[OpenGLAM] [Sign Up] Unseen Illustrations - British Library Labs Data Day

Tue Dec 3 12:49:58 UTC 2013

I Think there are a lot of images not Open/Free. Un example:

http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=BLVU1&afterPDS=true&institution=BL&docId=BLL01004987511

"Plano del Presidio de Fronteras, dependiente de la governacion de Sonora, situado en 31º y 17ʹ de latitud boreal;" drawn by Joseph Vrrutia, on a scale of 50 toises to an inch.

	• Subjects: FRONTERAS, Mexico -- 1766-1767
	• Publication Details: 1766-1767.
	• Identifier: System number 004987511
	• Physical Description: Ms. 1 f. 9 in. x 1 f. 4 1/2 in.; 53 x 42 cm.; Scale ca. 1: 3 937. 50 toises to an inch.
	• Shelfmark(s): Cartographic Items Additional MS. 17,662.f.
	• Obsolete shelfmark: Add.17,662.f.

Title:
Shelfmark(s):	
	• Cartographic Items  Additional MS. 17,662.f.

> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:01:28 -0800
> From: Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org>
> To: open-glam at lists.okfn.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenGLAM] [Sign Up] Unseen Illustrations - British
> 	Library Labs Data Day
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> On 02/12/13 06:49 AM, Sam Leon wrote:
>> You are warmly invited to take part in an event jointly organised by the
>> British Library Labs and the Open Knowledge Foundation aimed at
>> exploring the use of open source technologies for working with freely
>> available collections of digital images held by the British Library and
>> elsewhere.
>> [...]
>> *More info: *http://bit.ly/1bhoo8c
> 
> "...open content and data which are freely available for research and
> development. We have identified an exciting range of illustrations,
> photographs, and other evocative images held in digital formats that are
> available for research and in many cases, available for any purpose."
> 
> It sounds like not all of the images are actually Open/Free?
> 
> 