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1/ 🥳 EXCITING NEWS! We're thrilled to launch our brand new Open Culture VOICES Vlog 🎥 Series. A series of short interviews with #OpenGLAM (galleries, libraries, archives & museums) experts from around the world 🌎. CC's

@Brigitte_Vezina

@CMFrancoise

share what to expect 👇

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Trish Hepworth

@TrishHepworth

Do you work in #OpenGLAM or a cultural institution (#library, #archive or #museum)? What are your needs regarding Creative Commons’ tools, CC0 & the PDM? How could they be improved? Could a new tool better meet these needs? Take

Creative Commons Public Domain Tools in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums (GLAMs) - A Needs...

survey:

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Intended use: This survey will be used by Creative Commons for the purposes of analysis to inform our stewardship plans with respect to Creative Commons tools (CC0 (1.0 Universal) Public Domain...

answers these Q's: 1️⃣ What are the main benefits of #OpenGLAM? 2️⃣ What are the barriers? 3️⃣ Could you share something someone else told you that opened up your eyes & mind about #OpenGLAM? 4️⃣ Do you have a message to those hesitating to open up collections?

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ In this episode of CC's Open Culture VOICES, we hear from

Open Culture Voices Vlog Series: Medhavi Gandhi

, founder of

@theheritagelab

, a digital media platform based in India 🇮🇳 connecting citizens to cultural heritage through engaging campaigns, content & resources.

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Open Culture VOICES is a series of short interviews with open GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) experts from around the world. The Open Cult...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

@SILibraries

🗳️Help

choose their new banner! 😍 This month's options are from our copy of "Yachigusa", v. 15 from the

@NatAsianArt

Library: s.si.edu/3HkbDeB

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It's that time again! Every month, we change our headers to a new openly licensed image. We're changing our social media headers to a new, openly licensed image on 1 February. Help us decide which one of these images (

) to use by filling out our poll!

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"Designs from Kimono Pattern Books, " Biodiversity Heritage Library (ca. 1902) public domain

P.S. These illustrations are from "Yachigusa / / [chosakusha Ueno Seikō]" published by Honda Unkindō (ca. 1902). 💡 Consumers and designers used these kimono pattern designs as guides. Check out more designs from this book on

website 👉

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💬 Which image from

@SILibraries

's collection of Japanese illustrated books from the Edo and Meiji periods should we use as a header? #PublicDomain

When you make a selection it cannot be changed

1. Tweeting Birds

2. Colorful Leaves

3. Flying Birds

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👋 It's that time again! Every month, we change our headers to a new openly licensed image. We're changing our social media headers to a new, openly licensed image on 1 February. Help us decide which one of these images (🧵👇) to use by filling out our poll!

Medhavi

And 2) a Vlog with

discussing #OpenGLAM ( India + more) and quoting

@mpedson

! Thank you all for the opportunity ❤️🙏🏼

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We'll be sharing the 1st episode of Open Culture VOICES feat. @MedhaviGandhi, founder of @theheritagelab later today!

If our teaser video left you wanting more — you can watch the full series intro video here

youtu.be/w2S5Ov-7Mzo

European Fashion Heritage Association

@EurFashion

Exciting indeed, well done

@Brigitte_Vezina

! EFHA was involved to - stay tuned for more 😊

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EXCITING NEWS! We're thrilled to launch our brand new Open Culture VOICES Vlog

Series. A series of short interviews with #OpenGLAM (galleries, libraries, archives & museums) experts from around the world

. CC's @Brigitte_Vezina & @CMFrancoise share what to expect

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🎥 We'll be sharing the 1st episode of Open Culture VOICES feat.

, founder of

@theheritagelab

later today! 💡 If our teaser video left you wanting more — you can watch the full series intro video here 👇 youtu.be/w2S5Ov-7Mzo

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EXCITING NEWS! We're thrilled to launch our brand new Open Culture VOICES Vlog

Series. A series of short interviews with #OpenGLAM (galleries, libraries, archives & museums) experts from around the world

. CC's @Brigitte_Vezina & @CMFrancoise share what to expect

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2/ We're excited to bring you perspectives from dozens of experts speaking in many languages on what it's like to open up heritage content online. 🆕 Episodes will be released twice a week, until Summer 2022. 🌐 Visit the Open Culture VOICES page ➡️ bit.ly/3L0Iibe

📢 Do you work in the field of libraries, archives, museums or other cultural heritage institutions? Do you use Creative Commons' public domain tools #CC0 & #PDM to release content? Do they meet your needs? ✅ ❌ Let us know, take this quick survey 👇

Assessing cultural heritage institutions’ needs related to CC’s public domain tools - Creative...

On January 1, 2022, and throughout the month of January, Creative Commons (CC) is celebrating Public Domain Day, welcoming copyright works into the public domain, where they become freely available...

Jan 28

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Seminar: Europeana & the FAIR Principles - Goethe-Institut Indonesien

Jan 28

✨ To mark #PublicDomainDay in Indonesia 🇮🇩 TOMORROW

@goetheinstitut

Jakarta,

@wikimediaid

@CC_ID

are hosting a seminar “Europeana & the FAIR Principles” (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) w/

@EurResearch

@EuropeanaTech

. Register 👇

goethe.de

💡 Did you know we have full transcripts 📝 of our Open Minds podcast episodes? You can find text, pdf, and doc for our latest episode, with Hessel van Oorschot (

) of

here 👇

Open Minds Podcast: Hessel van Oorschot of Tribe of Noise & Free Music Archive - Creative Commons

Hi Creative Commoners! We’re back with the first episode of Open Minds�? … from Creative Commons in 2022. In this episode, CC’s Ony Anukem sits down for a conversation with Hessel van Oorschot,...

Jan 27

👋 Join us in just under an hour for the 2nd webinar of 'Ground Truth in Open Internet' 📰 — our free webinar series & training for journalists. We're exploring 'Addressing Misinformation & Disinformation Campaigns'. ⏰ 11:30 am ET / 4:30pm UTC 🎟 : bit.ly/3zVGrzn

jennryn w

@jennrynw

Jan 27

Join our free our open journalism webinar series! Today we interview

@wikimedia

: "Addressing Misinformation and Disinformation Campaigns: a Community Led Approach" January 27, 4:30 pm UTC/ 11:30 am EST bit.ly/openjournalism Register: bit.ly/3ADIl8d

Ground Truth in Open Internet: Creative Commons Open Journalism Webinar Series and Training

classy.org

Journalism provides a crucial public service. Access to verifiable information and stories that question the underlying terrain of power is critical to democratic societies. Yet, journalism as we...

Holes In the Wall Collective

@HolesinthewallC

Jan 26

Spotlight on 2021 #CSAction org

– ensuring free access to ideas & knowledge towards creative & collective good. CC makes it simple to give access to images, music, writings, ideas. With 2 billion+ entries in the #globalcommons, they’re more important than ever.

🔔 Opportunity Alert!

— the world’s 🌎 1st global network of stakeholders that fosters a holistic and innovative approach to data governance, is hiring a #ResearchAssistant! Find out more & apply before 31 January ➡️ bit.ly/33UbgZQ

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Tomorrow, CC's

will be presenting at

@SCURLScottish

Copyright & Legal Group - Winter Conference. Brigitte will discuss promoting access & reuse of cultural heritage and Creative Commons' agenda for copyright reform. 🎟 Register here ➡️

scurl.ac.uk

Events — SCURL

Communications Project Manager

Wikimedia at Work

@wikimediaatwork

Jan 26

Wikimedia Foundation is hiring: Communications Project Manager. Please check out our job posting & share with your networks: grnh.se/90b27eb91us #wikipedia #techjobs #remotejobs #nonprofitjobs #freeknowledge #hiring #globaljobs #techforgood

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During

2021, we held workshops on creating a #BetterInternet. In the breakout conversation on “Access to Information and Knowledge,” participants talked about problems, generated ideas & formulated solutions for re-imagining the internet.

Better Internet Series: Access to Information and Knowledge - Creative Commons

See our article introducing this series. This article is part of a series of five articles detailing breakout sessions from the 2021 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit related to imagining a Better...

Internet Archive

Jan 26

Great thread by scholars on the ways digital materials make their research easier and more accessible. 👇

has 6 million digitized books available online for you to borrow.

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Hilde De Weerdt

@hild_de

· Jan 26

Indeed. And thanks to national libraries & great non-profits like @internetarchive it seems that each time I am compiling footnotes the scholarship I can freely access has multiplied. For example, these foundational works on Sino-European exchanges & #18thC cultural #history: twitter.com/melissaterras/…

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Love

enables Burns' manuscripts to be made available on line #RobertBurns #BetterSharing 🎉🎊🎉

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Edinburgh Univ OERs

@OpenEdEdinburgh

· Jan 25

[Thread] Did you know that @CRC_EdUni has an extensive archive of Robert Burns' manuscript papers in the Laing Collection, many of which are available online under @creativecommons CC BY licence. images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/v #OER #BurnsDay #EdinburghsTreasures

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A Celebration Of Sound: Public Domain Day 2022 : Free Download,...

Smithsonian

@smithsonian

Jan 25

Fifty years ago today, Shirley Chisholm officially announced her candidacy for President of the United States, the first woman and first Black American to run for a major party’s nomination. This poster is in our

@NMAAHC

's collection. s.si.edu/3H51cvw #BecauseOfHerStory

Poster with a photo of Shirley Chisholm and text: Bring U.S. together / Vote Chisholm 1972 / Unbought and unbossed.

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🔔 ICYMI - the

shared a recap & recording of last week's 'Celebration of Sound' 🎶 #PublicDomainDay party! We had some amazing musical acts, dancers, historians, librarians, academics, activists and other leaders from the Open world 👇

archive.org

On January 20, 2022, the Internet Archive, Creative Commons and many other leaders from the Open world honored the treasure trove of works published in 1926...

Jan 25

📢 Do you work in #OpenGLAM or a cultural institution (#library, #archive or #museum)? We want to hear from you! 🗣 📌 What do you need from Creative Commons' tools, CC0 & the PDM? 📌 How could they be improved? 📌 Could a new tool better meet these needs? Tell us 👇

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· Jan 17

Are you a practitioner or expert working in galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs)?

We need your help to create a clearer picture of how CC's public domain tools, CC0 and the Public Domain Mark (PDM), are being used. (1/5) creativecommons.org/2022/01/17/ass

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Opportunities to work with Library Futures

Jan 25

📢 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY —

@library_futures

is hiring their 1st Community Fellow! Help to energize their coalition & support new models for community sustainability + accountability in service of their mission of equitable access to knowledge ➡️

libraryfutures.net

Opportunities

Jan 24

2/ This three-year, general operating support will help foster CC’s commitment to #BetterSharing by addressing equity gaps and unequal balances of power in the open ecosystem.

Creative Commons Receives $1M Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Advance Better Sharing -...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently allocated $1M to Creative Commons (CC) in honor of CC’s 20th Anniversary. This three-year, general operating support will help foster...

1/ We are thrilled and grateful to announce that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (

@RWJF

) recently allocated a $1M grant to Creative Commons to advance #BetterSharing in honor of CC’s 20th Anniversary. Read more on the CC blog 👇

Creative Commons Receives $1M Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Advance Better Sharing -...

YES 🙌 To achieve universal access to education 📚 we MUST recognize education as a global public good. #BetterSharing #OpenEducation

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UNESCO

#Education #Sciences #Culture

@UNESCO

· Jan 24

On #EducationDay, retweet if you really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really want #Education recognized as a global public good!

on.unesco.org/2QJRWlq

Jan 24

📚 EDUCATION = ⚖️ POWER 24 January is #EducationDay

@UNESCO

It’s time to transform learning to #PowerEducation for future generations! #OpenEducation & #BetterSharing are key to this transformation. Learn about CC's Open Education program ➡️ bit.ly/3nS4Ilf

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Cable Green

@cgreen

Jan 21

To address #highered students’ basic needs,

@usedgov

released guidance on how a new $198 million grant can be used for

Colleges can spend $198M in new relief funding on basic needs - EdScoop

licensed open educational resources (#OER) and other efforts to support student success. Learn more: bit.ly/3qQB95e #EdTech #edequity

edscoop.com

Digital services, open educational resources and teletherapy are all eligible for grant funding, federal education officials said.

Jan 21

📢 Do you work in the field of libraries, archives, museums or other cultural heritage institutions? Do you use

' public domain tools #CC0 & #PDM to release content? Do they fit your needs? ✅ ❌ Let us know, take this quick survey👇

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· Jan 17

Are you a practitioner or expert working in galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs)?

We need your help to create a clearer picture of how CC's public domain tools, CC0 and the Public Domain Mark (PDM), are being used. (1/5) creativecommons.org/2022/01/17/ass

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Jan 21

This is adorable 😍

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@SILibraries

· Jan 21

It's #SquirrelAppreciationDay, so forgive us if we go a little nuts. This illustration originally appeared as "Common Flying Squirrel" in "Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856 Agriculture": s.si.edu/3rzw5RX We took some liberties with the cape

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Internet Archive

Jan 20

LIVE NOW: At #PublicDomainDay 2022 is

@beefoo

, creator of Citizen DJ that uses PD music for on-the-spot remixing. But that's not all!

@Beefoo

mixes #PublicDomain images w/ his tool PaperKingdom, as well:

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brian foo

@beefoo

· Feb 1, 2021

Playing around with digital collage using public domain scientific illustrations from the @BioDivLibrary + open source painting software @Krita_Painting . I made custom brushes to try for yourself! paperkingdom.brianfoo.com

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Catherine Stihler

@C_Stihler

Jan 20

Celebrating our Public Domain. Thanks to all the sponsors 🎉🎊🎉

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