Sharing Knowledge through Community-Assisted Cataloging and Generous Distribution of Media Assets /...

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Collections and Public Access process > access > critique > change

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Collections and Public Access

process > access > critique > change

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Lesbian house party, circa 1968, with Thelma Davis

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From the Enrique Hermosillo papers, 1998-10 (1970)

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Harold O’Neal films

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The Retro-8 in John’s studio

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Empress IV Reba of San Francisco Imperial Court, 8mm silent film. Anonymous Collection, 2000-67

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Garden Party, 1948.

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Political posters online at collections.museumca.org

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Political posters online at collections.museumca.org

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Brooklyn Museum Online Collections

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East and West Shaking Hands at Laying of Last Rail

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Total 645 Glass plate negatives447 Stereograph (4”x8” and 5”x8”) and 198 Imperial Plates (10”x13”)

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Locations for Russell photographs

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http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/201054600

Being explicit about access:

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Andrew Russell photograph online at collections.museumca.org

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OMCA and GLBTHS collections are available on DPLA

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Resources● Mellon Foundation findings on open access of collectio

n images, published by CLIR● Studies/commentaries on legal/fiscal/democracy-

building motivations for open access (see Michael Peter Edson’s handy list)

● DPLA’s many projects and how to contribute● Rights Statements project of the DPLA

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How did we get here? Where is this going? Beyond the life of an individual project: reflecting on the past, and looking forward to the future.

● What motivates us towards public engagement?

● Who holds the power?

● Whose interests are being served by this project, in the long run?

● What happens when this project ends?

● What role does my organization play in gentrification?

● Is my organization’s staffing structure stratified in terms of race, gender, class, and disability?

● Do the cultural identities of the staff reflect our local community?

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Community Advisory board to Pacific World exhibition, in collections storage.

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