A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Creative Commons Workshop Implications and Issues for the Information Professional Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath UKOLN is supported by: About This Talk Aims: To explore the implications of Create Commons for the information professional About This Talk Aims: To explore the implications of Create Commons for the information professional This work is licensed under a Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Resources related to this talk are bookmarked in del.icio.us using the hefce ' tag

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 2 Creative Commons & Copyright Do Creative Commons licences change the nature of copyright? No – copyright remains exactly as it was and is.

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 3 Creative Commons and Licensor Rights Do Creative Commons licences change the set of rights that may be licensed by the copyright holder, the licensor? No – the set of available rights remains exactly as it was and is.

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 4 Creative Commons and Licensee Rights Do Creative Commons licences change the set of permissions available to the licensee? No – the set of permission available remains the same

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 5 Impact If copyright doesn't change, and the set of available rights for the licensor and licensee does not change, then what is the likely impact of Creative Commons? Knowledge – as creative commons licences become widespread amongst the user community they will create different expectations of information professionals.

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 6 User Expectations Users will begin to expect clearly understandable licences licence suites – a small set of different licences for different uses similar licences as they use elsewhere (especially on the Internet) knowledgeable guidance from their local information professionals access search by licence conditions

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 7 User Expectations Users will begin to expect clearly understandable licences licence suites – a small set of different licences for different uses similar licences as they use elsewhere (especially on the Internet) knowledgeable guidance from their local information professionals access search by licence conditions

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 8 Impact on Information Professionals Information professionals will want to Have clear examples to hand as to how to use Creative Commons licences direction, in combination, and in conjunction with material that does not have a CC licence. Consider metadata schemes for capturing licence use on a per item basis. Be wary of technological solutions to digital rights management as these violate the Creative Commons licence

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 9 Issues for Information Professional Key participants in creative culture Guardians of the commons Digital rights management versus digital rights expression

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 10 Issues for You? What are the issues you anticipate?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk 11 Questions? Any questions