Dear colleagues,


[Please excuse cross-posting.]


For those of you seeking a wonderful professional development opportunity,
please see below:


Registration
<https://www.classy.org/event/2026-cc-certificate-course-registration/e720698>
 is open for the next round of CC Certificate courses, starting 1 June. Whether
you seek support for open licensing, or a better understanding of open
efforts and related considerations, CC Certificate
<https://certificates.creativecommons.org/> courses are available to
everyone. Each course provides the key building blocks for open licensing
efforts in just 10 weeks.


Join the CC Certificate for Educators, CC Certificate for Academic
Librarians, or CC Certificate for Open Culture and 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 efforts, such as accessibility needs,
   open education and AI, open cultural heritage, OA research and scholarly
   publishing, and more.

Beyond the basics, CC courses connect participants to kindred colleagues,
copyright, and open access experts around the world, including our alumni
community of 2,393 people in 73 countries.


Register
<https://www.classy.org/event/2026-cc-certificate-course-registration/e720698>
by
25 May and get CC Certified in our June courses!


We understand some 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/>
.


Best,
-Shanna
Shanna Hollich, Learning and Training Manager at Creative Commons
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