The Public Domain Review Collections

The Open Knowledge Foundation, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum,  [ca.1650]. The Public Review Domain.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

Developed by The Open Knowledge Foundation, The Public Domain Review is “an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to promoting and celebrating the public domain in all its richness and variety“, as according to the website. Images in their collections are derived from a wide range of online archives, that are on public domain. The images are arranged by topics, where users can search or browse by time, style, genre, type, content and rights. Besides images, their collections also include books, audios, videos and films.

Collection Type icon-questionBroad terms that define the type of digital collection

Subject icon-question Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

Style Period icon-questionTerms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse, Redistribute, Revise and Remix for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

Images in the collections are on public domain. Citation is not required but recommended with no format stated in their terms. Images can be cited by attributing “The Public Domain Review” as the source.

e.g. Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum,  [ca.1650]. The Public Review Domain. http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/an-alphabet-of-organic-type-ca-1650

For more information on acknowledging images with other citation styles, refer here.

Please check their Terms of Use for full details before using images.