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Open Culture Live Webinar Series
Studies, Reports, and Guidelines
2025
Open Licensing Models in the Cultural Heritage Sector (English)
This report presents a study on open licensing practices among cultural heritage institutions (CHIs), conducted by researchers at the CREATe Centre (University of Glasgow) and the Centre for Archive Studies (University of Liverpool). Funded by Creative Commons, the study explores how open licensing is applied in practice and shares potential strategies drawn from institutional experiences.
Recommended Licenses and Tools for Cultural Heritage Content (English)
The CC licenses and public domain tools are a simple and effective way for CHIs, such as museums, libraries and archives, to make heritage materials (and associated metadata) open. Navigating the right license or tool can be tricky, but if you remember only one thing, it’s that faithful digital reproductions of public domain materials must stay in the public domain — no new copyright or related right applies to the digitized version.
2024
Nudging Users to Reference Institutions When Using Public Domain Materials, Creative Commons Guidelines
English, français, italiano, 日本語, español, العربيّة, Nederlands, Shqip
Don’t be a Dinosaur; or, The Benefits of Open Culture
English, español, العربيّة
Summary – Key Benefits of Open Culture (English)
2023
Are the Creative Commons Public Domain Tools Fit-for-Purpose in the Cultural Heritage Sector? A Creative Commons Needs Assessment Report
English, français, Ελληνικά, italiano
Pioneers of Open, Three Case Studies of Library and Museum Early Adopters
English, français, Igbo, Ελληνικά, Bahasa Indonesia, Tamil
Recommended Practices for Attribution
English, Igbo, Ελληνικά, Nederlands, Bahasa Indonesia, français, Türkçe, Swahili, italiano
2022
Creative Commons Policy Guide: Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage — A Call to Action to Policymakers
English, français, Português Brasileiro, español, Hausa, Nederlands, Ελληνικά, italiano, Yoruba, Shqip, عربي, 汉语,
What are the Barriers to Open Culture? A Report by Creative Commons
English, français, cрпски, Igbo, Ελληνικά, Türkçe, Shqip, Bahasa Indonesia, Hausa
Creative Commons Policy Paper: Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage — An Agenda for Copyright Reform
English, français, Português, Ελληνικά, हिंदी, italiano, cрпски, Igbo
Video Series
Top Questions about Open Culture Answered in Short Videos
Open Culture VOICES is a series of interviews with a wide range of experts from around the world on the benefits, challenges, and transformative power of open access to cultural heritage for institutions and the public alike.
Open Culture Webinar Recordings
Ethics of Open Sharing Webinar with Creative Commons and Wiki Loves Living Heritage
ResiliArt x Mondiacult — From Access to Culture to Contemporary Creativity
3D Scanning for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Access and Revitalization — Panel Recap
Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage — Workshop Recording
Other Resources
Glossary on Open Culture/GLAM — Developed by an Open Culture Platform Working Group in 2022
Bibliography on Open Culture/GLAM — Developed by an Open Culture Platform Working Group in 2022
We Like to Share — Creative Commons community blog hosted on Medium. Here you can also submit content! Reach out to the team at info@creativecommons.org to request to join.
Open Minds Podcast: Brigitte Vézina of Creative Commons on the CC Open Culture Program (February 2022)