Free Coloring Books from World-Class Libraries & Museums

L’annonce de cette opération muséographique a sonné comme une grande victoire pour les adeptes de la libération des données iconographiques censées être dans le domaine public et accessibles après numérisation par une institution culturelle subventionnée dont c’est le cœur de métier.

L’Éducation nationale conforte ce type d’information sur cette page.

J’ai pris le temps de survoler les offres des différents établissements culturels pour vérifier ce qu’il en était, s’il s’agissait d’une opération publicitaire ou d’une offre véritable et de qualité, utilisable à l’école primaire.

Remarque : Je trouve que les images (NYLibrary) une fois téléchargées sur DD prennent beaucoup de temps à s’afficher pour une aussi faible définition ; je pense qu’il faudrait vérifier ce que chacune "embarque", mais je n’ai pas la compétence pour.

"openculture" est un relais d’information, agrégeant des données extérieures (et, dans la foulée, collecteur de données sur les téléchargeurs, infos ci-après). Il faut "aller voir" sur chacun des sites référencés. Les critères de sélection ne sont pas clairement identifiés.

J’ai téléchargé 79 dessins utilisables, moins de la moitié par des enfants à mon avis, mais voici un aperçu général de ma sélection très subjective !!!

• The New York Public Library. Prendre le temps de visiter chaque page pour trouver résolutions (quelques unes satisfaisantes) mais dessins en couleurs, sources OK, téléchargement en .jpg OK (.tif possible mais pas sur mon DD) mais pb de recadrage, choix adulte (décor céramique impressionniste de Bracquemond). Licence : "Free to use without restriction" hum ! et © The New York Public Library, 2016 sur toutes les pages.
• The Bodleian Library : Oxford, idem et licence pas libre au sens wikipédien : cc-by-nc-sa, téléchargement ?
• The Smithsonian Libraries : choix judicieux proprement présenté, téléchargement impossible, sources OK
• The Biodiversity Heritage Library : google-drive
• The Folger Library : présentation OK(modèle à adopter) + pdf dispo directement pour chacun avec source, licence cc-by-sa. choix OK, taille moyenne.
• The Getty
• The Huntington
• The New York Academy of Medicine : présentation OK, choix OK (13 animaux, scènes de cuisine), sources OK, copyright ? téléchargement ? Blog
• The Open Library : excellente qualité -> partent sur data. téléchargement .zip, présentation OK. Bravo.
• The Digital Public Library of America : 5 images de bonne qualité. Public adultes, présentation OK, qualité inégale, téléchargement en .jpg, licence à vérifier.
• The Dittrick Medical History Center Rare Book Collections, Case Western Reserve University
• James Madison University : 58 pages brutes pas travaillées d’un album de nursery rhymes et d’Alice.
• The Wangensteen Historical Library, University of Minnesota ; adresse @umnbiomedlib -> drive.google : bloqués, impossible de revenir en arrière. 6 dessins, présentation OK, qualité OK, choix et taille OK, téléchargement en .pdf à convertir, impression A4 OK.
• Special Collections and Rare Books, University of Missouri Libraries : "Scripta manent !" ; téléchargement obligatoire pour voir, qualité OK, choix adulte à trier, licence à vérifier (Walter de la Mare), 25 dessins dont plusieurs de Beardsley.
• Europeana : téléchargement du .pdf pour avoir la liste, licences indiquées, qualité inégale, public adulte, basse définition disponible uniquement...

TROUVÉS PAR AILLEURS

• PlymouthLibraries
• Massachussets Historical Society 1791
• Chandra Xray-observatory : high or low resolution
• American philosophical society : original in colour and outilne.
• Gallica : planches de Jules Bourgoin de 1873 et albums des années 30, qui ont plus ou moins bien vieilli + lien vers 43 albums à colorier. Licence Domaine Public "à la manière BNF" avec parfois des doutes comme par exemple pour Marie-Louise Pinel (....-....) dont on ne connait par la date de décès.

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