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What Is Creative Commons, And Should You Use It? While writing out your next academic paper, you look online for various images which are appropriate for what you’re talking about. Once you find something you like, you simply copy and paste it because, hey, who’s stopping you? More than likely, doing this is technically illegal. To make things easier on both content creators and consumers, Lawrence Lessig created the suite of Creative Commons licenses, a set of copyright licenses which clarify what you can do with content licensed with one of those licenses. So, how can finding Creative Commons-licensed material to use keep you legally safe? What Makes It Illegal? Whenever you find an image (or any online content, for that matter), there’s a good chance that it either:has a license which forbids you to use ithas no license at all Assuming that you didn’t ask for prior permission to use the content, it’s illegal to use it if either of these two cases applies. Use a Creative Commons License! What Exactly Is Defined As Commercial Use?

Page d'accueil de la Bibliothèque numérique mondiale Databases UCL Library Services provides access to a wide range of databases. These are available for use by UCL staff and students both on and off-site within the terms of the license agreements. Off-site users will need to login using their UCL username and passwords. Lists of databases Databases can also be accessed via Explore and MetaLib using the sfx button to access full-text if it is available. MetaLib can be used to identify resources relevant to a particular area of research or study, and it can be used to "cross-search" groups of these resources. See the MetaLib User Guide for more information. For additional help accessing Databases via MetaLib please see our FAQs, or contact the E-Resources team.

Free To Use and Share: Resources To Help Teach Kids (and Adults!) About Copyright and Creative Commons I've gotten a few requests lately for resources on how to teach kids (and adults!) about copyright. I've written before about how I don't think any lesson on copyright can be effective without an emphasis on creative commons and helping students choose licenses for their own work. To that end, I've also written before about how much love Edcanvas - a tool which recently changed its name to Blendspace. Enjoy! Direct link to this blendspace.

17 Mind Blowing Libraries From Around The World Most people probably think that libraries are all about being quiet, studying for tests and finding places to hang out with your friends... but there's more to libraries than just that. Take these photos for example of incredible architecture and design. No, these aren't scenes from dramatic movies or prototypes of what libraries could look like. 1.) Imgur 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) (Strahov Monastery Library in Prague) 9.) 10.) 11.) 12.) 13.) 14.) 15.) 16.) 17.) Libraries aren't just about getting shushed.

Electronic Databases - University Library - UC Davis Skip Navigation Bar Databases By Broad Area Catalogs & Databases Find My Account Quick Links Skip News Bar Catalogs & Databases Databases A-Z All Databases Find Database Titles... in or OR Beginning With: OR Alphabetical List: There are 876 databases in the Many of these Electronic Databases are paid for by the UC Davis Libraries and are subject to copyright and license restrictions. Suggestions — Website Problems The Best Children's Books! Bookshelf Porn Banned Books Online presents Welcome to this special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. The books featured here, ranging from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood, have been selected from the indexes of The Online Books Page. (See that page for more than 3 million more online books!) Please inform onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu of any new material that can be included here. Note that the listings are meant to be representative rather than exhaustive. October 1 - 7 is Banned Books Week. Books Suppressed or Censored by Legal Authorities Ulysses by James Joyce was selected by the Modern Library as the best novel of the 20th century, and has received wide praise from other literature scholars, including those who have defended online censorship. In 1930, U.S. John Cleland's Fanny Hill (also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) has been frequently suppressed since its initial publication in 1749. The Comstock law also forbade distribution of birth control information.

50 Essential Sites and People for School Librarians - Librarian Lisa Here are my top 50 essential websites, people, or blog posts for school librarians. These are people and sites to which I consistently return. Some of the entries below are skewed towards California school libraries, but I think they’re beneficial for anyone. Listed in no particular order. American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Did I leave out your favorite website or person?

Smithsonian Libraries Education Resources Information Center National Library of South Africa - Catalogue: Basic Search Skip to content My Library Basic Keyword Search - Entire Collection IMPORTANT NOTICE: We are currently experiencing problems with the Journal Title Search function. More Search Options Latest Books ReceivedList of Newspapers on Microfilm About Collections The NLSA is not a lending library. We encourage you to preorder material where appropriate. Basic Keyword Search - Cape Town Collection About Collections Reference Section journalsnewspapersmagazinespost-1850 printed books Special Collections manuscriptsmusic and rare books (pre-1851 printed books) Basic Keyword Search - Pretoria Collection Multimedia Room microformsmultimedia Basic Keyword Search - SANB Collection The SANB is a comprehensive record of South Africas published documentary heritage and includes: monographspamphletsgovernment publicationsmicroformsmapselectronic mediavideosperiodicalsnewspaperspublished conference proceedingsSouth African standards and specifications, etc. Basic Keyword Search - Visual Collection

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