Further to Colin's very useful current survey it's worth pointing people
towards this ‘Study of Eleven Museums’ recently carried out as part of a
comprehensive piece of research for the Mellon Foundation.
‘Images of Works of Art in Museum Collections: The Experience of Open
Access’ – Prepared by Kristin Kelly, 25 April 2013
http://msc.mellon.org/research-reports/Open%20Access%20Report%2004%2025%2013-Final.pdf/view
Perhaps not very surprisingly, the key findings are as follows:
• Providing open access is a mission-driven decision;
• Different museums look at open access in different ways;
• Internal process is important;
• Loss of control fades as a concern;
• Technology matters;
• Revenue matters less; and
• Change is good.
Oliver
On 10 June 2013 17:27, Oliver Vicars-Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I wanted to pick up on Colin's question on Friday and the replies from
> Jeremy and David surrounding what museums are offering in terms of
> free high resolution image downloads.
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> Moving beyond free access to images for non-commercial use, does anybody
> know of any notable examples of institutions in the UK offering free use of
> images under a more open CC BY license in the way we are starting to see
> emerging in the US?
>
> Many thanks,
> Oliver
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> Subject: [MCG] Free Use of Museum Images
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> Dear all,
>
> I am conducting some research into museums which offer free downloads of digital images from their collections for reuse for personal or educational
> use.
>
> I would like to know what museums you know that allow free non-commercial downloads. I have a small list already and I would like to make that list as comprehensive as possible.
>
> Of course I will share my findings with members of this group.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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> Colin Hynson
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