencing rich philanthropists to include openness criteria in their grants and donations, as happens with research.  

Best, Javier

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On Monday, 22 April 2013 at 06:51, Estermann Beat wrote:

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> Finally I get around to sending you my comments about the OpenGLAM principles:
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> I agree with the previous posters that the tone of the text should be changed: remove the term “gatekeepers”, try to avoid creating an opposition of “we” vs. “them”, don’t say “you must”. I’m also not so happy about the logo, as the padlock seems to imply that someone has locked the GLAMs up on purpose; this could be seen as an “accusatory” perspective, which we should avoid if possible. I’m not sure though whether the logo could easily be changed.
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> Instead of adopting a confrontational, “content liberating” tone, I think we should rather explain how GLAMs can further they mission by opening up their collections. We should explain how a radical change in the area of dissemination of cultural goods can be to their advantage.  
> We could say that there are first movers that have already adopted an open strategy with success; and that we are confident that many others will follow as they learn how to best make use of the new possibilities of the internet.
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> What do you need to do to become an OpenGLAM?
> 1.       Release the metadata under CC0 or similar.
> 2.       Release digital copies of public domain works under a free copyright license.
> 3.       Make an explicit and robust statement concerning the use of the data collection.
> 4.       Be ready to engage with your users in novel ways in order to leverage the potential of the Internet.  
> Elaborate a bit more and give examples for each point as you have started to do. I believe that we should include no.4, as opening up data will often have the effect that people start inquiring more about them and may also lead to people making suggestions for improvement.  
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> The text could conclude on how the Open Knowledge Foundation is supporting GLAMs to make the paradigm change.
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> Just my 2 cents,
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> From: open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Joris Pekel
> Sent: Dienstag, 9. April 2013 10:46
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> Subject: [OpenGLAM] OpenGLAM principles v.0.2. - input welcome!
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> Over the past weeks, we have been working together with members of the OpenGLAM working group to develop a set of principles. We think that it is important in a time where we hear more and more about 'openness', we should state what we mean explicitly when we use this term in order to avoid confusion and serve as a reference for institutions themselves.
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> With the OpenGLAM principles we try to clearly define the conditions for any GLAM to be 'open'.
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> We aren't finished yet. We really want to have your input on this (positive&negative) to create a set of principles that is supported by the community. The principles can be found here:
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> Please send your comments to this list!
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