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

Wed Oct 16 09:37:36 UTC 2013

Wonderful news and such a joy to browse through!

A brief blog post about the release is now up on OpenGLAM.org:

http://openglam.org/2013/10/16/getty-release-second-batch-of-open-content/

Congrats to yourself Sarah and all others at the Getty sharing these
wonderful resources.

All the best,
Sam

On 16 October 2013 01:40, Sarah Sherman <SSherman at getty.edu> wrote:

>  James Cuno was there in spirit. David Farneth, Assistant Director of the
> GRI, was there in person!
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> 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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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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
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>
>  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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