Open GLAM now!

Open cultural heritage collections & institutions by digital means

Open GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives & museums) is an international movement around open cultural heritage data. This webinar series is focusing on how museums and other cultural heritage institutions can open up towards their audiences with the help of digital data and media. The aim is that visitors can use data and become active participants within the institution. Both Swedish and international speakers present their work in the context of digital cultural heritage data.

Open cultural heritage collections & institutions by digital means

Open GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives & museums) is an international movement around open cultural heritage data. This webinar series is focusing on how museums and other cultural heritage institutions can open up towards their audiences with the help of digital data and media. The aim is that visitors can use data and become active participants within the institution. Both Swedish and international speakers present their work in the context of digital cultural heritage data.

Introduction: Open GLAM now!

Welcome to ”Open GLAM now!”, a webinar series produced by the Swedish National Heritage Board! We explore in nine sessions how museums and cultural heritage institutions can open up ...

Let's talk data

Data is at the heart of all activities related to open GLAM – and that is why its quality is crucial. A good reason to start our webinar series ”Open GLAM now!” with this ...

Work together

“Things turn out better when you make them together!”, said Elisabeth Standár during our webinar session on collaborations on the basis of open cultural heritage data. This quote sums up ...

Copyright between protection and democratic freedom

Opening up a cultural heritage institution’s data always has legal implications. This is why we dedicate this session to copyright and licensing. We dive deeper into different standardised ...

Play with data: Creative re-use and digital experiences

Opening up cultural heritage data and collections by digital means might be the first step – but how can we foster playful approaches to open cultural heritage data in order to increase ...

Hacking heritage

Hacking GLAM collections can be a way of creating new knowledge and tools, reflecting upon access to cultural heritage and find new possibilities for collaboration, data analyses, and ...

Link your data

Linking cultural heritage data and publishing it openly allows for diverse types of re-use and research. Linked open data refers to interconnecting data and datasets in a way that is not only ...

User-generated content

How can we consider cultural heritage collections to be open when institutions are the only ones defining and controlling them? Enabling access to shape and diversify collections to other ...

After open data

Opening up collections and publishing data with open licences is only the first step to becoming a true open GLAM institution. This series collected more aspects about the characteristics of ...