Pioneering legal toolkit is helping cultural institutions around the world to share their collections online - News

"A pioneering free toolkit is helping cultural institutions and organisations around the world to share their collections online.

Developed directly with galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs), the new DIY Open GLAM Toolkit is available for cultural organisations of any size wanting to take the first steps towards open access.

Open access helps to make collections more visible and enables the sector to better serve residents, tourists, schools, historical societies, creators and businesses. It also enables cultural institutions to diversify income streams to support a more sustainable and resilient heritage sector. 

Staff at more than 24 institutions around the world have worked with the GLAM-E Lab to develop the Open GLAM Toolkit. Produced by legal experts from the University of Exeter and New York University’s Engelberg Centre on Innovation Law & Policy, the Toolkit helps cultural heritage organisations identify, prepare and publish their digital collections for public reuse. It guides cultural heritage organisations through the process of developing an open access strategy that costs as much, or as little, as they can afford...."