by Laura Peers
Dr. Laura Peers is in the process of contacting all institutional partners from whom GRASAC hosts data and images on the GKS. As we move into a phase of renewal for the GKS, it’s a good moment to ensure that we have institutional permissions to continue to include information and images and to touch base with our research partners who have helped to make the GKS the amazing comprehensive resource that it is. Some institutions wish to arrange a formal Memorandum of Understanding; others have gone open source and don’t need a written agreement; others are somewhere in between. We are happy to work with each institution to ensure that we have the solution that suits you.
Institutional partners are also indicating that they wish to have feedback and advice on collections. This seems especially important in the UK where the museum profession is working to consider colonial legacies and restitution: UK museums are looking to reach out to GRASAC members which is good for all of us! This process that looks like bureaucracy is—like everything else GRASAC—about strengthening relationships.