Policies

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Policies

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Policies that support release or reuse of cultural heritage content.

Items in the Policies Collection

Digital Public Library of America Metadata Policy
An exemplary open licensing policy that explains metadata use.

Europeana Data Exchange Agreement
An exemplary open licensing policy that explains open data exchange

Public domain review - Rights Labelling on our Site
Explanation of the rights labelling on the Public Domain Review site - useful overview.

Europeana Public Domain Charter
The Public Domain is the material from which society derives knowledge and fashions new cultural works. Having a healthy and thriving Public Domain is essential to the social and economic well-being of society. Digitisation of Public Domain content…

National Library of New Zealand: Collection use and reuse policy
The National Library and Alexander Turnbull Library have established a common objective and an overarching suite of principles supporting use and reuse of collection items and metadata. This policy ensures consistency and transparency in our decision…

OpenGLAM principles
A set of principles on how to release collections of open cultural data as well as promote and stimulate reuse of this, drafted by the OpenGLAM working group, that an institution should champion to be able to call itself an OpenGLAM institution