Open AccessDigital cultural collections in an age of reuse and remixes
Author(s) -
Eschenfelder Kristin R.,
Caswell Michelle
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504701045
Subject(s) - revenue , control (management) , institution , reuse , access control , cultural institution , social control , object (grammar) , public relations , business , sociology , internet privacy , political science , computer science , finance , media studies , economics , social science , computer security , engineering , management , artificial intelligence , waste management
This paper reports the results of a survey of U.S. cultural institution (CI) professionals about whether CI should seek to control access to and use of digital cultural collections. It describes motivations that encourage institutions to control access to or use of collections and factors that discourage institutions from controlling access and use. The paper describes the results in terms of three general themes: “Object descriptions, representations and control,” “Legal risks and complexities” and “Getting credit: fiscal and social costs and revenue.”