[OpenGLAM] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Harvard releases claims on PD material

Wed Oct 22 16:11:20 UTC 2014

This issue was highlighted during a plenary at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section conference this summer. I blogged about it and invited institutions to identify themselves as "good guys" - it's nice to see more people adding themselves to this list!

http://hangingtogether.org/?p=3984?

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FYI see below.

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From: Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk<mailto:andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk>>
Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:36 AM
Subject: [cultural-partners] Harvard releases claims on PD material
To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <cultural-partners at wikimedia.ch<mailto:cultural-partners at wikimedia.ch>>

Announcement from Harvard:

https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/oaweek2014#publicdomain

"The Harvard Library is pleased to announce a new policy on the use of
digital reproductions of works in the public domain. When the Library
makes such reproductions and makes them openly available online, it
will treat the reproductions themselves as objects in the public
domain. It will not try to restrict what users can do with them, nor
will it grant or deny permission for any use..."

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