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

Wed Apr 24 14:04:11 UTC 2013

Hi Javier,

Excellent point and principles alone are not enough, but if we do a good
enough job on the principles and there is sufficient consensus around them
I think it's a positive step in the right direction allowing us all to
speak a common language and link up the various initiatives and efforts in
this space.

All the best,
Sam

On 22 April 2013 11:42, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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
>
>
> --
> Javier Ruiz
> javier at openrightsgroup.org
> +44(0)7877 911 412
> @javierruiz
> www.OpenRightsGroup.org
> Winners of Liberty's Human Rights Campaigner of the Year Award 2012
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> On Monday, 22 April 2013 at 06:51, Estermann Beat wrote:
>
> Dear Joris,****
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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. ****
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> 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?****
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> 1.       Release the metadata under CC0 or similar.****
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> 2.       Release digital copies of public domain works under a free
> copyright license.****
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> 3.       Make an explicit and robust statement concerning the use of the
> data collection.****
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> 4.       Be ready to engage with your users in novel ways in order to
> leverage the potential of the Internet. ****
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> 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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> Beat****
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> *From:* open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org [
> mailto:open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org <open-glam-bounces at lists.okfn.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Joris Pekel
> *Sent:* Dienstag, 9. April 2013 10:46
> *To:* open-glam at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* [OpenGLAM] OpenGLAM principles v.0.2. - input welcome!****
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> Dear all,****
>
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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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> http://openglam.org/principles/****
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> Please send your comments to this list!****
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> Looking forward to the discussion.****
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> All the best,****
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> Joris
> ****
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> -- ****
>
> Joris Pekel****
>
> Community Coordinator****
>
> Open Knowledge Foundation****
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> http://okfn.org/****
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