New Business Models for Cultural Institutions
About this project

Lead investigator(s):
– Prof Mira Sundara Rajan
– Prof Mira Sundara Rajan
Co-investigator(s):
– Ms Robin Smith
– Ms Robin Smith
Contributor(s):
– Ms Andrea Wallace
– Ms Andrea Wallace
Start Date: 1st October 2013
End Date: 30th September 2016
Summary
Working closely with the National Library of Scotland, this project considered how cultural heritage institutions within the public sector have responded to the increasing need to engage in commercialisation activities during a time of economic recession.
Project outputs include:
- Comparative Ethical Obligations of Cultural Institutions – This paper was delivered at the Law & Culture conference in Lausanne, Switzerland in November 2014.
- Surrogate IP Rights in the Cultural Sector – These slides were presented at the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) in July 2015.
- The Café as an Alternative Cultural Institution: A Study of the Café’s Emergence as a Cultural Venue – These slides were presented at the International Contemporary Arts Conference, Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DAKAM) in June 2015.
- Claiming Surrogate IP Rights: When Cultural Institutions Repossess the Public Domain – These slides were presented at the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) in July 2015.
- Claiming Surrogate IP Rights: When Cultural Institutions Repossess the Public Domain – Video of presentation provided at the 2015 Intellectual Property Scholars Conference in August 2015.