The Creative Commons Summit 2019, held in Lisbon, Portugal
Prodip Roy (ALIA DCP), Member, The Creative Commons Global Network
Lisbon, May 12, 2019
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan Ter
The Creative Commons Summit 2019 was held in Lisbon, Portugal. Creative Commons Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ryan Markley inaugurated the summit and it continues till Saturday, 11 May 2019.
Many people came together from around the world to participate in the Creative Commons Global Summit. The gathering was a chance for CC network members, digital rights activists, open content creators, and commons advocates to meet together, share information, and collaborate on projects. Since 2015, the CC Global Summit has nearly doubled in size. The Summit has grown every year as hundreds of leading activists, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, technologists, and more have joined for discussion and debate, workshops and planning, talks and community building.

A library is a mirror to show the reflection of culture and civilization of the world and in this sense academic libraries working to make sense clear. Academic libraries in Bangladesh working with the curricula of the institutions and carrying the information and materials to accelerates the knowledge of the community. Library and information professionals in Bangladesh working with the highest intellectual’s level but their work and effort not recognized in a fruitful manner.



CIRDAP Aziz-ul Haq Library celebrated International Open Access Week (OA) on 28th October 2018. The International Open Access Week (OA) was celebrating all over the world during 22-28 October every year. Open access (OA) refers to free, unrestricted online access to research outputs such as journal articles and books. OA content is open to all, with no access fees. A global event is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.
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