Sharing Is Caring: Openness and Sharing in the Cultural Heritage Sector
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SHARING SHARING IS CARING Openness and sharing in the cultural heritage sector IS CARING An anthology about digital media, the social Web, and the changes they bring about in the cultural heritage sector. Contributors Michael Peter Edson · Merete Sanderho Editor Jill Cousins · Martin von Haller Grønbæk Merete Sanderho Henrik Jarl Hansen · Christian Ertmann-Christiansen Tobias Golodno · Miriam Lerkenfeld Lars Lundqvist · Jacob R. Wang · Shelley Bernstein Sarah Giersing · Lise Sattrup · Nana Bernhardt Jasper Visser · Nanna Holdgaard Bjarki Valtysson · Ditte Laursen Lars Ulrich Tarp Hansen · Theis Vallø Madsen Lene Krogh Jeppesen · Peter Leth 94124_c ov e r_sharing_DK_UK_.indd 1 07-03-2014 08:56:29 94124_cover_sharing_DK_UK_r1.indd 2 12-03-2014 19:28:50 Sharing is Caring SHARING IS CARING Openness and sharing in the cultural heritage sector Editor Merete Sanderho Contributors Michael Peter Edson · Merete Sanderho · Jill Cousins Martin von Haller Grønbæk · Henrik Jarl Hansen Christian Ertmann-Christiansen · Tobias Golodno Miriam Lerkenfeld · Lars Lundqvist · Jacob R. Wang Shelley Bernstein · Sarah Giersing · Lise Sattrup Nana Bernhardt · Jasper Visser · Nanna Holdgaard Bjarki Valtysson · Ditte Laursen · Lars Ulrich Tarp Hansen Theis Vallø Madsen · Lene Krogh Jeppesen · Peter Leth Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Sharing is Caring Openness and sharing in the cultural heritage sector Chief editor: Merete Sanderho Publishing editor: Sven Bjerkhof Graphic design: Narayana Press, Odder Translation from English to Danish: Néné la Beet Translation from Danish to English: René Lauritsen Proof reading: Kirsten Nauja Andersen Images: All images carry Creative Commons licenses. Licenses are specified underneath each individual image. Repro, print, and binding: Narayana Press, Odder Typography: ITC Slimbach and Source Sans Pro Paper: Arctic matt g (inside pages) and Invercote g (cover) CC BY . (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/./) – The authors and Merete Sanderho ISBN ---- – English version Outside cover: The Foyer Stage, DR Concert Hall, the venue of Sharing is Caring . Photo CC BY . Merete Sanderho. Inside cover: Studio , DR Concert Hall, the venue of Sharing is Caring . Photo CC BY-SA . Lars Lundqvist. sharingiscaring.smk.dk Published by Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Supported by the Danish Agency for Culture Table of Contents Foreword Boom Michael Peter Edson This belongs to you On openness and sharing at Statens Museum for Kunst Merete Sanderhoff 1. Inventing the digital wheel 2. A wealth of opportunities 3. Images and access 4. SMK digital 1.0 5. Art history on the Internet’s terms 6. Free image sharing now! 7. The birth of “Sharing is Caring” 8. It’s your cultural heritage. Use it. 9. Opportunities arise 10. A fully digital museum? 11. Notes 12. Literature and sources Building a commons for digital cultural heritage Jill Cousins GLAMourous remix Openness and sharing for cultural institutions Martin von Haller Grønbæk TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 Towards a shared Danish infrastructure for collection management and presentation Henrik Jarl Hansen and Christian Ertmann-Christiansen, Digitising the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s archives – an innovation project Tobias Golodnoff and Miriam Lerkenfeld Open data at the Swedish National Heritage Board Lars Lundqvist Digital cultural heritage Long perspectives and sustainability Jacob R. Wang GO Curating with the Brooklyn community Shelley Bernstein Sharing authority User-generated images as future cultural heritage? Sarah Giersing Museums and cultural institutions as spaces for Cultural Citizenship Nana Bernhardt and Lise Sattrup The future of museums is about attitude, not technology Jasper Visser 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Perspectives on participation in social media Nanna Holdgaard and Bjarki Valtysson Meeting the visitor Dissemination of mobile guides at the museum front desk Ditte Laursen How to ride the digital wave Lars Ulrich Tarp Hansen Sharing is Avant-Garde Theis Vallø Madsen @skattefar Towards a public authority at eye level Lene Krogh Jeppesen Open licenses, open learning Peter Leth About the authors Image licenses TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 Foreword “Seid umschlungen Millionen! Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt!” Friedrich von Schiller, 1785 The Age of Enlightenment fostered dreams of a united humanity, build- ing on knowledge, education, and equal access to participating in society and culture. With digital technologies, we have stepped closer to fulfill- ing that dream. Millions, even billions, of people across the globe are connected by the Internet, where they have access to communicating, learning, exchanging, developing, creating, and sharing with each other. Enlightened ideas remain at the core of the cultural heritage sector today. How do we embrace this unique opportunity to make our institutions and work truly support a connected world? The anthology before you is an attempt at that vast and complex question. The term ‘Sharing is Caring’ has caught on in a wealth of contexts, from charity projects to file sharing services. What specific meaning and value does it have in a cultural heritage context? Cultural heritage belongs to everyone. It was created by – and for – all kinds of people. The digitisation of physical heritage objects enables them to move out of storage rooms, library shelves, and file drawers, and land in the hands of the worlds’ citizens. When cultural heritage is digital, there is nothing standing in the way of sharing and reusing it. It can be sampled, remixed, embedded, it can illustrate new stories and move into new media, it can adorn books, posters, and public spaces, advance research and make ideas and creativity blossom. When cultural heritage is digital, open and shareable, it becomes common property, something that is right at hand every day. It becomes a part of us. FOREWORD 9 BACKGROUND • This anthology springs from the Sharing is Caring seminars and . The speakers have converted their presentations into articles, reflecting the diverse formats of the seminars – from keynotes to ignite talks. And as the organizer, I have been able to contribute a more comprehensive article about the global tendencies which incited the seminars, and which have driven the development at my own institution.* • The anthology spans a wide range of themes and approaches. It contains contributions from museum professionals, scholars, public sector admin- istrators, a lawyer and a school teacher. The red line through it all is an urge to explore the new opportunities to open up and share knowledge and resources, which digitisation brings about. • A few of the speakers have not been able to contribute to the anthology. However, all talks from the Sharing is Caring seminars have been recorded and can be accessed at http://vimeo.com/channels/sharingiscaring • The anthology carries the Creative Commons license CC BY . http://cre- ativecommons.org/licenses/by/. / This means that all of its content may be shared, sampled, and reused in new contexts, as long as you attribute the source.** * My article has a relatively long introduction, giving an account of my professional background and specific approach to what I call ‘digital museum practice’ (p. 23-31). Readers, who wish to move directly to the case study examining the development of digital museum practices at Statens Museum for Kunst, are recommended to start reading on p. 31. ** A few of the illustrations carry dierent Creative Commons licenses which will show beneath the individual images. Read more about the various licenses employed in the anthology on p. 264. Thanks My warmest thanks to everyone who has contributed to making Sharing is Ca- ring an important hub for knowledge sharing and development in the Danish cultural heritage sector. Thanks to Charlotte S. H. Jensen, Axel Harms, Ditte Maria Bergstrøm, Jonas Heide Smith and Mikkel Thelle for ideas and sparring for the concept and programme. Thanks to all the speakers: Michael Edson, Shelley Bernstein, Jasper Visser, Jill Cousins, Martin von Haller Grønbæk, Lars Lundqvist, Bo Weymann, Jacob R. Wang, Tobias Golodnoff, Miriam Lerkenfeld, Henrik Jarl Hansen, Christian Ertmann-Christiansen, Lars Ulrich Tarp Hansen, 10 FORORD Sarah Giersing, Ellen Pettersson, Lene Krogh Jeppesen, Ditte Laursen, Peter Leth, Theis Vallø Madsen, Lise Sattrup, Nana Bernhardt, Bjarki Valtysson and Nanna Holdgaard for enlightening and inspiring us. Not least, thanks to my co- organizers from ODM: Hans Henrik Appel, Sofie Paisley, Nils M. Jensen and Lotte Hviid Dhyrbye, from DR: Tobias Golodnoff, Miriam Lerkenfeld and Birte Lykke Rabjerg, and from MMEx: Pernille Lyngsø, Mie Ellekilde and Lone Hedegaard Kristensen, for turning the many good ideas into reality. Thanks to great advisors and sources of inspiration: Allegra Burnette, Lizzy Jongma, Jesse Ringham, James Davis, Shelley Bernstein, Nina Simon, Michael Edson, Hein Wils, Loïc Tallon, Lars Lundqvist, Martin von Haller Grønbæk, Peter Leth, Jacob Wang og Charlotte S.H. Jensen for being ready and willing to offer your generous advice, guidance, and friendship. Thanks to all my amazing colleagues at Statens Museum for Kunst for unfailing helpfulness and trust: Sarah Søgaard Grøn, Mette Houlberg Rung, Pernille Feldt, Sven Bjerkhof, Mathilde Schytz Marvit, Annette Rosenvold Hvidt, Henrik Holm, Anne Skovbo, Axel Kellermann, Christopher Pott, Sebastien Brossard, Thorbjørn Wulf, Kim Brasen, Frederik Henrik Knap, Nikolaj Recke and all the art pilots, and not least our responsive, bold, and foresighted