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CC Open Science: 2024 Year in Review
Open Climate, Open Science
Science by Steve Rotman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Science by Steve Rotman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Access to science is a fundamental human right, and yet, much of that public good is inaccessible because of paywalls and limited in its reuse because of restrictive copyright licenses. The CC licenses are an essential part of open science infrastructure and provide a legal…
CC Open Culture: 2024 Year in Review
Open Culture, Open Heritage
Interesting Story by Laura Muntz Lyall. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Interesting Story by Laura Muntz Lyall. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. With new publications, events, and the launch of a new coalition, the CC Open Culture Program accomplished a lot! Here are some highlights: At the Open Culture Strategic Workshop in Lisbon, Portugal, we gathered nearly 50 experts from every continent to co-create a strategic…
CC Learning and Training: 2024 Year in Review
CC Certificate, Licenses & Tools
People Walking on Brown Concrete Floor by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz . Public Domain.
People Walking on Brown Concrete Floor by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz . Public Domain. Creative Commons training efforts strengthen our mission to “empower individuals and communities around the world through technical, legal, and policy solutions that enable the sharing of education, culture, and science in the public interest.” In 2024, our Learning & Training team focused…
CC Open Education: 2024 Year in Review
Open Education
Photo of Empty Classroom by Diana. Public Domain.
Photo of Empty Classroom by Diana. Public Domain. The Open Education program at Creative Commons works to support CC’s mission through education, advocacy, and outreach on using open licenses and open licensing policies to maximize the benefits of open education (content, practices and policy). We work closely with governments, educational institutions and organizations to open…
From Recommendations to Implementation: Increasing Access to Climate Data for Earth Intelligence
Open Access, Open Climate, Open Science
"Earth" by Kevin Gill is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Screenshot by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Earlier this year, Creative Commons published our Recommendations for Better Sharing of Climate Data, a seminal resource to help national and intergovernmental climate data-producing agencies use legal terms, licenses, and metadata values that ensure climate data is accessible, shareable, and reusable. Our goal is to…
Welcoming Angela Oduor Lungati as CC Board Chair
About CC
"Yellow Chair, The High Line" by Shawn Hoke is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
“Yellow Chair, The High Line” by Shawn Hoke is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Creative Commons (CC) has—and continues to be—fortunate to have an expert and passionate board of directors, many of whom have been instrumental to the success of CC at both the organizational level, as well as nationally and regionally. A healthy board…
Open Movement’s Common(s) Causes
Community, Events
“Open movement’s common(s)
causes: Report from a Wikimania 2024 side event is licensed via CC BY 4.0.
This report maps current threats and opportunities facing the open movement, based on the ongoing work of the organizations behind the Common(s) Cause event, which took place in Katowice, Poland, as a pre-conference event for Wikimania 2024 on August 6, 2024. The meeting was organized by Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Future, and Wikimedia…
Top Questions about Open Culture Answered in Five Short Videos
Open Culture, Open Heritage
Autumn Landscape by Magnus Ecknell is marked with CC0 1.0.
Autumn Landscape by Magnus Ecknell is marked with CC0 1.0. We are excited to share a new video series titled Open Culture Capsules. In this multi-series video collection, we address some of the most frequently asked questions about our work in Creative Commons’ (CC) Open Culture Program. You can preview the series below and find…
Meet the Recipients of the Fall 2024 CC Certificate Scholarship
CC Certificate, Licenses & Tools
School by Thomas Hawk is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
School by Thomas Hawk is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. The Creative Commons (CC) Certificate courses are widely considered an essential resource for open access education and for increasing capacity for individuals and institutions using the CC licenses to increase open access. The CC Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and…
Creative Commons Launches TAROCH Coalition for Open Access to Cultural Heritage
Open Culture, Open Heritage
“ The Launch of Blanchard's Balloon at The Hague in 1785
” is marked with CC BY 1.0.
Creative Commons (CC) is proud to launch the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a collaborative effort to achieve the adoption of a UNESCO standard-setting instrument to improve open access to cultural heritage. We are grateful to the Arcadia Fund for supporting this initiative. Below we share an overview of TAROCH and…