GLAM (industry sector)

GLAM is an acronym for "galleries, libraries, archives, and museums",[1][2] although other versions of the acronym exist, such as "LAM", which incorporates only libraries, archives and museums.[3][4][5] More generally, GLAMs are publicly funded, publicly accountable institutions collecting cultural heritage materials.

The term GLAM emerged as these institutions began to realise their roles and goals were converging, creating the need for a wider industry sector grouping. This became especially apparent as they placed their collections online—artworks, books, documents, and artifacts all effectively become equal 'information resources' when they are online.

As collecting institutions, GLAMs preserve and make accessible primary sources valuable for researchers.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Society of Archivists, Australian Society of Archivists Annual Conference - GLAM, 17–20 September 2003, Hilton, Adelaide.
  2. ↑ "GLAM - CC Wiki". Creative Commons. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. ↑ BibSI. "On the LAM: Library, Archive, and Museum Collections in the Creation and Maintenance of Knowledge Communities | BibSI". Bibsi.cms.si.umich.edu. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Web.archive.org. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  5. ↑ LAM DNA August 4, 2005 by Jim (2005-08-04). "Blog Archive » LAM DNA". hangingtogether.org. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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