Creative commons for educators and librarians

Title:

Corporate Author:

Creative Commons (Organization), author.

ISBN:

9780838919460

Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, 2020.

Physical Description:

xi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents:

What is Creative Commons? -- Copyright Law -- Anatomy of a Creative Commons License -- Using Creative Commons Licenses and Creative Commons-Licensed Works -- Creative Commons for Librarians and Educators

Abstract:

"The authoritative source for learning about using creative commons licenses and advocating for their use in your academic community"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Library copyright policies -- United States.

Library copyright policies. (OCoLC)fst01745305

Geographic Term:

United States.

Corporate Subject:

Creative Commons (Organization)

Creative Commons (Organization) (OCoLC)fst01600639

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

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Library	Call Number	Material Type	Status
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Summary

The figures are eye-opening: more than 1.6 billion works on 9 million websites are licensed under Creative Commons (CC). These materials constitute an extraordinarily rich repository for teaching, learning, sharing, and creative reuse. Knowing your way around CC will help you make the most of the Open Access (OA) and open educational resources (OER) movements. This book represents the first-ever print complement to the CC Certificate program, providing in-depth coverage of CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons. Inside readers will find guidance on

the layers and elements of CC licenses, with clear explanations on how they interact; reusing, revising, and remixing; how to acknowledge the underlying work in a remix; techniques for locating works in the public domain and communicating their value; supporting learners' access to a wide array of open knowledge resources in primary, secondary, and higher education; assessing institutional policies for open education, plus advice on revising these policies; ways to adapt existing openly licensed materials in order to keep your institution's knowledge base relevant and up to date; how to meet the open licensing requirements increasingly present in government and foundation grants and contracts; and hundreds of authoritative resources for additional learning.

This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license ; digital versions are available for download at Creative Commons web page Certificate Resources (CC BY) .

Summary:

"The authoritative source for learning about using creative commons licenses and advocating for their use in your academic community"--

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

This guide from Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides intellectual property licenses for creators, collects the material for its certificate in a printed form for the first time. The book was designed to help instructors and librarians understand how Creative Commons can be used throughout all levels of instruction. The book's five chapters cover the background of the organization and its methods of licensing. Chapter subdivisions include learning outcomes, an overview, and a section for personal reflection before providing the essential knowledge on the topic. In addition to a very basic overview of Creative Commons and copyright law, the book provides a clear explanation of the anatomy of the various types of licenses available and how they can be used within the larger educational world. Much of the material is a simplification of the resources available on the Creative Commons site, but for those who need a handy guide for reference, especially on the different types of licenses, this print version can be an alternative to the website. [Disclaimer: Choice is part of the American Library Association, which published this book.] Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --John Rodzvilla, Emerson College