Open Content Policy Maarten Heerlien Project Manager Research & Development

Background Naturalis at the start of OpenUp!: No central infrastructure for content management 200+ databases with collection data No active collection digitization + No written, organisation-wide policy for publishing digital content (only vague rules on what not to publish) Naturalis now: Infrastructure of integrated CM systems 2 databases with collection data specimens digitized and counting (8.5m mid 2015) + Policy for publishing digital content needed: who can do what with our digital content and under which conditions?

Towards an Open Content policy National heritage collection of the Netherlands: Naturalis collection37 million objects Other museum collections15 million objects+ Total:52 million objects 71% of designated national collection managed by Naturalis Collection management financed by public means

Naturalis OCP in a nutshell Collection data Applies to all collection data (unless in conflict with law or good conduct)

Naturalis OCP in a nutshell Images of collection objects produced in digistreets Applies to all images with a resolution up to 1920x1920px

Naturalis OCP in a nutshell Other multimedia managed by Naturalis Applies to all multimedia of which the copyright is owned by Naturalis drawing of Rana esculenta by Bas Blankevoort, Naturalis Biodiversity Center 2012

Naturalis OCP in a nutshell Content of which the © has expired drawing of Acer campestre by A.J. Kouwels ( )

Why Open Content? What is paid for by everyone (and sometimes even produced by everyone), must be accessible and usable for everyone! Open Content opens new doors

Why not Open Content? Loss of revenues Loss of attribution (CC0)

Questions?