[OpenGLAM] CC0 metadata from American art museums [was: Minneapolis Institute of Arts release metadata CC0]

Mon Oct 20 18:44:40 UTC 2014

Hi Sarah and all,

I can guess why it passed by you: we never really announced it! It's 
been in kind of a soft-launch mode until, well, today. This OpenGLAM 
thread seemed like a good place to start spreading word more actively.

I should also mention that while our policies have been in place for a 
while now, much of our implementation of DAC Collection Search and LIDO 
metadata will remain in iterative public beta for some time; so if and 
as anyone here tries them out and bumps into any issues, please do let 
me know offlist (rlancefield[at]wesleyan.edu). I'm always grateful to 
learn about things I need to add to my to-fix lists for both resources.

cheers,
Rob

Rob Lancefield
Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA
rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu  |  tel. 860.685.2965

On 10/20/14 2:29 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
> Awesome! Great to hear - not sure how this passed by me and I am sorry I
> did not know thank you for sharing this!
>
> Sarah
>
> On Oct 20, 2014 10:09 AM, "Rob Lancefield on lists"
> <lists at lancefield.net <mailto:lists at lancefield.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Sarah and all,
>
>     As a small-museum example, metadata from the Davison Art Center at
>     Wesleyan University has been CC0 since 10/2/2013. The DAC collection
>     consists chiefly of 18,000 prints and 6,000 photographs, with
>     strongest holdings in European and American prints. So, hey: CC0
>     "back" in 2013 from a U.S. art museum, albeit a tiny one nested
>     within a university. ...