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GLAM is an acronym for galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, and refers to cultural institutions with a mission to provide access to knowledge. GLAMs collect and maintain cultural heritage materials in the public interest. As collecting institutions, GLAMs preserve and make accessible primary sources valuable for researchers. The term, in particular in related forms such as LAM is increasingly used for the comparative studies of these institutions, often motivated by their claimed convergence.
Versions of the acronym include GLAMR, which specifies records management, and the earlier form LAM, which did not specify "galleries". Another form also is GLAMA, which specifies academia. or alternatively GLEAM
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