Second, the partnerships and collaborative agreements with technology-leading information
providers, such as Google and photographic stock agencies, at first glance, may provide new
opportunities to increase the value of digital collections and the role of museums as providers
of authoritative content through innovative web distribution channels. These new players of
the information economy have usually the financial resources and technology to provide
enhanced services to museums for the digitization and online dissemination of their
collections. Further, if not in a position of strength, a museum may want to partner so as to
strengthen its position as being authoritative or its offering in terms of product potential.
Actually, these partnerships have favored greater access to collections or a more efficient
delivery of digital images