[OpenGLAM] cost benefit analysis of open digital content

Laurel L. Russwurm laurel.l at russwurm.org
Wed Oct 9 16:45:57 UTC 2013


Thanks!  I found Kristin Kelley's definition of the Public Domain so 
perfect that I blogged it:
http://laurelrusswurm.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/what-is-the-public-domain/

regards,
Laurel L. Russwurm

On 13-10-08 03:47 AM, Merete Sanderhoff wrote:
> Great resources shared here!
>
> Another interesting study is Kristin Kelley's survey from this year of 11 American and British museums who have provided open access and have concrete evidence to share of how that affects things like revenue
> http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub157/pub157.pdf
>
> Michael Edson keeps an incredibly valuable list of references to this topic on the Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy wiki (which is where I found the Kelly report) http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/Public+Domain+and+Image+Sales+References
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> Cheers,
> Merete
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> Emne: Re: [OpenGLAM] cost benefit analysis of open digital content
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> Here's another one in the "no one gets rich" category, although probably not exactly what you are looking for.
>
> Erway, Ricky. 2008. Seeking Sustainability. Report produced by OCLC Programs and Research
> http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2008/2008-03.pdf
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> You might also contact Simon Tanner and see if his research has been updated at all. I believe he still tracks this area.
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> Merrilee Proffitt, Senior Program Officer
> OCLC Research
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> I look forward to seeing if anyone can point to some current cost analysis.
>
> This older article by Ken Hamma provides some historical context.  See, especially, footnote 6.
> http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november05/hamma/11hamma.html#!
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> David
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>>>> "Harkema, Craig" <craig.harkema at usask.ca> 10/7/2013 1:27 PM >>>
> Hi there,
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> I'm wondering if any of you have come across anything regarding the cost benefit of opening up digital content? In other words, I'm curious about just how much organization make off of charging for high res files, for example, versus the accounting, general overhead, rescanning, and so forth that is required? Which is not to mention any of the barriers to use charging fees such as this imposes.
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> Craig
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