GLAMs receive attribution for their work.
A diagram of how these positions will impact the digital national collection and the UK GLAM sector is included below.
Figure 18. Diagram of recommendations and impact on collections[1]
Additional provisions may include:
- Prohibitions on holding back high-quality images for exclusive GLAM use and commercialisation;
- Sustainability obligations and/or guidelines on how to publish or deposit data with repositories;
- Obligations to ensure public access for a minimum period of years; with
- Some potential flexibility on the above provisions, but clear expectations on copyright and the public domain.
This approach will fill gaps left by legal grey areas and shape good practice across the GLAM sector. It aligns with The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s new policy and it will improve harmonisation and open access uptake. Many participants expressed support for such a position:
It’s difficult to push an open agenda internally without lots of external support. The IPO guidance was a fundamental shift, but it has not been followed. The Heritage Lottery Fund is also another important development and would have been even more useful if they took an actual position on copyright. More organisations should take positions on this in ways that benefit staff and the public. This is what decision makers will respond to.
It’s getting hard to test the waters in order to go forward at all. Any support from TaNC or the AHRC is great. It gives us something we can point at and say, “Yes, this is it. And we have to do this.” It means we have a standard we can point at and aspire toward.
- ↑ Figures: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6242179
