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    Wikimania 2019
    Title:
    Wikimania 2019 Opening Ceremony
    Creator:
    Mike Peel
    Date:
    2019
    News Created: 23 September 2019 Wendy Byrne Liam Wyatt

    Wikimania 2019

    Every year during the Northern summer holidays, approximately 1,000 members of the Wikimedia community – the worldwide group of volunteers and professionals behind projects including Wikipedia and Wikidata – gather for their annual event: Wikimania. This year’s event, hosted in Stockholm, had as its theme the relationship of open-access information to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The event's program was chaired for the second year running by Europeana’s own Wikimedia liaison Liam Wyatt, in a voluntary capacity. Today he fills us in on this year’s gathering.

    Open access arrives at the Cleveland Museum of Art
    Title:
    Portrait of Dora Wheeler, 1882-1883
    Creator:
    William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)
    Date:
    1882-1883
    Institution:
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Boudinot Keith in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
    Country:
    United States of America
    News Created: 23 January 2019

    Open access arrives at the Cleveland Museum of Art

    The Cleveland Museum of Art announced a major new Open Access initiative, releasing images of its public-domain works for use without restriction. Jane Alexander, Chief Digital Information Officer at the CMA, gave Douglas McCarthy the inside story behind the announcement.

    Pioneering open access at the Musée de Bretagne
    Title:
    La fête des rois en Bretagne le roi couronné par sa reine, early 20th century
    Creator:
    Unknown
    Institution:
    Musée de Bretagne
    Country:
    France
    News Created: 15 January 2019

    Pioneering open access at the Musée de Bretagne

    Freely offering high-resolution public domain images, the Musée de Bretagne is an open access pioneer in the French museum sector. Douglas McCarthy spoke with Céline Chanas and Fabienne Martin-Adam to learn about the genesis, impact and context of the museum’s open access policy.

    Open access arrives at the Lenbachhaus
    Title:
    Der Geist im Hausgestühl: Stillleben mit Katze (detail), 1910
    Creator:
    August Macke
    Date:
    1910
    Institution:
    Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Dauerleihgabe Stiftung Familie Kames
    Country:
    Germany
    News Created: 8 January 2019

    Open access arrives at the Lenbachhaus

    Jacqueline Falk from Munich's Lenbachhaus tells Douglas McCarthy all about its new open access policy and Collections Online, offering free high-resolution images to download

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