Creative Commons is well known and our licences are widely used. The 2014 State of the Commons report provides an overview of the wealth of resources that are available under a Creative Commons licence. In 2015 it is anticipated that…
Open Educational Resources (OER) Toolkit for Teachers, Curriculum and eLearning Developers
The National Copyright Unit (NCU), with help from the Australian Government Open Access and Licensing Framework (AusGOAL), has produced an Open Educational Resources (OER) Toolkit for Teachers, Curriculum and eLearning Developers. The Toolkit can be found on the Smartcopying website…
International Open Access Week 2015
This week is International Open Access Week.
MUSEUM VICTORIA COLLECTIONS
The launch of MUSEUM VICTORIA COLLECTIONS portal has opened up public access to the Museum’s collection records and images. “As well as providing lots of information, there are more than 150,000 images on the site. Over 80,000 were taken by…
Think before using photographs from the internet
A recent news piece from ABC Australia highlights the legal troubles people can get into when reusing images found on the web. Photographers can take legal action against infringers of their works, from social media users to large commercial enterprises.…
Sharing Cultural Heritage!
The FAIR COOKING FOR COPYRIGHT campaign raises extremely important issues for the preservation and sharing of cultural heritage in an engaging and democratic way typical of libraries. The FAIR campaign points out the treasure trove of cultural heritage contained in…
Carina State School: A Creative Commons Community!
On Saturday, 20 June, Carina State School, a primary school in Brisbane, Queensland, held its first carnival in 16 years, and it also set a new standard for Australian schools by being an exemplar Creative Commons Community. The school held…
Smartcopying unveils revamped OER and CC information for Open Education Week 9-13 March 2015
Smartcopying, the must go to website for all Australian schools and TAFE educators with a query about accessing, reusing or sharing materials, is unveiling revamped and updated information pages on OER and CC to mark Open Education Week. Smartcopying is…
State of the Commons
Creative Commons has released a report that demonstrates the impact that free and open content is making globally Announcing the findings of the report Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley said “Today, we’re releasing a new report that we think you…
State Library of Queensland makes thousands of images available for free download
The State Library of Queensland has opened up free access to 60 000 high-resolution out-of-copyright and Creative Commons licencsed photographs: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/home