[Cc-nz] Report on
Sam Searle
sam.searle at mcs.vuw.ac.nz
Mon Nov 26 19:55:02 EST 2007
Those involved in CC-NZ and with an interest in the heritage sector
might be interested in a recently released report from the Eduserv
Foundation:
Snapshot study on the use of open content licences in the UK cultural
heritage sector
http://www.eduserv.ac.uk/upload/foundation/studies/cc2007/final.pdf
Of ~100 organisations responding to a web-based survey, most had digital
content online (usually images and text). 59 respondents were aware of
Creative Archive or Creative Commons, but only 10 were using a CA or CC
licence for some of their content. Another 12 have plans to use a CA or
CC licence in the future, and 29 respondents were assessing (informally
or formally) the impact of making content available using open content
licenses so hopefully that means the ball is rolling, if a little more
slowly than many would like...
CC-UK licenses were launched 2 years ago, so this level of awareness and
usage might be an interesting benchmark as we move forwards.
Cheers
Sam
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Sam Searle
E-Research Development Coordinator
Room 242, Cotton Building
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Tel +64 4 463 6613 Fax +64-4-463 5045
E-mail sam.searle at vuw.ac.nz
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