Don't Be a Dinosaur; or, The Benefits of Open Culture

All of this means that users are able to find, access, and diverse audience.” — Giovanna Fontenelle, Brazil use our content with fewer barriers and less friction, and this makes it easier for them to learn, share their learning, to create and innovate.” “Many of the items in our collections are obscure and without meaning to — Christy Henshaw, England (UK) the majority of the world so releasing th. [...] — Jill Cousins, Ireland cultural heritage more discoverable and enriching the data that is attached to it.” — Mariana Ziku, Greece “It encourages cultural professionals but also citizens and the general public to take an interest in cultural heritage and it also pushes culture “Institutions can use better findability, searchability and spaces of beyond the walls of institutions and cultural organi. [...] We always hold that we stand next to cultural institutions can: promoting their mission, which is not simply to preserve history and culture, research it and spread it, but to make it available to the public, • celebrate and accomplish their public interest mission in the digital so that culture can be transformed and re-adapted to the present. [...] the mission of cultural institutions, promoting greater access to the collections, to information about the collections, to documents, so that “For me, the greatest benefit is the possibility of supporting the core people can use these and can transform them and can re-use them in mission of these institutions.” — Antje Schmidt, Germany different creative ways.” — Angie Cervellera, Argentina “OC s. [...] Thereʼs ideas of social gives people the opportunity to have their hearts and minds change, justice in there and making sure that a wide variety of people can get which, in this sometimes very myopic and bubble-focused world where access to information about society and information about culture and people get into their own cycles of understanding, is important for us to people.