[OpenGLAM] Content Trafficking v.3

Thu Sep 12 17:43:19 UTC 2013

I wonder what'd happen if we tried to crowdfund the creation of a prize
pool.  If the worldwide community of open advocates is large enough,
something like that could work and raise awareness of the campaign at the
same time.

- h

On Thursday, September 12, 2013, Sarah Stierch wrote:

> Yeah...that's another idea tossed around annual "open" awards.
>
> Now we just magically need the money to do. ;) (but I love any excuse to
> recognize people especially in person!)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 12, 2013, at 5:30 AM, heath rezabek <heath.rezabek at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> We might not see it often, but perhaps that would add to its prestige.  :)
>
> Perhaps an annual announcement or awarding of certifications could be
> done, thus giving it a press cycle.  And, perhaps winning institutions
> could be offered an honorary seat on a related advisory committee, or
> somesuch.
>
> In other words, big things could grow from small beginnings.  :)
>
> - Heath
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Interesting discussion and Bettina do share what you have collated of this
> discussion.
>
> With respect to the badges point, I think it's a good idea. In the process
> of listing the Open Collections <http://openglam.org/open-collections/>on OpenGLAM I've often suggested that the host institutions use the
> existing "Open Content" badges <http://openglam.org/open-collections/>.
>
> It would be really interesting too to look at creating a process for
> awarding institutions that do open their collections and uphold the OpenGLAM
> principles <http://openglam.org/principles/>, although at present this
> wouldn't be a badge we'd see on the websites too often.
>
> Cheers
> Sam
>
>
> On 12 September 2013 06:35, Maarten Brinkerink <
> mbrinkerink at beeldengeluid.nl> wrote:
>
> Still love that idea...
>
> Sent from my mobile phone
>
> Op 11 sep. 2013 om 23:33 heeft Sarah Stierch <sstierch at wikimedia.org> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Jon Voss <jon.voss at wearewhatwedo.org>wrote:
>
>
> I second that!  Another example we've been thinking about at Historypin is
> having special badges and searches for openly licensed or PD content.  We
> want to find ways to educate and reward sharing of open content, and also
> underline business reasons for institutions to do that.
>
>
> Yes, that was an idea we came up at the first GLAMcamp in New York City in
> 2011 - having badges for GLAMs to put on their website expressing different
> OpenGLAM (well..that event took place before "OpenGLAM" existed) models.
> "This badge means you've opened all your PD content for the world to open
> for free," "This institution has partnered with Wikipedia"
>
> I know a lot of us still love love love the idea of badges for
> institutions! Show off your OpenGLAM awesomess :)
>
> Sarah
>
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