# Credits and Licensing ## Authors (writing and editing) ### **Ilkay Holt**
Short bio Ilkay is Scholarly Communications Lead at the British Library. She looks after the open access policy for staff research outputs, contributes to the implementation of a content strategy in the context of open research, provides research support and training. Ilkay worked in the university libraries for many years and served as consultant at COAR and FAO of the UN. She is currently involved in several communities such as [Open Repositories](https://www.openrepositories.org/), Cultural Heritage Open Scholarship Network ([CHOSN](https://openscholarship.gitbook.io/chosn)) and Creative Commons’ [Open Culture Platform](https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-openculture-platform/) and [Creative Commons Turkiye](https://creativecommons.org.tr/).
Websites & Social Links * [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-9083) * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilkayholt/) * [Medium](https://medium.com/@ilkayholt)
### **Revekka Kefalea (she/her)**
Short bio Revekka is a researcher, consultant and project manager, working at the intersection of cultural policy, digital cultural heritage, open access, and civic engagement. Her work connects practice with advocacy, focusing on how technology shapes access to knowledge and culture. Her research interests include identity and memory politics, nationalism, histories of public access to arts and culture, and the politics of digitisation and open access, with particular attention to the impact of the digital transformation and the open movement on the cultural heritage sector. She is a facilitator for the [Creative Commons Certificate Course](https://creativecommons.org/about/cc-certificate-program/) on Open Culture and is actively involved in the Open GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) movement as a member of the [Creative Commons Global Network](https://network.creativecommons.org/) (CCGN) and the [Cultural Heritage Open Scholarship Network](https://openscholarship.gitbook.io/chosn) (CHOSN).
Websites & Social Links * [Knowledge Commons](https://hcommons.org/members/rebeccakefalea/) * [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-9201) * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/revekka-kefalea/) * [Medium](https://medium.com/@revekka.kefalea) * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.online/@revekkakefalea/)
## Acknowledgement for version 2.0 (2025) ### Reviewers of Geopolitical Risk Area (October 22 - November 30, 2025) * Prof. [Victoria Grace Richardson-Walden](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5298-8810), Director of the [Landecker Digital Memory Lab](https://www.digitalmemorylab.com/) * [Wilhelmina Randtke](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-8205), Head of Libraries Technologies and Systems, Georgia Southern University * [Maarten Zeinstra](https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7431-6737), IP Squared We gratefully acknowledge the participants of the World Café discussion held on October 30, 2025 at the [GLAM Wiki 2025 Conference](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025), within the context of the session [Uncertain Futures, Shared Challenges: Protecting and Safeguarding Open Knowledge](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_Wiki_2025/Program/Uncertain_Futures_Shared_Challenges), for their insights and meaningful contributions to the draft Geopolitical Risks section. This discussion formed part of the public consultation conducted from October 22 to November 30, 2025. ### Toolkit Contributors (2025 - present) * [Laura Isabel (Laurisa) Sastoque Pabón](https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0649-6744), University of Southampton ## Acknowledgement for version 1.0 (2024) The first version of the Risk Management Toolkit for Open GLAM and its accompanying documents was conceptualised, written, edited, and published by Revekka Kefalea and Ilkay Holt, co-leads of the ad hoc Risk Management Working Group of the [Creative Commons Open Culture Platform](https://network.creativecommons.org/cc-openculture-platform/). The working group was established to operate from May to December 2024. Members of the working group during that period –Issahaku Tidoo Abass, Olubusola Afolabi, Khali Allahmagani, Mohammed Awal Awal, Maxwell Beganim, René Bile, Ester Cornelio, Ruby Damenshie-Brown, Christina Haule, Edward Jacobo, Crispin Ngakani, Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu– were consulted throughout the development of the Toolkit. The co-leadership of the working group was financially supported by Creative Commons. ## Image credits **Homepage cover image:** [Painting the HIMALAYA](https://www.flickr.com/photos/33147718@N05/7491214042/) by David Moore. [Australian National Maritime Museum](https://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/) on Flickr Commons. [No known copyright restrictions](https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/). ## How to cite Please cite this Toolkit as: Ilkay Holt and Revekka Kefalea (2025) *Risk Management Toolkit for Open GLAM (Version 2.0).* Zenodo. . ## License Unless otherwise noted, the Toolkit content is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1) (CC BY 4.0) license. This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator(s). It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes. ## Disclaimer Information in the Toolkit has been jointly authored for public reference and practical guidance. While every effort is made to see that no inaccurate or misleading data appears herein, the authors and contributors accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any inaccurate or misleading data and information. The Toolkit content does not constitute legal advice, and legal counsel should be sought on a case-by-case basis where appropriate. \
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