This has been a really interested thread for me to read (as an OpenGLAM volunteer and open culture advocate). Always strange to be an outsider to these things :) (i.e. I don't work in a GLAM right now as paid staff)
Deb - I do have one comment about the BM website. It has been quite sometime since I looked at it, so this was a great chance for me to revisit your website and browse the collections. I see that BM allows people to use images, but only for non-commercial use which counters the public domain or openly licensed reference you stated below: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/image_services.php However, it counters statements seen on object pages, for objects like: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/610/The_Peaceable_Kingdom# Which is a public domain artwork. The image service page says I can only use the images for non-commercial purpose. However, I can download /The Peaceable Kingdom/ and do what I want with it (and rightfully so, since it's PD) according to the object's "no known copyright" page. It'd be wonderful to see the image services page agree with what is happening on object pages on the website. Just a suggestion :) Thanks for all you do, -Sarah On 5/29/13 10:50 AM, Deborah Wythe wrote: > We've tried out the Rijksmuseum site and found that the > free image for personal use comes through as a compressed JPG of about 1 Mb > or less, > though it could be that some works have larger master images -- hard to tell. > Any scholarly or commercial use just bounces you to their normal image > services request page. > > All > of our images are available for download at a modest side (1536 pixels > on the long side) if they're in the public domain, licensed, or 3D (CC-BY > license for the latter). Also done quietly, as others have noted. > > Deb Wythe > Brooklyn Museum > > deborahwythe at hotmail.com > -- *Sarah Stierch* */Museumist and open culture advocate/* >>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><<
