What our users want:
"Overall, here is what institutions can do if they want people to really use digitised content:
- Put out of copyright material in the public domain to encourage reuse. Go on! what are you scared of?
- Provide 300dpi images as a minimum.
- Curate small collections of really good stuff for people to reuse. Present them in downloadable “get all the images at once” bundles, with related documentation about usage rights, how to cite, etc.
- Think carefully about the user interface you have invested in. Have you actually tried to use it? Does it work? Can people browse and find stuff? Really?
- Make sure the image quality is good before putting it online. Don’t chop bits off illustrations.
- Make rights clearer. Give guidance for rights clearance for in-copyright material, and perhaps provide small collections with pre-cleared rights, to allow some 20th Century Materials to be reusable.
What do we want! Curated bundles of 300dpi images of cultural heritage content, freely and easily available with clear licensing and attribution guidelines! When do we want that? Yesteryear!"
Full Article here:
Melissa Terras
"So you want to reuse digital heritage content in a creative context? Good luck with that."
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/10/10/reuse-digital-heritage-content-in-a-creative-context/
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Great points there Gionni. Especially re the functionality of the user interface.