Why Culture must always be a Commons
This blog is cross-posted from the Collections Trust blog
Written by: Nick Poole, CEO, Collections Trust
In case I haven’t already made it abundantly clear – I love museums, libraries and archives. I think that investing in professional communities who bring together and protect our shared heritage and make it available for use and enjoyment is one of the most important marks of an enlightened society. The future, after all, is made of everything that came before it, and our job as a profession is to defend the universal and inalienable principle that people must be free to benefit from their heritage. […]