1. “Building a Cultural Commons”
Joris Pekel
@jpekel
Re:Publica
06/05/2013
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2. Overview
The Commons
Why (not) Open?
Open Projects
Curating the Commons
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Digital content or data that is free to use, re-use and re-distribute
without technical or legal restriction
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7. Galleries Libraries, Archives and Museums
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Digital content or data that is free to use, re-use and re-distribute
without technical or legal restriction
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8. Galleries Libraries, Archives and Museums
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Digital content or data that is free to use, re-use and re-distribute
without technical or legal restriction
http://opendefinition.org
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9. What is the Commons?
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10. What is the Commons?
“resources accessible to all members of a society”
- Wikipedia
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11. Environmental Examples
AirFishForrest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flannol/6864112329/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyatlarge/16645379/http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberculture/4694130032/
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12. Environmental Examples
AirFishForrest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flannol/6864112329/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyatlarge/16645379/http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberculture/4694130032/
Non Excludable
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13. Environmental Examples
AirFishForrest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flannol/6864112329/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyatlarge/16645379/http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberculture/4694130032/
Non Excludable
Non Excludable
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14. Environmental Examples
AirFishForrest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flannol/6864112329/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyatlarge/16645379/http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberculture/4694130032/
Non Excludable
Non Excludable
Non Excludable
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15. Environmental Examples
AirFishForrest
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flannol/6864112329/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyatlarge/16645379/http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberculture/4694130032/
Non Excludable
Non Excludable
Non Excludable
Non Rivalrous
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16. What is the Digital Commons?
"An information and knowledge resources that are collectively created and
owned or shared between or among a community and that is, be (generally
freely) available to third parties. Thus, they are oriented to favor use and reuse,
rather than to exchange as a commodity.”
- Mayo Fuster Morell - OKFN
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17. The promise of the Digital
Commons
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18. The promise of the Digital
Commons
Non Excludable
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19. The promise of the Digital
Commons
Non Excludable Non Rivalrous
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20. The promise of the Digital
Commons
Non Excludable Non Rivalrous
Re-Usable
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21. The promise of the Digital
Commons
Non Excludable Non Rivalrous
Re-Usable
Digital artifacts can be curated,
remixed, annotated by anyone
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22. Types of Data
• Content data
• Metadata
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23. Digitised Content
• (images)
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24. Metadata
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25. Metadata
• Name of Author
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26. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
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27. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
• Date of Creation
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28. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
• Date of Creation
• Size of Painting
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29. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
• Date of Creation
• Size of Painting
• Transcription
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30. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
• Date of Creation
• Size of Painting
• Transcription
• Translation
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31. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
• Date of Creation
• Size of Painting
• Transcription
• Translation
• Analysis of content
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32. Metadata
• Name of Author
• Title
• Date of Creation
• Size of Painting
• Transcription
• Translation
• Analysis of content
• Further Reading
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33. Why Open?
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34. Why Open?
• Helping GLAMs fulfill their public mission
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35. Why Open?
• Helping GLAMs fulfill their public mission
• Larger audience
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36. Why Open?
• Helping GLAMs fulfill their public mission
• Larger audience
• Allow your audiences to participate
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37. Why Open?
• Helping GLAMs fulfill their public mission
• Larger audience
• Allow your audiences to participate
• Connect and contextualise collections
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38. Why Open?
• Helping GLAMs fulfill their public mission
• Larger audience
• Allow your audiences to participate
• Connect and contextualise collections
• Keep memory institutions relevant in a Digital Age
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39. Public Mission
"Enable access to everyone who wants to do research"
- British Library, Our Mission and 2020 Vision
"Our core values are: accessibility, sustainability, innovation and cooperation."
-National Library of the Netherlands, Our Mission and Vision
"To provide diverse audiences with the best quality experience and optimum access
to our collections, physically and digitally."
- the Victoria & Albert Museum, Mission and Objectives
"The Federal Archives have the legal responsibility of permanently preserving the
federal archival documents and making them available for use."
- German Federal Archives - Responsibilities
The National Gallery of Denmark is Denmark’s premier museum of art. Through
Accessibility, education, and exhibition
- Danish National Gallery - Mission
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40. Global Audience
Open Images project in the Netherlands
• 1500 items on Wikimedia commons about
Dutch history.
• Being used in 500 articles in the
Netherlands
• More than 700 times in 63 different
languages
• Average article views per month: more than
2,5 million
http://www.openimages.eu/blog/2013/02/20/impact-metrics-increase-in-reach-and-reuse-of-open-images/
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41. Global Audience
Open Images project in the Netherlands
• 1500 items on Wikimedia commons about
Dutch history.
• Being used in 500 articles in the
Netherlands
• More than 700 times in 63 different
languages
• Average article views per month: more than
2,5 million
http://www.openimages.eu/blog/2013/02/20/impact-metrics-increase-in-reach-and-reuse-of-open-images/
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42. Global Audience
Open Images project in the Netherlands
• 1500 items on Wikimedia commons about
Dutch history.
• Being used in 500 articles in the
Netherlands
• More than 700 times in 63 different
languages
• Average article views per month: more than
2,5 million
0.015% of their Collection
http://www.openimages.eu/blog/2013/02/20/impact-metrics-increase-in-reach-and-reuse-of-open-images/
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43. Participation
• Visitors and users can actively contribute to aspects of your
collections:
o Curation
o Enrichment and improvement
o Provide content for new collections
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44. Connect and
Contextualise
The Neue Pinakothek, München
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_128.jpg
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Van_Gogh_0010.jpg
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45. Issues
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46. Issues
• Concerns over lost revenue streams
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47. Issues
• Concerns over lost revenue streams
• Attraction of private schemes that lockdown heritage
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48. Issues
• Concerns over lost revenue streams
• Attraction of private schemes that lockdown heritage
• Worries about the misuse of data and content
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49. Issues
• Concerns over lost revenue streams
• Attraction of private schemes that lockdown heritage
• Worries about the misuse of data and content
• Legal uncertainties: licensing, orphan works
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50. Issues
• Concerns over lost revenue streams
• Attraction of private schemes that lockdown heritage
• Worries about the misuse of data and content
• Legal uncertainties: licensing, orphan works
• Technical challenges: standards, tools
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51. ‘Open’ Projects
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52. ‘Open’ Projects
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53. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2008
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54. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2008
• ‘European Identity’
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55. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2008
• ‘European Identity’
• 28.000.000 records
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56. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2008
• ‘European Identity’
• 28.000.000 records
• 2600 Institutions
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57. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2008
• ‘European Identity’
• 28.000.000 records
• 2600 Institutions
• Metadata
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58. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2008
• ‘European Identity’
• 28.000.000 records
• 2600 Institutions
• Metadata
• Link to Institution
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60. ‘Open’ Projects
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61. ‘Open’ Projects
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62. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2013
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63. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2013
• 2.500.000 records
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64. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2013
• 2.500.000 records
• 200 Institutions
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65. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2013
• 2.500.000 records
• 200 Institutions
• Metadata
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66. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2013
• 2.500.000 records
• 200 Institutions
• Metadata
• Link to Institution
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67. ‘Open’ Projects
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68. ‘Open’ Projects
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69. ‘Open’ Projects
• Volunteer driven
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70. ‘Open’ Projects
• Volunteer driven
• Collaboration with GLAMs
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71. ‘Open’ Projects
• Volunteer driven
• Collaboration with GLAMs
• 17.000.000 media files
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72. ‘Open’ Projects
• Volunteer driven
• Collaboration with GLAMs
• 17.000.000 media files
• ?? Institutions
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73. ‘Open’ Projects
• Volunteer driven
• Collaboration with GLAMs
• 17.000.000 media files
• ?? Institutions
• Content
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74. ‘Open’ Projects
• Volunteer driven
• Collaboration with GLAMs
• 17.000.000 media files
• ?? Institutions
• Content
• Clear licensing
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75. ‘Open’ Projects
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76. ‘Open’ Projects
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77. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2001
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78. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2001
• Volunteers+Institutions
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79. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2001
• Volunteers+Institutions
• 9.000.000 media files
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80. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2001
• Volunteers+Institutions
• 9.000.000 media files
• Content
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81. ‘Open’ Projects
• 2001
• Volunteers+Institutions
• 9.000.000 media files
• Content
• Various Licenses
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82. Summary...
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83. Summary...
• 30.000.000 metadata records
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84. Summary...
• 30.000.000 metadata records
• 25.000.000 open media files
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85. Summary...
• 30.000.000 metadata records
• 25.000.000 open media files
• More is coming! Less than 10% digitised at the
moment
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86. Summary...
• 30.000.000 metadata records
• 25.000.000 open media files
• More is coming! Less than 10% digitised at the
moment
?
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87. Curating the Commons
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88. Curating the Commons
• Open ‘Packages’ of data
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89. Curating the Commons
• Open ‘Packages’ of data
• Find relevant links
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90. Curating the Commons
• Open ‘Packages’ of data
• Find relevant links
• Tools
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91. We should allow
people to:
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92. We should allow
people to:
• Collect
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93. We should allow
people to:
• Collect
• Visualise
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94. We should allow
people to:
• Collect
• Visualise
• Annotate
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95. We should allow
people to:
• Collect
• Visualise
• Annotate
• Mashup
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96. We should allow
people to:
• Collect
• Visualise
• Annotate
• Mashup
• And much more..
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97. Curating the Commons
Users vs. Experts
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98. Curating the Commons
Users vs. Experts
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99. Curating the Commons
Users
vs. Experts
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100. Curating the Commons
Users
vs.
Experts
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101. Curating the Commons
Users
vs.
Experts&
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102. Curating the Commons
Users
vs.
Experts=
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103. Tools
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104. Tools
• Timeliner
timeliner.okfnlabs.orgMonday 6 May 2013(w)

105. Tools
• Timeliner
timeliner.okfnlabs.orgMonday 6 May 2013(w)

106. Curation
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107. The 21st Century GLAM
• It remains:
• The key preserver of our shared cultural heritage
• An authoritative source of information and expertise about
your collections
• You curate, contextualise and tells stories about your collections
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108. The 21st Century GLAM
• It stands to gain:
• An audience far beyond the wildest dreams of its first founders
• Connections to other collections that contextualise stories about
its objects
• A closer connection to its audience (and the improvements to its
digital collections that come with that)
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109. Thanks!
• http://openglam.org
• @OpenGLAM
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