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Open Educational Resources: Creative Commons

This guide introduces OER, reasons for their utilization, and resources for their discovery.

Overview of Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.

-- From Creative Commons website

Choosing and Attributing Licenses

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Lansing Community College (LCC) Library Research Guide on Open Educational Resources (OER) by Regina Gong is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Thanks also to librarian colleagues at Trinity College & Connecticut College, especially Ariela McCaffrey, for modeling OER advocacy.