Heritage Open Licensing Case Studies

These are examples of OKD-compliant licencing being used in major projects of benefit to the state and private cultural sector.

= UK Government Agency Data =

In the UK, Ordnance Survey (the state mapping service) maps are now available under an OKD-compliant licence, and many government institutions are releasing documents and data under the new OKD-compliant Crown Copyright.

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/

http://data.gov.uk/

= Wikipedia =

Wikipedia can provide publicity, crowdsourced metadata and content, and an experienced data-processing volunteer workforce for cultural institutions.

GLAM-Wiki
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/wiki/GLAM

http://www.wittylama.com/2009/11/part-1-making-wikipedia-glam-friendly/

http://www.wittylama.com/2009/11/part-2-making-wikipedia-glam-friendly/

Crowdsourced Image Restoration
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/uk/wiki/Cultural_partnerships/Digital_image_restorations

Case Studies
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/outreach/wiki/German_Federal_Archives_case_study

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/outreach/wiki/Tropenmuseum_case_study

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/uk/wiki/Cultural_partnerships/Content_partnerships

= flickr commons =

The flickr commons has exposed hidden treasures in the world's museums and helped improve metadata for collections.

http://www.flickr.com/commons

http://www.slideshare.net/paulabrary/flickr-commons-open-licesing-and-the-future-for-collection

= Powerhouse Museum =

Not all Powerhouse's licencing is OKD-compliant, but where it is it has been very successful.

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2009/08/14/some-clarifications-on-our-experience-with-free-content/

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2010/01/25/why-flickr-commons-and-why-wikimedia-commons-is-very-different/

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2009/04/08/one-year-in-the-commons-on-flickr-statistics-and-a-book/

= The British Library's National Bibliography =

The British National Bibliography consists of 3 million individual records covering publishing activity from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland since 1950.

Neil Wilson's slides from GLAM-WIKI London 2010 present an excellent case study of making existing metadata free.

The Creative Commons case study includes some good quotes.

http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/blogs/murrayrust/?p=2754

= CrowdSourced Metadata =

Examples of crowdsourcing at various institutions.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2009/05/21/crowdsourcing-the-clean-up-with-freeze-tag/

http://openobjects.blogspot.com/2010/10/notes-on-user-generated-content-session.html

http://www.museummarketing.co.uk/2010/02/12/crowdsourcing_the_museum/

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art

http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.gov.au/crowdsourcing-for-archives-and-libraries/