[OpenGLAM] Open Collections

[Jean-Frédéric]

Hi Joris and list,

Yesterday we published a new section on the OpenGLAM paged: Open
> Collections. Here we list collections of digitised high quality content
> that can be shared, used and enjoyed by anyone without any restrictions
> (Public Domain or CC-BY/CC-BY-SA).
>
> We will add more sources to the list over time and also link directly to
> the licensing information. If you see any datasets that you of that are
> missing, do let us know so we can add!
>

There are many collections from GLAM on Wikimedia Commons. They should all
be in
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_libraries>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_archives>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_museums>

Note that some of them might not exactly be considered “open collections”,
since Wikimedia Commons considers that reproductions of Public Domain works
are Public Domain (aka the PD-Art policy), hence the collection might have
been closed to begin with. But if the collection was open, it was certainly
stated so.

You might also want to check
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_content_partnerships
>
which gathers all collections worked out with institutions as part of
partnerships, and are certainly completely “open” using any definition of
the word :)

Hope that helps,
-- 
Jean-Frédéric
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