Hi Nick,
This seems more significant to me than previous announcements from other museums as the Getty are now releasing images 'up to 100mb' in size so this is the 'full monty' as it were, say in comparison to the NGA Washington who release up to 3000 pixel images, with higher still under commercial agreements. I believe the V&A and BM have a similar arrangement.
I don't know of anyone else doing this but obviously would like to know if they are.
Tony
Government Art Collection
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Subject: Getty launches Open Content Programme - 'Open Content, an idea whose time has come'
Dear MCG'ers,
I am sure that many of you will have seen already the announcement <http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/>
of the Getty 'Open Content Programme' - a commitment to share as many of the Getty's resources as possible freely and without restriction - but I thought it was sufficiently important to share with the list too!
For those of you that haven't seen it, the announcement marks an important milestone in the move toward open content distribution by the international museum community. Of particular note is the following
paragraph:
"Why open content? Why now? The Getty was founded on the conviction that understanding art makes the world a better place, and sharing our digital resources is the natural extension of that belief. This move is also an educational imperative. Artists, students, teachers, writers, and countless others rely on artwork images to learn, tell stories, exchange ideas, and feed their own creativity. In its discussion of open content, the most recent Horizon Report, Museum Edition <http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-horizon-report-2012-museum-edition>
stated that "it is now the mark-and social responsibility-of world-class institutions to develop and share free cultural and educational resources."
The Collections Trust would love to hear from more museums about how you are approaching the question of open content licensing and distribution.
We have already heard from a number of you that are using the Digital Benchmarks Tool <http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/sustaining-digital/1608-digi
tal-benchmarks-for-the-culture-sector> to track your development in
this direction. If you have already made part or all of your collections available for open re-use, please do let us know, either via the list or to my email address [log in to unmask]
Also, with apologies for cross-posting from the MCN-L list, but some of you might be interested in the new publication that has just been announced analysing how museums and special library collections are using major internet and social platforms to achieve their strategic objectives. The report is available commercially ($75) in PDF or to pre-order in hard copy from the Primary Research Group
<http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/v?e=2CF5BE&c=CD32&l=2F9C417&email=4
sZxEuqClO%2BO5BzS8ODKvSSS3ZJNocAY&relid=C6EC174> website.
Finally, I have been invited to do a talk at the TEDx Eutropolis event in Aachen on the 24th August and am keen to include examples from UK museums that have opened up their collections for participation and engagement online. If you get a chance, all examples would be welcome!
See
http://www.tedxeutropolis.eu/news/introducing-nick-poole-chair-europeana
-network for details.
All best,
Nick
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