The 2011 Creative Commons Annual Campaign is officially on. This campaign is important for Creative Commons as a global network (and ultimately for CC in NZ) and we encourage Aotearoa supporters to get involved. Creative Commons says Please join us in powering the future of openness! This year, we are offering a limited...
Open Access – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need. Open Access Week is global celebration of Open Access to scholarship and research. Institutions use this week as a designated opportunity to learn about and promote the benefits of...
Many of us have worked on really interesting projects involving Creative Commons licences. Some of us have encountered some expected and unexpected challenges along the way. Come to this meeting to share the cool projects happening right here in Wellington, and learn from each others’ mistakes and triumphs. You don’t have to have your own...
Registration is now open for the 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit in Warsaw, Poland, 16-18 September. The Conference From Creative Commons … For three days in September 2011, the Creative Commons Global Summit will bring together the CC community in Warsaw, Poland, to engage strategically on the future of our shared commons, to renew and...
We’ve created a video, just for you, which explains Creative Commons for Kiwis. You can also view and download Creative Commons Kiwi from Vimeo for sharing and remixing. A huge thanks to InternetNZ who have supported us to create this resource. We worked with Mohawk Media to create a New Zealand remix on...
How can we best provide promotion and education about Creative Commons to our community? We welcome you to visit our jurisdiction wiki page to see what we’re already planning to do over the next six months. There are lots of ways you can give us ideas and feedback about what you’d like to see us...
A lot of spontaneous Creative Commons-relevant discussion floats around in the wider Twittersphere. To keep tabs on what we’re interested in you can now follow us here on Twitter.
I’m pleased to introduce our inaugural CC Panel Members who will be contributing to Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand. Penny Carnaby, National Librarian. Penny Carnaby and The National Library have been involved with Creative Commons in New Zealand since its first planning stages and have supported its development under the Council for the Humanities. Wayne...
A message from CC International… As a supporter of Creative Commons, you recognise the importance of what we do to make knowledge easily, freely, and legally available to everyone. We are excited to announce the Catalyst Grants program, through which we will be awarding grants of $1000 to $10,000 to researchers, educators and technologists around...
The second installment of the Creative Commons Asia Pacific newsletter has arrived. Inside you’ll find a range of stories and news items from the region, including an interview of Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand by Creative Commons Australia from 2009.
