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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. Digitization can help offer safe access to collections. To me, this seems both discouraging and ungenerous to visitors.

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

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In contrast, the Wikimedians were focused on making cultural content digitally available online using as open a licensing structure as possible. They partnered with 46 institutions in the Netherlands to produce Wikipedia Loves Art / NL , which took a different approach to the project.