This is a fascinating enquiry. Andy Sawyer's post highlighted the great project that Debbie Richards and co conjured up in Leicester, detailed in a readable account in the last but one MCG newsletter in case study form, as well as that powerpoint Andy linked us to.
However, it's worth pointing out, I think, that we may need to update our expectations and business models about image sale and re-use in the light of the rise in use of image searching facilities by search engines like Google.
Surely Google image search has distorted the economic models we had previously developed to make the case for sale of such digital items online? Also, what influence do socially-minded IPR management systems (or non-management systems) like Creative Commons have on the economics of selling imagery online?
While funders (understandably) expect us to be thinking in terms of developing new business models for cultural activity, web advances move the economic goalposts all the time...
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dicken, Jude
Sent: 26 July 2007 08:57
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Subject: E-commerce in Digital Images & Collections Online: Business Evidence
Hello,
Is recent evidence available which clearly demonstrates the power of e-commerce in relation to the supply of digital images and other digital resources through web collections online?
Of those museums/heritage organisations which are currently generating income through the online sale of digital resources/prints on demand, have any provided a statement on
- the level/scale of business
- average income generated
Apologies for the general nature of this enquiry but the supply of facts and figures of this kind I think helps build a strong revenue and sustainability argument for any collections online project.
(I'm happy to summarise findings for the list with the permission of
respondents.)
Many thanks,
Jude.
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