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Copyright Resource Guide for Faculty

This guide is intended to provide information and guidance to help you determine if the uses you'd like to make of copyrighted materials are allowed by law and to direct you to support at the College

Creative Commons at SUNY Broome Community College

Have you created works while working at the College that you would like to license with a Creative Commons license?  

Which license should you choose?

Faculty who are licensing their materials with a Creative Commons license, usually for the purpose of sharing those materials as Open Educational Resources, should consider using the CC-BY license, which is the attribution-only license. This license is the most open and has the least possibility of having downstream effects that prevent users from using and adapting your materials. There are, though, many issues at play when choosing a license and you should make choices based on your particular situation.  It is suggested that faculty avoid selecting a "No-Derivs" license. This license term prevents downstream users from adapting your work in any way, thus greatly reducing its usefulness as an OER.

Marking your work

The Creative Commons site provides information about marking your work so that others will know it is available for use under Creative Commons. Please remember to credit SUNY Broome Community College as the copyright owner in cases where the work is owned by SUNY Broome Community College. You can also provide your name as the creator or author of the work.