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To frame the discussion, a short summary of findings is included below.

Section 3.2. How the UK measures up to the global open GLAM picture:

• At least 1,208 institutions and organisations publish digital collections using open licences and public domain tools. The UK comprises 80 or 6.6% of these instances and ties with Sweden (80 or 6.6%) for third to the United States (292 or 24.2%) and Germany (157 or 13.0%).
• Of the top 10 countries with the highest representation of instances, those that publish all eligible data to the public domain are ordered as follows: the United States (50), France (21), Spain (15), Germany (14), Sweden (11), the Netherlands (8), the United Kingdom (6), Poland (4) and Norway and Sweden (1). In the UK these include Birmingham Museums Trust, National Library of Wales, Newcastle Libraries, Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust, Brighton & Hove, Wellcome Collection and York Museums Trust.
• The majority of UK instances (73 or 91.3%) publish assets using open licences and public domain tools as exceptions to institutional policies that reserve rights in eligible data.
• Globally, GLAMs have released at least 70,931,426 open and public domain assets to a variety of platforms. Of these, UK GLAMs have published at least 10,487,115, accounting for 14.8% of all global open assets. 7 GLAMs were identified as contributing 99.3% of all UK contributions.
• 143 Museums and Galleries make all eligible data available under open licences and public domain tools. Of these, almost half (68 or 47.6%) provide free entry onsite and free reuse online. In the UK, this includes the Birmingham Museums Trust.

Section 3.3. How UK GLAMs compare to one another:

• Of the UK GLAM Sample of 195 GLAMs (which includes all UK instances from the Open GLAM Survey), 144 or 73.8% operate policies of closed or all rights reserved for eligible assets. In reality, this number is much higher. Accounting for all UK GLAMs would reduce the representative percentages of open instances and data volume to vanishingly small numbers.
• Seven GLAMs have contributed 99.3% of all UK open assets. These include: Natural History Museum (7,131,263), British Library (1,187,746), Portable Antiquities Scheme (1,038,191), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (595,140), Wellcome Collection (387,228), York Museums Trust (40,426) and Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust, Brighton & Hove (28,010).
• The majority of open GLAM instances (50 or 62.5%) publish fewer than 100 assets using open licences or public domain tools, accounting for a total of 1,029 assets or 0.009% of the total volume in the UK.
• Based on instances, the primary platform for publication is Art UK (47 instances or 58.8%, contributing 9,810 assets). Based on volume, the primary platform for publication is the GLAM’s own website (6,664,534 assets or 63%, contributed by 9 instances).
• At least 35 GLAMs (or 17.9%) of the sample maintain technical protection measures that limit viewing, downloads or reuse of assets. A number of GLAMs have removed open assets from platforms.