Multi-Purpose Librarian
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism, HOWTO on Mar 18th, 2010
In general, I treat this blog as a professional outlet and try to keep my personal life out of it, but I had little online colliding of worlds recently and I decided it’s worth sharing here as well, with apologies for the blurring lines. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Creative Commons licenses [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Dec 1st, 2009
Here’s a post-Thanksgiving CC two-fer to kick off the holiday season…
1) Every year, Creative Commons holds a big fundraising campaign, and they ask a few members of the CC community to write letters explaining what makes CC so important and why they support it. This year I wrote one of those letters focusing on [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Sep 30th, 2009
A year in the making, Creative Commons just released the results of their investigation into how users and producers of content define noncommercial use. Defining “Noncommercial”: A Study of How the Online Population Understands “Noncommercial Use” details the results of research gathered through online surveys of content creators and users in the U.S., open access [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Feb 19th, 2009
From time to time Creative Commons highlights organizations that have adopted CC licenses to provide case studies of how the licenses work in different settings. It’s called the Featured Commoners series. This week CC is featuring the University of Michigan Library. Yay!
I like the Featured Commoner series because I think it’s helpful for people who [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Dec 7th, 2008
Creative Commons has put out a call for videos inviting people to explain, in 90 seconds or less, what they love about Creative Commons. I’ve never made a video like this before, but I decided to give it a shot. I used iMovieHD. It’s pretty amazing that a piece of software like that just comes [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Dec 5th, 2008
For my readers in the Ann Arbor area, I wanted to let you know about the Creative Commons Happy Birthday Happy Hour that I’m helping to plan. You’re all invited. Bring your friends.
Creative Commons is turning 6, and Ann Arbor is joining the worldwide celebration! We’re having a Happy Birthday Happy Hour for all [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism, HOWTO on Oct 20th, 2008
Creative Commons offers two licenses with the No Derivatives requirement: Attribution-No Derivatives (BY-ND), and Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND).
No Derivatives licenses permit people to copy and distribute a work as long as they do not change it or create derivative works. These licenses ensure that no matter how many times a work is copied and shared, the [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism, Libraries on Oct 16th, 2008
I am thrilled to report that the University of Michigan Library has adopted Creative Commons licenses for Library-produced content.
From the press release:
The University of Michigan Library is adopting Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial licenses for all works created by the Library for which the Regents of the University of Michigan hold the copyrights. These works include [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism on Sep 18th, 2008
Good news coming out of the Creative Commons offices today.
From the press release:
The nonprofit organization Creative Commons has launched a research study that will explore differences between commercial and noncommercial uses of content, as those uses are understood among various communities and in connection with a wide variety of content. Generous support for the study [...]
Posted in Creative Commons Evangelism, HOWTO on Aug 29th, 2008
Creative Commons offers two licenses with the Share Alike requirement: Attribution-Share Alike (BY-SA), and Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike (BY-NC-SA).
The purpose of a Share Alike license is to ensure that all future adaptations and derivatives of a work carry the same permissions as the original. This way, no matter what new forms the work takes on, it will [...]
