[OpenGLAM] Fwd: [GLAM-US] Getty Research Institute adds images to Open Content Program

Wed Oct 16 00:10:28 UTC 2013

So pleased! Both Sarah and James Cuno attended the OpenGLAM US Launch in
March. They're great people, and I so happy to reading about this!

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From: Sarah Sherman <SSherman at getty.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:08 PM
Subject: [GLAM-US] Getty Research Institute adds images to Open Content
Program
To: glam-us at lists.wikimedia.org

 Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the Getty Research Institute has added
5,400 images to the Getty’s Open Content Program.

  Please take a look at this post on today’s Getty Iris blog:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-special-collections-now-available-as-open-content/

  and see the press release below:

 Getty Releases Second Batch of Open Content Images, More than Doubling
Number Available to the Public
October 15, 2013

 Getty Research Institute adds 5,400 images to Open Content Program, which
provides images available for use without restrictions**********************
**************************************************

**************LOS ANGELES—The Getty today released 5,400 high-resolution
images from the *Getty Research Institute* (GRI) through its *Open Content
Program*<http://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=&cat=highlight&f=%22Open+Content+Images%22&rows=10&srt=a&dir=s&pg=1>,
more than doubling the number available to the public for use without fees
or restriction, bringing the total of available images to roughly *10,000*.

“We are delighted to include these images from the Getty Research Institute
in our Open Content Program, which makes these images available without
charge to be used for any purpose,” said Getty President and CEO Jim Cuno.
“We saw a phenomenal outpouring of creativity and enthusiasm from the
public in response to our initial release of J. Paul Getty Museum images;
we can’t wait to see what kind of scholarship will spring from this release
of Getty Research Institute images.”

The Getty Research Institute images join approximately 4,600 images from
the *J. Paul Getty Museum* that were released in August through the first
phase of the Open Content Program. Immediately after the initial release,
traffic to the Getty Search Gateway, the tool that enables access to Open
Content images, skyrocketed from an average of 200 visits per day to a peak
of 22,000. Within the first two months, there were more than
100,000downloads of Open Content images, compared to an average of
121 image requests a month prior to Open Content.

“The Getty Research Institute's vaults hold rare books, prints,
photographs, manuscripts and sketchbooks that provide perspectives on
artistic production, intellectual exchange, and creative collaboration,”
said Thomas W. Gaehtgens, director of the GRI. “We hope that by making
these images available without restrictions, we will be stimulating a
similar kind of intellectual exchange, initiating scholarship and
discussion and increasing awareness of the GRI’s rare and unique
collections in art history and visual culture.”

The 5,400 newly available images from the Research Institute include
drawings and watercolors, artists’ sketchbooks, rare prints from the 16th
through the 18th century, 19th-century architectural drawings of cultural
landmarks and 19th-century photographs of the Middle East and Asia.

The Getty plans to continue to add images, until eventually all applicable
Getty-owned or public domain images are available, without restrictions,
online. The Museum and the GRI are continuing to identify applicable
images, and the Getty Conservation Institute is also working to make
available images from its projects worldwide.

Prior to the Open Content Program, the Getty Research Institute made
high-resolution images available upon request and granted specific use
permissions with terms and conditions. Now, while the Getty requests
information about the intended use, it will not restrict use of available
images, and no fees apply for any use of images made available for direct
download on the website.

“This project goes to the heart of the Getty’s mission to share its
collections and research as widely as possible,” said Cuno. “We look
forward to seeing the ingenious, creative and thoughtful ways these images
are being used.”

For more information on the Getty’s Open Content Program, visit:
*
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-special-collections-now-available-as-open-content
*<http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/5400-images-from-getty-research-institutes-special-collections-now-available-as-open-content>
.

Sarah Sherman

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Getty Research Institute

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