"The authoritative source for learning about using creative commons licenses and advocating for their use in your academic community ... The figures are eye-opening: more than 1.6 billion works on 9 million websites are licensed under Creative Commons (CC). These materials constitute an extraordinarily rich repository for teaching, learning, sharing, and creative reuse. Knowing your way around CC will help you make the most of the Open Access (OA) and open educational resources (OER) movements. This book represents the first-ever print complement to the CC Certificate program, providing in-depth coverage of CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons"--Publisher's website.

What is Creative Commons? --Copyright law -- Anatomy of a CC license -- Using CC licenses and CC-licensed works -- Creative Commons for librarians and educators.