What does the future hold for "open" and cultural heritage institutions?

Abstract

• GLAMs’ [Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums] public interest mission is squarely aligned with the open access ethos. Indeed, making their collections as openly accessible, shareable, and reusable as possible is the best way for GLAMs to achieve their mission as they digitize and offer their collections online. But only a tiny fraction of the world’s GLAMs share their collections through open access initiatives. GLAMs face a host of barriers to embracing open access. At Creative Commons, we want to help GLAMs overcome these barriers, to unlock universal access to knowledge and culture. Our Open GLAM Program is building a coordinated global effort to help GLAMs make the content they steward openly available and reusable for the public good.