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The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra: a new CC cultural resource from the Getty
by Mikka Gee Conway, Uma Nair Uncategorized postOn February 8, 2017, the Getty Research Institute (GRI) in Los Angeles unveiled its first online-only exhibition, The Legacy of Ancient Palmyra.
Bipartisan Legislation Would Ensure Open Access to Government Data
by Timothy Vollmer Copyright, Open Data postIn the United States, there are two bills making their way through Congress that would require all government data to be made available in open and machine readable formats by default. The OPEN Government Data Act has been introduced in both the House of Representatives (H.R. 1770) and the Senate (S. 760). The bill would…
Global Coalition Pushes for Unrestricted Sharing of Scholarly Citation Data
by Timothy Vollmer Open Access, Open Data postThis week a coalition of scholarly publishers, researchers, and nonprofit organizations launched the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), a project to promote the unrestricted open access to scholarly citation data. From the website: Citations are the links that knit together our scientific and cultural knowledge. They are primary data that provide both provenance and an…
Balancing the budget: How a commons-based project is revolutionizing budget reporting in India
by Jennie Rose Halperin Open Data postWorking to demystify this process is at the root of the Open Budgets India project, which is fighting for a more free and open approach to budgets in India.
Law for All: Free Law Project’s Radical Approach to Legal Transparency
by Jennie Rose Halperin Licenses & Tools postWhat does open access look like for the law? Through free access to primary legal sources, the Free Law Project provides an important service to advocates, journalists, researchers, and the public. Joining with an international movement for Free Access to Law, the US-based organization helps people know their rights in an increasingly uncertain and rapidly…
Breaking down the CC Licenses
pageDistinguish between the different parts of a CC license and what they mean. Overview Creative Commons licenses are made up of four conditions that can be mixed and matched to create six different license combinations. The licenses also come in three formats: human-readable, lawyer-readable, and machine-readable. The following video from CC New Zealand is a…
Supporting Open Collaboration to Achieve Cancer Cures
by Ryan Merkley Copyright, Events, Open Data, Open Science postPhoto: Cancer Immunotherapy by National Institutes of Health, CC BY 2.0 Under the direction of Vice President Joe Biden, the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative seeks to make ten years of progress on cancer research in half that time, with a goal to end cancer in our lifetime. Today, Creative Commons will participate in Biden’s Cancer…
OER
page1. General Search 1.1 Google Many people start out looking for OER using Google. A general search with Google returns vast amounts of resources, most of which are not openly licensed for reuse. If you want to use Google to search for openly licensed resources we recommend you use Google Advanced Search. Scroll down in…
Vice President Biden: Taxpayer-funded cancer research shouldn’t sit behind walls
by Timothy Vollmer Open Data, Open Science postOn Wednesday in New Orleans, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the convening of the American Association for Cancer Research on the need to speed up scientific research, development, and collaboration that can lead to better cancer treatments. Vice President Biden is leading the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, which aims to accelerate cancer research…
How should we attribute 3D printed objects?
by Jane Park Open Culture postHow should we attribute authors of CC-licensed 3D designs once that design has been used to print a 3D physical object? The challenge of attribution, or “view source,” for 3D printed objects, is widespread in the 3D printing community, an active part of CC’s larger network. It is multi-layered and speaks to existing needs by…