That's great! I hope this means more images of Mexican art available! Ive been
working on artist bios but no images! :(
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:37:22 -0400
From: lori.byrd.phillips(a)gmail.com
To: glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org; glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org; open-glam(a)lists.okfn.org
Subject: [GLAM] Getty's James Cuno: Advocate for Open Content
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno,
who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've
been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain
for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he
would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there
was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition
to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was
cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term
horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open
Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the
Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US
who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
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