At least 1,307,021 of these assets are public domain compliant. After isolating the British Library's contribution (1,187,746 assets), this number comes to 119,275 assets.
The majority of open GLAM instances publish fewer than 100 assets using open licences or public domain tools. In total, 50 UK GLAMs (comprising 62.5% of UK instances) each publish fewer than 100 open assets accounting for 1,029 (or 0.009%) of the total volume in the UK. These 50 UK GLAMs release open assets across a number of platforms, but not their own websites. Most publish via Art UK (marked below as *, with exceptions specified
| 50 to 99 assets - 8 GLAMs | 10 to 49 assets - 16 GLAMs | 2 to 9 assets - 18 GLAMs | 1 asset - 8 GLAMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (50, Wikimedia Commons); Buxton Museum & Art Gallery (56*); University of Dundee Museum Collections (56, Sketchfab); New College (57*); Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (65, Europeana); Mary Rose Trust (71, Wikimedia Commons and Sketchfab); Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts (80, Flickr Commons); Leicester Museums and Galleries (99, Europeana) | Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery (10*); Aberdeenshire Council (11*); Dorman Museum (13*); Lewes Town Hall (13*); York Army Museum (15*); Jerwood Gallery (16*); Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (18*); University of Manchester (23*); Newark Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery (24*); Carisbrooke Castle Museum (27*); North Ayrshire Heritage Centre (32*); St Peter's College (36*); Braemar Castle (36, Wikimedia Commons); Scottish Maritime Museum (46, Sketchfab); Laurence Sterne Trust (48, Wikimedia Commons); Harris Manchester College (49*) | University of York (2*); Hastings Library (2*); Portico Library and Gallery (2"); Captain Cook Birthplace Museum (2*); Coventry Council House (2*); Cricklade Town Hall (2*); Dereham Assembly Rooms (2*); Holmesdale Natural History Club (2*); University of Sussex (3*); Tenby Town Council (3*); Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum (4*); Brackley Town Hall (4*); Beith Library (4*); Tank Museum (5*); Maldon Moot Hall (5*); Laurels (8*); Middlesbrough Town Hall (9*); Perth Museums and Galleries (9*) | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1*); Hepworth Wakefield (1*); Toynbee Hall (1*); Ashwell Village Museum (1*); Bath Postal Museum (1*); Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum (1*); Bradfield Parish Council Offices (1*); Greater Manchester County Record Office (1") |
Of these 50 GLAMS, 12 are public domain compliant, releasing a total of 268 assets to the public domain. The remaining 38 GLAMS claim new rights and publish a total of 761 open compliant assets.
3.3.3. Breakdown of digital collections on GLAM websites
The research recorded how the 195 GLAMS make collections available on their websites and coded findings by the following categories:
- No collections. Websites have no digital collections, even for illustrative purposes.
- Searchable catalogue only. Websites host a searchable catalogue of records only.
- Illustrative collections only. Websites use images of collections to illustrate the website and advertise the types of collections or objects available onsite.
- Searchable digital collections. Websites host a searchable catalogue of records accompanied by images and other media.
This distribution is discussed further below.
