Implementing Open Access in GLAMs - Open GLAM - Medium

In her first series (post one, two, three, four) Anne Young covered the essentials of rights and reproductions that are fundamental to enabling Open Access. In this second series, she’ll focus on what Open Access is, why it’s a good thing, and outline various implementation options for GLAM institutions.

While the adoption of a formal Open Access policy, or the introduction of Open Access or Open Content image and video files provided directly from a GLAM’s website are growing in number, there are several inconsistencies in delivery and formatting that R&R Specialists should be aware of when seeking to reuse content. Therefore, it is worth carefully examining whether a collection is truly “open.” Some GLAMs use language like “free” and “open” to describe publicly available collections whilst simultaneously imposing limitations on use. Those practices are what I and other GLAM professionals often describe as “Semi-Open Access,” “NOpen Access,” or “NOpenGLAM.”