Sharing Knowledge through Community-Assisted Cataloging and Generous Distribution of Media Assets / Al Bersch, Oakland Museum of California

Collections and Public Access

process > access > critique > change

Lesbian house party, circa 1968, with Thelma Davis

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

Harold O’Neal films

The Retro-8 in John’s studio

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

Garden Party, 1948.

Political posters online at collections.museumca.org

Brooklyn Museum Online Collections

East and West Shaking Hands at Laying of Last Rail

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

Locations for Russell photographs

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

Being explicit about access:

Andrew Russell photograph online at collections.museumca.org

OMCA and GLBTHS collections are available on DPLA

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

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?

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

Education