Creative Commons and Open GLAM

The document discusses increasing access to cultural heritage through more open licensing and reducing barriers to access and reuse. It notes that digital access has increased what people can do with cultural works. Free and open licenses like Creative Commons are presented as a way to clearly communicate usage rights and foster dissemination and reuse of heritage items. However, copyright and institutions' tensions between facilitating access versus traditional kaitiaki roles can still present legal and policy barriers. The document advocates for heritage institutions to more openly license out-of-copyright and institution-held copyright works using Creative Commons to help address this.