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Please join us for a free webinar provided by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 11am Pacific time. In the webinar titled *Open Licensing and the Public Domain: Tools and policies to support libraries, scholars, and the public*, Timothy Vollmer will discuss the Creative Commons licenses and public domain instruments, with a particular focus on how these tools are being used within the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) sector. He'll also talk about the evolving Open Access movement--including legal and technological challenges to researchers and publishers--and how librarians and copyright experts are helping address these issues. Finally, he'll discuss the increasing role of institutional policies and funding mandates that are being adopted to support the creation and sharing of content and data in the public commons. Timothy Vollmer is Public Policy Manager for Creative Commons (CC). He coordinates public policy positions in collaboration with CC staff, international affiliate network, and a broad community of copyright experts. Timothy helps educate policymakers at all levels and across various disciplines such as education, data, science, culture, and government about copyright licensing, the public domain, and the adoption of open policies. Prior to CC, Timothy worked on information policy issues for the American Library Association in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, School of Information, and helped establish the Open.Michigan initiative. There is no need to pre-register! Just show up on October 2, at 11am Pacific (2pm Eastern) at http://ala.adobeconnect.com/copyright/