Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025In the #AI stewardship session. Mary Steven talks about Friends of the Earth’s new discussion paper: Harnessing AI for environmental justice policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/reports/harn... #WorthwhileAI #climatecrisispolicy.friendsoftheearth.uk 100
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Rosie Sowa, Innovation Manager at the National Lottery Community Fund talks about their #AI organisational journey - technological & cultural #WorthwhileAI 010
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025David Knott, CEO of The National Lottery Community Fund, delivers the opening keynote focusing on the role of funders in ensuring #AI is used for public good & community benefit #WorthwhileAI 010
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Joining the Community Fund & CAST today at Bishopsgate Institute for the #AI Funder Conference www.wearecast.org.uk/our-work/how... #WorthwhileAIwearecast.org.ukHow can AI transform collaboration and shape the future of VCSE funding? - CAST 000
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Guardian has an amazing Marianne Faithful 'life in pictures' - all the Mariannes: www.theguardian.com/culture/gall...theguardian.comMarianne Faithfull – a life in picturesThe British pop icon, known for her work as a singer, songwriter and actor, has died aged 78. Her career spanned six decades 041
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 21/01/2025New! Policy paper: A blueprint for modern digital government A long-term vision for UK digital public services, a 6-point plan for reform, & the role of the new digital centre of government: www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukA blueprint for modern digital governmentA long-term vision for digital public services, a 6-point plan for reform, and the role of the new digital centre of government. 032
Reposted by Josie FraserJonas Heide Smith @jonassmith.dk · 09/01/2025Cleaning sculptures ✨ Watch our conservators clean Michelangelo plaster cast sculptures using algae (it’s pretty cool) #conservation #artmuseum #museum #smkmuseum #michelangelo 077
Reposted by Josie Fraser Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 17/01/2025You may not believe in the climate change, but your insurance company does. 501444296
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#EPDD25 Dafydd Tudur, National Library of Wales, on how open & public domain sharing powered a strategic shift from custodian of collections to a service supporting collections engagement 110
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025So interesting - experimental exhibition in Denmark sparks debate about use of #3D -printed replicas in museums news.artnet.com/art-world/mi... #EPDD25 #publicdomain #openculturenews.artnet.comMichelangelo's Masterpieces Are Getting a High-Tech Makeover in a New Show | Artnet NewsThe biggest Michelangelo exhibition in over a century is planned in Denmark thanks to the use of high-tech 3D replicas. 021
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#EPDD25 Building showcases for public domain forgotten women writers citedesdames.github.io/histoires-au...citedesdames.github.ioHistoires d'Autrices 011
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025 #EPDD25 Merete Sanderhoff on Statens Museum for Kunst's collaboration with the Scan the World community to create printable 3D public domain model scans www.smk.dk/en/article/a...smk.dkAbout SMK Open | SMK – National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen (Statens Museum for Kunst)A guide to SMK Open, SMK’s online collection 100
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#EPDD25 the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) are developing a Copyright Knowledge Centre - copyright rules are typically pre-digital, the new centre will consolidate existing work & expertise www.euipo.europa.eu/en/observatory 000
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#EPDD Open Future & Liccium have been awarded funding to pilot an EU interoperable registry of public domain & open licensed work digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/funding/e...digital-strategy.ec.europa.euEU Repository of public domain and open licensed worksThis is a call for proposals for EU action grant in the field of copyright, with a budget of EUR 700k. The purpose of this Pilot project is to assess the feasibility and possible benefits of setting u... 000
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#EPDD25 Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage Brigitte Vézina @creativecommons.bsky.social introducing the TAROCH initiative creativecommons.org/2024/11/01/c...creativecommons.orgCreative Commons Launches TAROCH Coalition for Open Access to Cultural Heritage - Creative CommonsCreative Commons (CC) is proud to launch the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a collaborative effort to achieve the adoption of a UNESCO standard-setting instrume... 143
Reposted by Josie Frasercommunia @communia.bsky.social · 14/03/2024Our member Wikimedia Europe argues we that we need a #DigitalKnowledgeAct to address the risks of #AI and threats of misinformation and disinformation. Read more about their point of view here: wikimedia.brussels/we-need-a-di... #openknowledge #openscience 022
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 09/01/2025#EPDD25 The Europeana Public Domain (PD) Charter 2025 pro.europeana.eu/post/the-eur... Definitions, principles & actions #openknowledge #openedpro.europeana.euThe Europeana Public Domain Charter | Europeana PROThe Europeana Public Domain Charter is a policy document that highlights the importance of the public domain by establishing Europeana’s views for a healthy… 023
Reposted by Josie FraserCamille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · 09/01/2025📢 Séverine Dusollier (Science Po), is highlighting many works in the Public Domain now, in 2025 🔸Frida Kahlo 🔸Matisse 🔸Auguste Perret 🔸Jeanne Forain 🔸Virginia Woolf And many others! #EPDD25 011
Reposted by Josie FraserPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy Public Domain Day!hyperallergic.comFrida Kahlo and Henri Matisse Enter the Public DomainA wealth of art and literature, from the work of Robert Capa to Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography, is now available for public access in the United States. 111817441
Reposted by Josie FraserInternet Archive @archive.org · 03/01/2025Celebrate Public Domain Day! Register for "SINGIN' IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN," our virtual celebration of the treasures moving into the public domain in 2025. 📅 Jan 22 @ 10am PT 🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/singin-in-the-publ… #PublicDomaineventbrite.comSingin' in the Public Domain: Public Domain Day 2025On January 1, 2025, creative works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US. Celebrate with us! 133867
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 18/12/2024New report: Changes and Challenges in Heritage & Open Knowledge www.culturehive.co.uk/digital-heri... Hosted by the Arts Marketing Association (AMA) as part of the Digital Heritage Hub and supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, written by Naomi Korn & Sean Waterman #open #AI #CARE 058
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 14/12/20242011! I remember writing this in Oxford. Thanks @dermotcasey.bsky.social for the lovely reminder about the impact words can make 021
Reposted by Josie FraserEx Nihilo Consulting @exnihiloconsulting.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Fabulous talk by @josiefraser.bsky.social at today’s #MuseTech24 Conference, nice to see the #TaNC policy recommendations getting a mention, which are very much tied neatly with our #TowardsDigitalCollections training materials bit.ly/TaNC_Training 093
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 06/12/2024#MuseTech24 question from the audience about how organisations can nerd convert generalist audiences 011
Reposted by Josie FraserClaire Bailey Ross @clairebaileyross.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Applications are invited for a fully-funded collaborative 4year #PhD with the incredible Aspex Portsmouth - exploring the transformation of visual arts archives into participatory digital spaces through creative technologies. #DH #digitalhumanities www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...port.ac.ukA Digital Living Archive for Aspex Portsmouth: From Preservation to Cultural Value 042
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 06/12/2024225,000 people visit the Tank Museum in Dorset every year, over 1 million people subscribe to their YouTube channel. They hit their first 100M views in April 2023 tankmuseum.org/article/firs... #MuseTech24tankmuseum.orgThe Tank Museum First to 100 Million Views - The Tank MuseumThe Tank Museum is the first to 100 million YouTube views. The most successful of any Museum YouTube channel in the world. 011
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 06/12/2024#musetech24 Jo Duggan (Senior Content Producer, Victoria & Albert Museum) talks about making cultural content for Gen A (approx 8-13 yr olds) within a busy attention economy 063
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Great #musetech24 opening keynote from Richard Prowse on content design. It’s called a Norman door after Don Norman uxdesign.cc/intro-to-ux-...uxdesign.ccIntro to UX: the Norman doorNOTE: This piece was originally conceived as part of a limited series on design concepts for budding designers. A simple yet potent concept… 161
Reposted by Josie FraserClaire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Important news from The Alan Turing Institute today: www.turing.ac.uk/news/council...turing.ac.ukCouncil of Europe adopts Turing-developed human rights risk and impact assessment for AI systemsA framework developed by researchers at the Alan Turing Institute titled ‘the Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law Risk and Impact Assessment for AI 097
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Georgia Brooke opens the Museum Computer Group (MCG)’s Museums + Tech 2024 conference. MCG is a membership organisation - joining is free! museumscomputergroup.org.uk/about/ 001
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Still talking about digital natives? The International Computer & Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2024 International Report indicates 43% of 13-14-year-olds in EU countries have only limited digital skills www.iea.nl/publications... #digilitiea.nlICILS 2023 International Report: An International Perspective on Digital Literacy | IEA.nl 053
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Rebecca Bailey launches the Towards a National Collection policy recommendations #TaNC zenodo.org/records/1383...zenodo.orgUnlocking the Potential of Digital Collections. A call to actionThis document presents the policy recommendations of Towards a National Collection (TaNC), a five-year, £18.9 million investment in the UK’s world-renowned museums, archives, libraries and galleries, ... 031
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Final #TaNC project keynote - Barney Sloane from Unpath’d Waters talks about co-creating immersive access to marine collections with & for visually impaired people unpathdwaters.org.ukunpathdwaters.org.ukUnpath’d Waters – unleashing the potential of UK maritime heritage - https://unpathdwaters.org.ukReshaping the future of UK marine heritage. Making records accessible for the first time across all four UK nations and opening them to the world. About Unpath’d Waters The UK’s marine heritage is ex... 040
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Magan Gooch & David de Roure from Oxford Uni launch new free training resources to help the GLAM sector build skills & confidence in working with digital collections, mapped against the #TaNC recommendations: ex-nihilo-consult.github.io/towards-digi...ex-nihilo-consult.github.ioTowards Digital Collections 164
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Professor Julianne Nyhan introduces #TaNC The Soane Lab, which looks at how digital can contribute to public awareness of & engagement with contested collections. Explore via the project Knowledge Base, which is now live: sloanelab.orgsloanelab.orgWelcome to the Sloane Lab - Sloane Lab🔴 Explore Sloane's vast collections on the Knowledge Base which is now live! The vast, global collection amassed by Sir Hans Sloane in the eighteenth century is often considered to be the founding col... 031
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024How do we make #IIIF simple (& even fun) to implement? The #TaNC International Image Interoperability Framework panel suggest getting started with EU funded Zenodo for free IFF-compatible image storage & viewing zenodo.org & (in future) the @ukri.org funded RICHeS project www.riches.ukri.orgzenodo.orgZenodo 120
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Great opening keynote from Prof Lorna M. Hughes on Community Generated Digital Content & lessons learnt from the #TaNC Our Heritage Our Stories project ohos.ac.uk #CGDC #OHOS 2176
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Beatiful morning in Manchester for the kick off of the @UKRI.org/AHRC Towards a National Collection conference. Looking forward to 2 days on the future of UK digital collections www.nationalcollection.org.uk/events/confe...nationalcollection.org.ukTowards a National Collection Two-Day Conference 2024 | Towards a National CollectionTowards a National Collection is supporting research that breaks down the barriers between the UK’s outstanding cultural heritage collections, with the aim of opening them up to new research opportuni... 174
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 03/04/2024New! The HeritageFund UK Digital Leadership Briefing, providing leaders & advisors with a snapshot of #open licensing practices, benefits & risks www.heritagefund.org.uk/about/insigh... Authors @andeewallace.bsky.social & Michael Weinberg discuss live at 2pm! www.ticketsource.co.uk/national-lot...heritagefund.org.ukOpen licensing: a digital heritage leadership briefingWe commissioned Dr Andrea Wallace and Michael Weinberg from The GLAM-E Lab to produce a snapshot on open licensing across the UK heritage sector – its benefits, opportunities and risks. 056
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 12/02/2024Interested in #DigitalSkills, #DigitalTransformation, & the cultural sector? Free Heritage Fund Digital Skills for Heritage evaluation webinar, led by InFocus. Find out what a difference we've made! 8 March 2pm online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...ticketsource.co.uk"Digital Skills for Heritage Initiative Evaluation Briefing" at OnlineTickets are now available for Digital Skills for Heritage Initiative Evaluation Briefing at Online, Online on Fri 8 Mar 2024 at 2:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your ticket... 011
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 25/07/2023Generating news by scraping user forums: what could possibly go wrong? Or, Long Live Glorbo #AI www.wowhead.com/news/glorbo-isnt-co…wowhead.comGlorbo isn't Coming to WoW, but the Impact of AI is Already HereAre you excited for the arrival of Glorbo, or do you have no idea what's going on? Upon discovering an obscure website using bot scraping to create news articles, Redditors laid a trap to highlight th... 100
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 17/06/2023WeHead: the future of spatial communication and immersive telepresence, apparently wehead.com Founders edition or Pro edition? projecting-your-face-onto-a-tabletop-robo-head ambassador, you are spoiling us 000
Josie Fraser @josiefraser.bsky.social · 18/05/2023Hey ho bsky. Another day, another social network :) 000
