5. Creative Commons for Academic Librarians
As the role of libraries evolves and expands in our fast-changing information environment, expertise in open licensing is a crucial asset for the modern librarian.
Creative Commons licenses are the most popular open licenses among open education and open access projects around the world. CC licenses enable OER and OA. This unit will introduce you to the specifics of using CC licenses and CC licensed content for education and research purposes.
This unit has five sections:
5.1 Open Access to Scholarship
5.2 OER, Open Textbooks, and Open Courses
5.3 Finding, Evaluating, and Adapting Resources
5.5 Opening Up Your Institution
There are also Additional Resources if you are interested in learning more about any of the topics covered in this unit.
You also may wish to consider joining the Creative Commons Open Education or Open Culture Platforms. Your input can help us identify, plan, and coordinate multi-national open education content, practices, and policy projects to collaboratively solve education challenges around the world. Be sure to briefly tell us (a) why you’d like to join and (b) who you are – this helps CC avoid accepting spammers.