This page contains a selection of links, case studies and guidelines related to topics relevant to OpenGLAM which may be useful to heritage institutions.
Digitization / Photography
- Metamorfoze Preservation Imaging Guidelines
- FADGI Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage (United States)
- Memoriav Empfehlungen: Reproduktion / Digitalisierung von audiovisuellen Dokumenten
- Instruction manual for photographing 2D objects
- MIMO Digitisation Standard (3D photography of musical instruments)
Legal Matters: Free Licensing and Public Domain
- „Open Content – A Practical Guide to Using Creative Commons Licenses“, by Dr. Till Kreutzer, published by the German UNESCO Commission, the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Wikimedia Deutschland. (German / English)
- „Free Knowledge thanks to Creative Commons Licenses – Why a non-commercial clause often won’t serve your needs“, the implications of non-commercial licenses explained by Paul Klimpel, published by Creative Commons Deutschland, Wikimedia Deutschland, and iRights info. (German / English)
- „Public Domain FAQ“, Factsheet by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (German, French, Italian, English)
- Copyright Evidence (case studies and documentation related to copyright issues)
Providing Data / Content for Open Cultural Data Hackathons
Contributing to Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
- Wikiprojekt „Schweizer Gedächtnisinstitutionen in der Wikipedia“ (in German) with explanations how heritage institutions may contribute to Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons
- List of case studies of GLAM-Wiki cooperation
- „Wikidata: Flemish art collections, Wikidata and Linked Open Data“, whitepaper by Sandra Fauconnier
Batch-Uploads to Wikimedia Commons
- „Data transfers to Wikimedia Commons: Sharing institutional archives, Wikimedia learning pattern (German / English)
- First Batch Upload to Wikimedia Commons Using the GLAM-Wiki Toolset, blog post by Jesse de Vos, The Netherlands Institute of Sound and Vision
- „Sharing a million photographs“, blog post by Fae, a volunteer batch uploader.
- „Using Open Refine to create XML Records for Wikimedia Batch Upload Tool“, Practical example posted by British Library
Linked Data
- Linked Data Survey for Implementers 2014 and 2015 (by OCLC Research): Results of 2014 survey (Excel) (OCLC)