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So you want to reuse digital heritage content in a creative context? Good luck with that.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Melissa Terras
Melissa Terras*
Affiliation:
Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL), Foster Court, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, m.terras@ucl.ac.uk

Abstract

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Although there is a lot of digitised cultural heritage content online, it is still incredibly difficult to source good material to reuse, or material that you are allowed to reuse, in creative projects. What can institutions do to help people who want to invest their time in making and creating using digitised historical items as inspiration and source material?

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 40 , Issue 4: The role of the art librarian in the Open Access movement: Special Issue , 2015 , pp. 33 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2015

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