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The business of Open Data, where's the benefit. Talk by Jeni Tennison of the ODI. Filming by @jastilley

This short piece discusses the theory and practice of curating images in the networked media culture. It also highlights the tension between ‘openness’ and ‘closure’ that surfaces in the often conflicting approaches to images and other forms…

In recent years the Open Data philosophy has gained a considerable momentum. In the public realm the free release of PSI datasets, besides enabling new and promising forms of governmental accountability, paves the way to third-party developed…

SHARING IS CARING. Openness and sharing in the cultural heritage sector is an anthology that explores the changes and opportunities brought about by digitisation, digital media, and the internet for the cultural heritage world and – not least –…

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…

Blogpost on how the National Library of New Zealand added the first batch of 3500 open images to Flickr Commons, as well as their future plans for increasing this amount.

The OpenGLAM Open Collections site brings together collections from around the world that provide digital scans or photos that can be freely used without any restrictions. Items can be filtered by rights, language, country of origin, type etc. You…

Reuser's guide to open data licensing.

Publisher's guide to open data licensing.

Many organisations are interested in opening their data but are unsure of the associated costs and benefits. We will guide you through the steps needed to maximise the benefits of opening data by asking four questions: What are your organisation’s…