Reports

This deliverable reports on the analysis of the business potential of the 6 areas addressed by the Pilots.

Independent report commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and supported by the Economic and Social Research Council. Documents the results of a year-long knowledge exchange initiative undertaken between the Intellectual Property…

The Balanced Value Impact Model (BVI Model) draws evidence from a wide range of sources to provide a compelling account of the means of measuring the impact of digital resources and using evidence to advocate how change benefits people. The aim is to…

This publication aims to provide cultural heritage institutions with better insight into obstacles to be overcome. An analysis of the various challenges provides an overview of solutions that can help institutions make the right decisions concerning…

EC report on the issues and solutions of bringing Europe's heritage online

This topic report looks at the digitisation of cultural heritage in Europe and the regulations and conditions for it re-use. The report discusses relevant research undertaken over the last few years regarding the challenges and benefites of making…

A Report for the Comité des Sages of the European Commission. The purpose of this study was to conduct a thorough investigation of the costs associated with digitising different types of material in different types of cultural heritage institutions,…

Results of the pilot survey to establish where Switzerland’s cultural heritage institutions
stand with regard to open data and crowdsourcing, how they see the opportunities and risks associated with
these trends and what potential benefits they…

This report describes the current approaches of 11 art museums in the United States and the United Kingdom to the use of images of works of art that are in their collections and are in the public domain. Each approach is slightly different. By…