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In 2016, the Folger began donating images and metadata to Wikimedia, beginning with map images from [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/6kb0x2 STC 18855]. These digital images are released under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en CC BY-SA license].
In 2016, the [[Folger Shakespeare Library|Folger]] began donating images and metadata to [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons], beginning with map images from [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/6kb0x2 STC 18855]. These digital images are released under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en CC BY-SA license].


==Folger images available through Wikimedia Commons==
==Folger images available through Wikimedia Commons==
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** For maps in atlases and illustrations in books, use the bibliographic date rather than the image date.
** For maps in atlases and illustrations in books, use the bibliographic date rather than the image date.
** For prints and letters bound into extra illustrated volumes, use the date of the bound-in item rather than the date from the bibliographic record.
** For prints and letters bound into extra illustrated volumes, use the date of the bound-in item rather than the date from the bibliographic record.
[[Category: Digital Folger]]
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 16 December 2016

In 2016, the Folger began donating images and metadata to Wikimedia Commons, beginning with map images from STC 18855. These digital images are released under a CC BY-SA license.

Folger images available through Wikimedia Commons

Metadata Policies

  • Only one date field is available in Wikimedia Commons.
    • For maps in atlases and illustrations in books, use the bibliographic date rather than the image date.
    • For prints and letters bound into extra illustrated volumes, use the date of the bound-in item rather than the date from the bibliographic record.