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Initiative provides free access to more than 22,000 images of collection materials

June 29, 2015 - Jennifer Tisdale

Initiative provides free access to more than 22,000 images of collection materials

To lower barriers to use of its collections, the Ransom Center has adopted an open access policy, removing the requirement for permission and use fees for a significant portion of its online collections believed to be in the public domain.

In conjunction with the release of the policy, the Ransom Center launches Project REVEAL (Read and View English and American Literature), a year-long initiative to digitize and make available 25 of its manuscript collections of some of the best-known names from American and British literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the authors represented in Project REVEAL are

Joseph Conrad, Hart Crane, Thomas Hardy, Vachel Lindsay, Jack London, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Sara Teasdale.

The Project REVEAL initiative generated more than 22,000 high-resolution images, available for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction or fees. The Ransom Center does, however, ask for attribution alongside the use of its images.

“I am pleased to be at the Center during this time of transformative change,” said Liz Gushee, head of digital collections services. “Having the images of Project REVEAL freely available is a significant step toward enhancing the online experience of the Center’s patrons who seek to explore and use its wealth of collection materials.”

Future efforts will involve removing restrictions for other materials believed to be in the public domain and making them available through the Ransom Center’s digital collections portal.

The project is intended to facilitate and encourage creative re-use of these materials. Additional information and frequently asked questions about the Ransom Center’s Policy on Access to Digital Reproductions of Works in the Public Domain is available.

Read more about Liz Gushee in our Meet the Staff blog post.

Detail of a letter from Vachel Lindsay to John Martin Weatherwax, December 14, 1927.
Detail of a letter from Vachel Lindsay to John Martin Weatherwax, December 14, 1927.

 

Top image: Lady Ottoline Morrell (British, 1873–1938), [Katherine Mansfield at Garsington Manor], 1917. Gelatin silver print, 13.5 x 8.6 cm. Photography Collection, Katherine Mansfield Literary File, 980:0165:0005

Filed Under: Digital Collections, Research + Teaching Tagged With: digital collections, Liz Gushee, Open Access, Project REVEAL, public domain

About Jennifer Tisdale

Tisdale is responsible for identifying, planning, and implementing strategic public affairs activities and programs that range from media relations to social media at the Ransom Center.

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