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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794704703321

Autore

Hamilton Gill

Titolo

Open licensing for cultural heritage / / Gill Hamilton and Fred Saunderson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Facet, , 2017

ISBN

1-78330-250-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries

Disciplina

025.12

Soggetti

Copyright - Electronic information resources

Archives - Electronic information resources

Libraries - Electronic information resources

Cultural property - Electronic information resources

Open access publishing

Historic preservation - Electronic information resources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The open movement : its history and development -- 3. Copyright and licensing : a background -- 4. Open licensing : the logical option for cultural heritage -- Introduction to case studies -- 5. Small steps, big impact -- how SMK became SMK Open -- 6. The British Library experience of open metadata licensing -- 7. Open policy and collaboration with Wikimedia at the National Library of Wales -- 8. Newcastle libraries -- the public library as a place to share culture -- 9. Developing open licensing at the National Library of Scotland -- 10. The Wellcome Library -- 11. Developing an open educational resources policy and open approaches to mitigate risk at University of Edinburgh -- 12. How to impact open licensing -- 13. Using and reusing openly licensed resources -- 14. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This practical and explanatory guide for library and cultural heritage professionals introduces and explains the use of open licences for content, data and metadata in libraries and other cultural heritage organisations.