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This digital guide includes information on data protection and copyright, along with a range of tools, templates, checklists and frequently asked questions to help you take the right steps in open licencing and meeting GDPR requirements. It is aimed at The National Lottery Heritage Fund applicants and grantees and provides guidance on the default CC BY 4.0 licence requirements for your project outputs. It includes a downloadable toolkit.

In this resource, Naomi Korn Associates’ Senior Consultant Debbie McDonnell describes what you need to know when seeking permission to use other people’s in-copyright content in your open licensed asset. This includes consideration of the Creative Commons licence required as part of National Lottery Heritage Fund grants, and features a helpful Licence Agreement Template.

Repurposing your heritage organisation’s articles and images is a great way to make your digital content work harder. This guide by Dr Katharine Walker will help you reuse articles and images that you’ve shared before. 

This guide by Dr Katharine Walker will help you navigate copyright when sharing your collection online. It explains how to identify which items in your heritage organisation’s collection you can share online.

This article by Chris Sutherns will provide you with best practice guidance for clearing rights to use others’ works online, allowing you to identify which works require permission and how to go about it.

Gaining copyright permission is very important when sharing content online. This step-by-step guide by Debbie McDonnell from Naomi Korn Associates will help you to understand when you need to ask for permission to use content you do not own the rights to and how to go about asking and documenting that process.

This resource outlines the ethical and legal consideration an organisation should be aware of when sharing content online.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s licensing requirement supports open access to the rich heritage in the UK and the exciting possibilities of digital transformation in the cultural sector. All materials created or digitised with grant funding are subject to this requirement. This guide explains open licensing and provides a step-by-step approach to the open licensing requirement for each stage of your project. It is aimed at The National Lottery Heritage Fund applicants and grantees but contains useful information for anyone who supports open access to cultural heritage.