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Currently this is a scratchpad for referencing known uses of CC licensing and material by the collections and cultural sectors - ie museums, libraries, archives and galleries. Please add to the list and turn compelling uses into Case Studies.

Armenia

Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Science of Armenia

Australia

The Powerhouse Museum

The National Library of Australia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Collections Council of Australia

  • has launched the beta of a digital storytelling initiative, Now and Then, that requires contributors to CC license

State Library of Queensland

  • incorporate CC licensed material (and in particular photographs) into their digital storytelling collection

Canada

Annecdotal evidence suggests that some University libraries offer Creative Commons licensing options in their Institutional Repositories. More research is required in this field.

Germany

Bundesarchiv - the German Federal Archive

  • released 100,000 photographs under CC BY-SA for free reuse on Wikicommons and saw sales of prints of the photographs double (see slides here)

The Land Library of Saxony - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)

Netherlands

Tropenmuseum

  • has collaborated with the local Wikimedia community, to document materials in the museum’s collection (eg through photography) and upload this material to Wikicommons (see slides here)
  • and so have 45 other museums in the Netherlands; the full list is also available on the Wiki Loves Art website.

United Kingdom

Staffordshire Hoard

  • In July 2009, an Anglo-Saxon treasure was found in a field near Birmingham, UK. Since mid-September photographs of the items have been on display on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157622378376316/ Some photos are under BY-NC, others under BY-NC-SA.

United States

The Library of Congress

Brooklyn Museum

  • On October 30th, 2009, Brooklyn Museum opened Who Shot Rock & Roll, an exhibition commemorating photographers and their creative role in rock & roll history. To celebrate, the museum has teamed up with Chris Stein for a companion musical project called Who Shot Drums and Bass. Its eight original songs are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. Brooklyn Museum is asking remixers to download the tracks from its Soundcloud page and remix them for the Who Shot Rock & Roll: Remix! contest. Details on the Brooklyn Museum website. (Info from Creative Commons Blog)