A growing number of GLAM institutions and organisations have decided to provide open access to their digitised collections online. However, the quality of access and institutional policies differ across the world. Firstly, some GLAMs choose their own websites or tools as a primary and preferred source for those seeking their content, some contribute to bigger platforms or cooperate with Wikimedia and contribute to Wikimedia Commons. Among GLAMs that already decided to share their collections openly online, we can still find those who - for example - decide to charge users for access to high resolution images. To support our policy efforts aimed at improving access to open heritage collections worldwide and design informed and evidence-based training & cooperation with GLAMs, Wikimedia’s Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, in collaboration with Centrum Cyfrowe, conducted a study on museums’ business models across Europe. This session will discuss the results of the study as well as the process of collecting data and challenges we have faced on the [[Category:2019:GLAM submissions]] way. It will focus on: * presenting existing business models of museums across Europe identified within the study, * discussing the main challenges museums and other GLAMs face when they try to create a business model for their own, * identifying main challenges faced while collecting such data & analysing it, * identifying main barriers within institutions that prevent them from fully embracing openness.
Speakers: Aleksandra Janus Anna Mazgal Douglas McCarthy Dr. Karin Glasemann