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5 Key Takeaways From “Creative Commons For Academic Librarians”, Samantha Wilairat
5 Key Takeaways From “Creative Commons For Academic Librarians”, Samantha Wilairat
Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL)
This lightning talk will cover five key takeaways from the ten week certificate course on open licensing for academic librarians offered by the Creative Commons organization. The talk will cover basic copyright principles necessary to understand the function and application of open licenses such as creative commons. The five key takeaways will be presented by a medical librarian working at an academic medical library, so the lens of the lightning talk will be focused on the needs of medical libraries. Examples for each takeaway will incorporate challenges, needs, or use cases of institutional repositories at medical institutions. During the lightning …