B-1 CreativeCommons.org: Publishing in the Digital Age

Learn about the copyright challenges facing librarians today and in the future, and how initiatives like CreativeCommons can help. This program will present the projects developed by CreativeCommons, such as copyright licenses free for public use, metadata to access works, public ownership of information, and consider how librarians can apply these ideas and tools to their own digital projects.

Speakers

Sheri H. Lewis coordinator
Associate Law Librarian for Public Services, University of Chicago Library
Elisabeth M. Long speaker 1
Co-Director, Digital Library Development Center, University of Chicago Library
Glenn Otis Brown speaker 2
Executive Director, Creative Commons; Lecturer, Stanford Law School

Resources

http://www.CreativeCommons.org
All about the Creative Commons: learn more about the organization and its activities, use Creative Commons licenses, metadata, and technologies, get Creative Commons licensed content.
http://dldc.lib.uchicago.edu/talks/2004/aall-creativecommons/creativecommons-el2.ppt
Slides from Elisabeth Long's portion of the the AALL presentation