Can I Have Them on Long Loan? BL Sets Free 3m Bibliographic Records

The British Library has made available three million records from the British National Bibliography under a Creative Commons CC0 public domain licence.  The BNB has been keeping records of publishing activity in the UK and Ireland since 1950, and the newly-released information has been issued under a CC0 waiver making it freely available for reuse and adaptation.  As well as demonstrating the power of Creative Commons licences, these may also provide a useful resource for the academic world.  For more details, visit http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/24973, and for more information on Creative Commons licensing and open educational resources, visit http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Projects/OERIPRSupport.aspx.

Posted on 06/01/2011

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