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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

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“Unfortunately,” that subscriber advised, there are no legal avenues to stop visitors from photographing objects or images in the public domain in public spaces where photography is allowed. The Library of Congress advises collection users to go through a risk assessment process for each image they seek to reproduce.

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

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But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). The museums developed careful rules about what could and couldn't be shot, and how participants could upload their images to Flickr for use by the project.