Dear all,


[Please excuse cross posting.]


For those of you with the bandwidth for professional development, please
see below:


Registration
<https://www.classy.org/event/2026-cc-certificate-course-registration/e720698/register/new/select-tickets?c_src=email&c_src2=certjan26code>
is
open for our first CC Certificate courses for 2026. Whether you seek
support for open licensing, or a better understanding of open efforts and
related considerations, such as: OER, accessibility, open access, or openly
licensing your digital collections, our CC Certificate
<https://certificates.creativecommons.org/> courses provide the key
building blocks to support you in just 10 weeks. Register
<https://www.classy.org/event/2026-cc-certificate-course-registration/e720698/register/new/select-tickets?c_src=email&c_src2=certjan26code>
 for our next CC Certificate course to gain insight and support.


In our course, you will learn the basics of:

   -

   Copyright
   -

   The public domain
   -

   Limitations and exceptions to copyright such as fair use
   -

   CC licenses and how to use them
   -

   Additional considerations in open access efforts, such as accessibility
   needs, traditional knowledge efforts, data and AI


Beyond the basics, CC courses connect participants to kindred colleagues,
copyright, and open access experts around the world, including our alumni
community of over 2,200 people in 71 countries.


Participants note the CC Certificate helps them become local experts for
open licensing at their institutions and better engage in open movements,
globally. If you’d like to hear more about what to expect directly from a
course graduate, contact [log in to unmask], and we’ll
connect you!


Register today
<https://www.classy.org/event/2026-cc-certificate-course-registration/e720698/register/new/select-tickets?c_src=email&c_src2=certjan26code>
, and start 2026 off strong with CC Certification! Our next courses run
January 26 to April 5, 2026.


We understand many people would like to join our courses but cannot at this
time. In case it helps, our course content is openly licensed and freely
available
<https://creativecommons.org/about/cc-certificate-program/certificate-resources/>.
And, thanks to generous funding by the Arcadia Foundation, we are able to
offset the cost of the January CC Certificate for Open Culture courses by
60%. To access this reduced rate use the scholarship code Y5OC60 with
registration. *Important note: this discount applies to Open Culture
courses only* (not to Educators or Academic Librarians courses).


Please share this email with your colleagues who may be interested!


Best,

-Shanna

===
Shanna Hollich, MLIS
[log in to unmask]
Pronouns: they/them