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

Mon Apr 22 10:42:21 UTC 2013

I'd just like to give everyone working on these documents big kudos for your efforts!

Clear and carefully structured statements make such a difference when we try to advocate for openness within our institutions. Your work is a great help!

Thanks,
Merete

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Fra: open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org] På vegne af Sam Leon
Sendt: 22. april 2013 12:15
Til: A van Haeften
Cc: open-glam at lists.okfn.org
Emne: Re: [OpenGLAM] OpenGLAM principles v.0.2. - input welcome!

Hi Fae,

I like this especially how simple it is and I think the axes you have here of preservation, access and engagement really stand out.

I wonder whether these two "documents" could be combined. The simpler one that you forward being part of a punchy preamble that conveys the core of why this is important with some more detailed principles that follow on to aid those who are making slightly more complex decisions around which open license to adopt for instance.

A lot of this discussion has come round to who is the audience for these principles or manifestos. My thinking on this we are trying to address two core audiences, although it might prove that slightly different documents are required in each case:

  *   People working within GLAMs - to give a clear and compelling statement on the guiding ideas behind openness in GLAMs as a means to encouraging institutional reform and open avocates within institutions
  *   Those from the open content and open data movement (including some GLAM professionals themselves of course!) - so that the many organisations working in this field (Creative Commons, Wikimedia, Open Knowledge Foundation etc) can agree on a loose set of principles around which we can consolidate our efforts
I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts as to whether this forking of documents is required or whether we could combine the two (as proposed above) with a punchier, simpler statement as a pre-amble to some more detailed principles.

All the best,
Sam

On 22 April 2013 10:39, Fae <fae at wikimedia.org.uk<mailto:fae at wikimedia.org.uk>> wrote:
Hi,

As part of a Wikimedia initiative, I tried a different tack a while back, and started drafting a simple "manifesto", primarily for funding bodies to consider rather than GLAMs. If the funding bodies adopt simple principles when prioritizing funding, this naturally flows to all of our GLAM programmes. As with many such ideas it has sat on the back-burner for a while, it would be nice to see something as simple as this be a front end for more details principles, possibly expressed with the different types of audience in mind.

You can find my draft on-wiki at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_manifesto_for_cultural_projects.

For convienience the text body is:

Manifesto

All cultural and heritage programmes with elements of public funding should be committed to:

Preservation

Long term value of any project must be measured against credible plans for eternal preservation. External hosting should be assessed for their capability to commit to 100 year operational plans rather than 10 year plans.
Artefacts subject to rapid deterioration (such as inscriptions subject to natural erosion) should be considered for archive quality digital preservation in addition to physical preservation or restoration.

Access

The public should have simple access to project outcomes.
The default for all projects should be free access for the public.
Virtual access should be a central component to access planning.

Engagement

Collaborative open knowledge projects, such as Wikipedia, should be a central component to engagement planning.
Open knowledge must be easy to reuse and consume for collaboration to be realistic. Digital assets should be licensed for free reuse and formatted in the most commonly accepted open standards.

Cheers,
Fae
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