Andrea Wallace

“ Research itself is for the public. Communications must centre users in definitions and terminologies and package programmes so that the broadest possible user base can understand what is possible around open access. Technologies should allow users to search by licence, download high quality assets with rich context, and support reuse.
This will help bolster understandings of copyright and open access among GLAMs and their publics, as well as understandings around what cannot be made open access with respect to reuse purposes. ”

“ Future infrastructure and a programme for open access support
Comprehensive and long-term support could be embedded into the TaNC programme as it grows, which can be supported and extended by a range of UK funding bodies and associations and made available to the wider GLAM sector.
Employ someone to provide centralised support
Regardless of how (or by whom) this person is employed, a centralised person who has knowledge of GLAMs, their projects, what technologies are being used, and who can help problem solve across this programme and others would be an invaluable resource. ”

“ Knowing what to aspire to is important. But things also need to be formatted in a way they can plug into other platforms and make it worthwhile for everyone involved. We hate revisiting datasets and assets to rejig them. ”