CCANZ January newsletter

2014: The Commons in Review Matt McGregor writes for Creative Commons International about NZ’s progress in 2014.

The 2015 CCANZ Road Trip Our big news for 2015 is that we’re excited to be bringing Creative Commons events to schools and heritage institutions around the country in March. These talks and workshops will supplement the roll-out of our new sector-specific toolkits, and promote the adoption of CC policies. The list of events keeps growing, so please keep an eye onour website, and get in touch to request – or volunteer to host – an event near you.

Creative Commons news Unitec’s ePress is now publishing its digital scholarly works under CC licences. The winners of the ‘GIF IT UP’ competition have been announced. The University of Canterbury’s research repositorynow has more than ten thousand openly accessible items. LINZ‘s Julian Carver has been made a fellow of the Institute for Open Leadership, which is meeting this week in California.

Latest from NZCommons There’s heaps going on at NZCommons.org.nz! Learn about how CC can help Kiwi school principals, plus CC in the world of fan fiction. We’re always keen to hear your thoughts, so please consider contributing a piece yourself.

Open Access policy in Aotearoa Our Open Access Policy Forum last year was very productive, and we’re looking to take that work forward in 2015. Please get in touch with your ideas or to learn more.

CC workshops available where you are We’re excited to once again be able to offer free introductory CC workshops around the country, presented by our team of facilitators.

CC around the world Naaema Zarif, regional coordinator for CC in the Arab world, features on Al Jazeera with our very own CC Kiwi! The new year means a host of previously copyrighted works entering the public domain. Nature journal is making some of its content more open.

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