CC News: British Columbia Embraces Open Textbooks
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British Columbia has just announced a groundbreaking open textbook policy, providing for open textbooks for 40 popular college courses. |
It’s open access week! Join Creative Commons and dozens of other organizations as we celebrate the OA movement. |
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On October 5, Creative Commons and P2PU convened community advocates and policy leaders to lay the curriculum framework for the School of Open. |
On Ada Lovelace Day, CC CEO Cathy Casserly reflects on the importance of women in science and technology. |
In other news:
- Cost of reusing educational materials developed by grantees? $0. The US Departments of Labor and Education make a big investment in open educational resources.
- Geoscience Australia recently announced that it will license all images from the Landsat 8 satellite under CC BY. Australia’s partnership with the United States in the Landsat program is a perfect example of why it’s important to use a license that’s open and internationally applicable.
- Our friends at the Free Music Archive are holding a video remix contest. Get your entry in by November 4! And stay tuned: next month, we’ll be announcing a special music contest in celebration of CC’s tenth anniversary.
- It’s official: Wikimedia’s Wiki Loves Monuments is the world’s largest photo competition.
- CC’s Tim Vollmer writes about HowOpenIsIt?, a new reference guide for understanding open access standards.
- Not only is this Open Access Week; it’s also Pro Bono Week. CC’s legal team takes a moment to say thanks.