[Three Dutch women.]
Posted by Nina in Best of The Commons![[Three Dutch women.]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/3110162238_d144e5c628.jpg)
creator]:Sherman, Augustus F. (Augustus Francis)
[Three Dutch women.], c1905
New York Public Library: 1206548
[Three Dutch women.], c1905
New York Public Library: 1206548
Archive for January, 2010
Brooklyn Museum focuses on copyright
Posted by Stephanie Fysh in NewsAs of World’s Fair Use Day, the Brooklyn Museum now includes much more rights-status information in its online collection and has fully integrated this information into its API. Many Commons fans — who are often also Creative Commons fans — will appreciate this change as well, announced by Shelley Bernstein:
Lastly, we’ve taken one more baby step in the ongoing direction of opening up more content—with images and text that we own the copyright to, we’ve changed our default Creative Commons license on the site from a CC-BY-NC-ND to a CC-BY-NC, to allow for greater re-use of materials.
Deborah Wythe, Head of Digital Collections and Services (and a past contributor to Indicommons), writes in the Brooklyn’s blog about the complex decision-making and time-consuming groundwork that made all this possible. The Brooklyn online collection’s users are also invited to join in, as those of us who use the Commons have, in providing new and better information:
Now that we’ve included all of this information on the collections pages, I’m hoping that members of our community will jump in and help with the project, just like they have on Flickr Commons. If you have more information about our artists (are you one of them?) — get in touch! If you think we’ve gotten something wrong, let us know and we’ll fix it.
Keep an eye on the museum blog for further posts, which promise to shed more light on the dark corners of copyright issues in museums:
I’ll be providing more detailed information about the project in future blog postings. Stay tuned for a post on our guidelines and I’m thinking about digging into the publication history of some works in the collection to show what it really takes to declare something “public domain.” Let me know if there are topics you’d like to hear about (keeping in mind that I am very definitely NOT a lawyer).
Recent Uploads to the Commons
Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads| The Powerhouse Museum adds to the photographs of people in the Tom Lennon Collection. |  Jack Keating’s wedding |
| From the Brooklyn Museum, we have more Suggestify-able Italian Churches. |  S. Maria dei Miracoli, Venice, Italy. |
| Oregon State University Archives contributes People Doin’ Stuff … Through the Seasons. Yes, it’s all tagged “People Doin’ Stuff”! |  Students testing soil fertility |
| Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian has added architectural and design photographs by Robert Chester Smith of Braga churches. |  Sé de Braga, Portugal |
| The Library of Congress’s Friday, January 8th Bain collection upload of newspaper photos from the 1910s covers scandal, insurrection, death and destruction. And you wonder why the Friday uploads have their own following! |  Revolucionarios – Haciendo – Fuezo – Propiedad Asezurada – Abril 10/911 Fot. I.H. (?) |
| The State Library of Queensland, Australia had a colourful week, with a new set of early-20th-century postcards |  Sandgate beach and pier, Queensland |
| The Bergen Public Library has added an interesting portrait from 1846 to its Ole Bull set. |  [Ole Bull, lithographic portrait] |
Gramma loreto, Adult (Royal Gramma)
Posted by Nina in Best of The Commons
creator:Belize Larval-Fish Group
Gramma loreto, Adult (Royal Gramma), 2002
Smithsonian Institution: C5-8
Gramma loreto, Adult (Royal Gramma), 2002
Smithsonian Institution: C5-8
Vintage Dredge
Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Remix, Sub-CurationFrom the State Library of New South Wales, the Powerhouse Museum, the Library of Congress, and three other Flickr members, we’re delighted to present Vintage Dredge, by FrodoBabbs:
Recent Uploads to the Commons
Posted by Stephanie Fysh in Recent Uploads| From Nationaal Archief, a set of remarkable — and often entertaining — inventions. I rather like the electrically heated jacket, myself. |  Amfibiefiets / Amphibious bicycle |
| The Swedish National Heritage Board continues to add to its Swedish scenes and ancient monuments sets. |  Rune stone, Jursta, Södermanland, Sweden |
| The Brooklyn Museum has uploaded hundreds of photographs of Italian churches — a real treasure for the architectural historian! You can help map them using Suggestify, from any photo page. |  S. Frediano, Lucca, Italy, 1895 |
| The Smithsonian Institution add to its People and the Post set. |  Unidentified rural letter carrier in his cold weather gear |
| In case you missed it over the holidays, here’s The twelve days of Christmas, from the State Library of Queensland, Australian |  Two turtle doves (two turtles) |
| The Library of Congress ended the year with a fresh upload of illustrated newspaper covers. |  Colonel Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill |
| There are more aircraft photos and publicly produced short films from the State Library of Florida. Each film clip links to a full-length version of the film in the Florida archives. |  Pilot Bill Lindley with his airplane |
| The Oregon State University Archives have fallen for waterfalls |  Dry falls near Coulee City |
| The photostream of the Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkiancarving and wall art. |  Igreja Paroquial de Matosinhos, Portugal |
ID Success Stories from the Library of Congress
Posted by Stephanie Fysh in NewsFlickr and Indicommons put out a call at Christmas time from the Library of Congress for identification help on a set of photos — and their readers and ours have been coming through. St. Moritz and Nice’s Pont Napoléon thank you!
![[St. Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland, in winter (reversed)]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4211204372_7eec064876_m.jpg) Library of Congress |
![[Pont Napoléon, Nice, France (Riviera)]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4211207938_32300b71a0_m.jpg) Library of Congress |
Hoed met satijnen bloemen en struisvogelveren / Hat with satin flowers and ostrich feathers
Posted by Nina in Best of The Commons
creator:Spaarnestad Photo
Hoed met satijnen bloemen en struisvogelveren / Hat with satin flowers and ostrich feathers, 1969
Nationaal Archief: SFA002009990
Hoed met satijnen bloemen en struisvogelveren / Hat with satin flowers and ostrich feathers, 1969
Nationaal Archief: SFA002009990