[OpenGLAM] So you want to reuse digital heritage content in a creative context? Good luck with that

Thu Oct 16 14:54:30 UTC 2014

I was a part of the Swedish delegation to the EU commission to discuss
those matters for many years ago and it's a bit frustrating see the same
questions we raised at that moment. I was a member of the Swedish Council
of Arts for many years (Statens kulturråd) and we struggled with the same
issues. How to get the institutions to see they had a duty to digitalize
the collections and make them available since the public already paid them
with their taxes. But the problem is still the lack of clear directives and
the difficulties to deal with the "makers", often small companies from the
private sector. Sweden was very advanced and started something we call
Kulturnät, it was a digital network of museums, institutions and artists
working with digital content.
But it was very difficult to get the institutions to use those virtual
tools, I guess it was very early (1997) and the web was still very slow and
it was difficult to use images in a good way, they were too big to modems
and slow connections and the final users found very difficult to download
those huge images via modems.
Cheers
Ana

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>
wrote:

> All good points, and thanks Maarten, so much quiet on these mailing lists
> these days....and so much happening in the world.
>
> I have a question more than a comment for the list:
>
> *Is there a makers guide on using these materials?* A stylish and easy to
> understand (i.e. no heavy "industry talk" that people outside of our deep
> involvement would understand) and easily translatable into other
> languages/places (i.e. I could use it in the USA and it would meet
> international policy guidelines, not just an EU document).
>
> The document would discuss matters you have mentioned, and she has
> mentioned, and whatever else is deemed important by the community for
> makers to "know" about. When I was working for OKF doing OpenGLAM US work,
> the OpenGLAM team (me and the EU) were working on some tools for artists in
> regards to opening up their artistic data. I'm not sure what came of it,
> but, this would be something similar...
>
> How to make in the public domain, or making out with open culture...or
> something :)
>
> Imagine if we were able to partner with Maker Media and/or Etsy to do
> something like this. It could be promoted via these organizations and even
> incorporated into art school curriculum. (They have classes on how to sell
> and promote your work, why not this).
>
> I even think this would be an interesting subject to present on at
> conferences. Everyone seems to love to talk about the successes we've had
> in our work, but, frankly, to present about these challenges leads to
> solving the problems and makes more successes.
>
> -Sarah
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:56 AM, Maarten Brinkerink <
> mbrinkerink at beeldengeluid.nl> wrote:
>
>> I’ve seen it being circulated and discussed all over the place and can
>> really relate to the issues being put forth by Melissa. To me it reinforces
>> the feeling that there still is a huge gap between institutions and
>> ‚makers’ that needs to be bridged, before we can actually realize the
>> mythical ‚creative reuse’ potential (although I do also strongly believe
>> this potential exists). There are various aspects/issues attached to this
>> in my view:
>>
>> 1. FUD at institutions, not going all the way - within their limits - in
>> releasing their highest quality objects under minimal restrictions (or
>> none, if PD)
>> 2. Makers not understanding the limitations institutions have (copyright,
>> funding, knowledge, etc)
>> 3. Makers being protective of their own works
>> 4. Institutions not understanding or respecting the requirements of
>> makers that enable them to actually creatively reuse their collections
>> (source files, useful retrieval methods, etc.)
>> 5. Policy makers focussing on direct economic effects in the ‚creative
>> industries’ rather than effects on society
>>
>> Looking forward to the perspective of others on the list!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Maarten
>>
>> Op 16 okt. 2014, om 03:30 heeft Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>
>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> And my apologies, that should be Melissa Terras.
>>
>> It's the end of the workday here for me and my brain is melting from
>> grant writing and meetings.....my sincere apologies to Ms. Terras!
>>
>> -Sarah
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> This was written a few days ago...though it might be of interest to some
>>> of you - Melissa Ternes from the London School of Economics discusses
>>> digital heritage reuse and the challenges...
>>>
>>>
>>> http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/10/10/reuse-digital-heritage-content-in-a-creative-context/
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Sarah Stierch
>>>
>>> -----
>>>
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>>>
>>> www.sarahstierch.com
>>>
>>
>>
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