CINXE.COM
Creative Commons | UC Berkeley Library
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr" prefix="og: https://ogp.me/ns#"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <link rel="shortlink" href="https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/creative-commons" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/creative-commons" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="UC Berkeley Library" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ucb_library_logo_fb.jpg" /> <meta property="og:image:url" content="https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ucb_library_logo_fb.jpg" /> <meta property="og:image:type" content="img/jpeg" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@UCBerkeleyLib" /> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Creative Commons" /> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ucb_library_logo_fb.jpg" /> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="urpPZF5qMLnGiyoFinT0O9gx4JzddAS2DEp4mOZ1f18" /> <meta name="Generator" content="Drupal 10 (https://www.drupal.org)" /> <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="width" /> <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" /> <title>Creative Commons | UC Berkeley Library</title> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png"> <link rel="mask-icon" href="/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5"> <link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest" crossorigin="use-credentials"> <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff"> <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/sites/default/files/css/css_FepUXlMAIn44HUSdBCBalZds3bqtah7rN8TZH1-ublk.css?delta=0&language=en&theme=ucblibrary&include=eJyFjUEOgzAMBD8U4jetjUupHFxlQZDfV-2JW287mpHWAuSQLWcvlt1l7scbUfHCVR657Tid2Vxuu56uX-TfoPK5tsLB3Zso6OUwjVU7-hD7XdfmJBbnXS2RipiM_ADDRD7P" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.5.1/css/all.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.13.1/css/v4-shims.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/sites/default/files/css/css_y_WBwffPuINzr_1qOrflPdioPGn5YJ4yIk5iw4mOe_c.css?delta=3&language=en&theme=ucblibrary&include=eJyFjUEOgzAMBD8U4jetjUupHFxlQZDfV-2JW287mpHWAuSQLWcvlt1l7scbUfHCVR657Tid2Vxuu56uX-TfoPK5tsLB3Zso6OUwjVU7-hD7XdfmJBbnXS2RipiM_ADDRD7P" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="//use.typekit.net/ooq8hdx.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/sites/default/files/css/css_NUR1YLu_peDnV4M3xUE1TUH8i8Qv6tLgwEDpyLe0DUY.css?delta=5&language=en&theme=ucblibrary&include=eJyFjUEOgzAMBD8U4jetjUupHFxlQZDfV-2JW287mpHWAuSQLWcvlt1l7scbUfHCVR657Tid2Vxuu56uX-TfoPK5tsLB3Zso6OUwjVU7-hD7XdfmJBbnXS2RipiM_ADDRD7P" /> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"node\/176","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","gtag":{"tagId":"","consentMode":false,"otherIds":[],"events":[],"additionalConfigInfo":[]},"suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"ajaxPageState":{"libraries":"eJyFjs0OwjAMg1-otI-E0i6ETumC6kyjb8_PZQMhcbHszz64KAEjLTZxuNjitDGscTr4uHF-RfwdRFxrC2ImymcnSfKU7xxppvsnbAFOXuG1IE19vZHGnQQMOLeUCRzWkrXmTn2k8r4eGwMkjGMlapn0VPCLzngAThZf1g","theme":"ucblibrary","theme_token":null},"ajaxTrustedUrl":{"form_action_p_pvdeGsVG5zNF_XLGPTvYSKCf43t8qZYSwcfZl2uzM":true},"gtm":{"tagId":null,"settings":{"data_layer":"dataLayer","include_classes":false,"allowlist_classes":"","blocklist_classes":"","include_environment":false,"environment_id":"","environment_token":""},"tagIds":["GTM-PFWWZFW"]},"statistics":{"data":{"nid":"176"},"url":"\/core\/modules\/statistics\/statistics.php"},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"2d86a627e3662e2f262bf1a58a6fa119c82368afafa70907c728031f04f5564b"}}</script> <script src="/sites/default/files/js/js_h5A5PHDMExNhOXlpS6p3dE6buBBfiZtv1vXUCmbnoZc.js?scope=header&delta=0&language=en&theme=ucblibrary&include=eJxVyEEKgDAMBdEL1fZI8lMlpERSmhT09rqTbgbmsRnruQe48JfE62c03CteyQMhHlK9HGN2aP4lzUoqNDCewmoE3Zq_yYEnOg"></script> <script src="/modules/contrib/google_tag/js/gtag.js?ssaiuz"></script> <script src="/modules/contrib/google_tag/js/gtm.js?ssaiuz"></script> </head> <body class="path-node page-node-type-basic-page"> <a href="#main-content" class="visually-hidden focusable skip-link"> Skip to main content </a> <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-PFWWZFW" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript> <div class="dialog-off-canvas-main-canvas" data-off-canvas-main-canvas> <div class="layout-container"> <div class="top-bar"> <div class="region region-top-navigation"> <nav aria-labelledby="block-topbarmenu-menu" id="block-topbarmenu" class="block block-menu navigation menu--top-bar-menu"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-topbarmenu-menu">Top bar menu</h2> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/16718">About</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/give-now" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/19228">Make a gift</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <header> <div class="region region-header"> <div id="block-sitebranding" class="block block-system block-system-branding-block"> <a href="/" rel="home" class="site-logo"> <img role="img" src="/themes/custom/ucblibrary/logo.svg" alt="UC Berkeley Library Home" /> </a> </div> <div class="header-buttons"> <button class="search" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="visually-hidden">Show Search</span> <i class="fas fa-search"></i> </button> <button class="mobile-menu" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="visually-hidden">Show Menu</span> <i class="fas fa-bars"></i> </button> </div> <nav aria-labelledby="block-mainmenu-menu" id="block-mainmenu" class="block block-menu navigation menu--main"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-mainmenu-menu">Main menu</h2> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <button aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Visit us</button> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/hours" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/17492">Locations + hours</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit/print-scan" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18410">Print + scan</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://berkeley.libcal.com/">Book a study space</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://events.berkeley.edu/Library">Events + exhibits</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/visit" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18445">Visit us</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <button aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Find + borrow</button> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://search.library.berkeley.edu/discovery/search?vid=01UCS_BER%3AUCB">Search for books + more</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/find/borrow-renew" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/16717">Borrow + renew</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/find/collections" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18540">Collections</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/find/course-reserves" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18383">Course reserves</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/find" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18530">Find + borrow</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <button aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Get help</button> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://ucberkeley.libanswers.com/">24/7 chat + FAQs</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/help/subject-librarians" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/44">Find a subject librarian</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/help/disability-resources" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18333">Disability assistance</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/help/staff-directory" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/17493">Staff directory</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/help" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18389">Get help</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded"> <button aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Research</button> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu">Research guides</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/research/teach-learn" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18550">Teaching + learning</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/research/scholarly-communication" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18579">Copyright + publishing</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://berkeley.libcal.com/appointments">Book a research appointment</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/research" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18545">Research support</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item-my-library"> <button class="button-my-library" role="link"> <i class="fas fa-user-circle"></i> My Library <span class="visually-hidden">: goes to UC Library Search website</span> </button> </li> <li> <button aria-haspopup="true" class="search" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="visually-hidden">Show Search</span> </button> <ul class="menu menu-search"> <li class="search-list-item"> <form class="library-search-form" id="menu-search-form"> <label for="search_terms_nav">Search Terms</label> <input id="search_terms_nav" type="text" name="search_terms" placeholder="Articles, books, and more" /> <label for="search_type_nav">Search Type</label> <select name="search_type" id="search_type_nav"> <option value="books_articles">Books + articles</option> <option value="databases">Databases</option> <option value="journals">Journals</option> <option value="digital_collections">Digital collections</option> <option value="website">This website</option> </select> <input class="search-form-submit" type="submit" value="Search" /> </form> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="mobile-search-bar"> <form class="library-search-form" id="library-mobile-search-form"> <label for="search_terms_mobile">Search Terms</label> <input type="text" id="search_terms_mobile" name="search_terms" placeholder="Articles, books, and more" /> <label for="mobile_search_type">Search Type</label> <select name="search_type" id="mobile_search_type"> <option value="books_articles">Books & articles</option> <option value="databases">Databases</option> <option value="journals">Journals</option> <option value="website">This website</option> </select> <input class="search-form-submit" type="submit" value="Search"> </form> </div> </nav> <nav aria-labelledby="block-topbarmenu-2-menu" id="block-topbarmenu-2" class="mobile block block-menu navigation menu--top-bar-menu"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-topbarmenu-2-menu">Top Bar Menu mobile</h2> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/about" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/16718">About</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/give/give-now" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/19228">Make a gift</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </header> <main> <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="layout-content node-176"> <div class="region region-breadcrumb"> <div id="block-ucblibrary-breadcrumbs" class="block block-system block-system-breadcrumb-block"> <nav class="breadcrumb" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <p id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden">Breadcrumb</p> <ol> <li> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="/about">About</a> </li> <li> Creative Commons </li> </ol> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="block block-core block-page-title-block"> <h1 class="page-title">Creative Commons</h1> </div> <div class="region region-content"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <div id="block-ucblibrary-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article class="node node--type-basic-page node--view-mode-full"> <div class="node__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-content-section field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Content created by the UC Berkeley Library</h2> <p>UC Berkeley Library web pages are available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license. This applies to all content created by the Library for which the Regents of the University of California hold the copyright.</p> <h3>Terms</h3> <p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 (CC-BY-NC)</a>: Anyone is free to share and adapt works for noncommercial purposes under this license as long as they give credit for the original creation. Attribution should be given to “UC Berkeley Library.”</p> <h3>What’s included</h3> <p>Nearly all of the text content created by Library employees on UC Berkeley Library web pages that display the Creative Commons logo are included.</p> <h3>What’s not included</h3> <ul> <li>Content the library does not own (such as articles in our licensed databases).</li> <li>Photos and images on our web pages, unless an image is accompanied by its own license notice. This includes material in our digital collections, which do not include the CC-BY-NC icon.</li> <li>Content on pages without the Creative Commons logo are not included under the CC-BY-NC license.</li> </ul> <p>If you discover something that displays the license but does not appear to have been created by us, please <a href="mailto: librarycommunications@berkeley.edu">let us know</a>, and contact the copyright owner for permission if you wish to use it.</p> <p>This page is adapted from the UC Santa Cruz University Library <a href="https://library.ucsc.edu/creative-commons">Creative Commons page</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer> <div class="region region-footer"> <div class="footer-top-container"> <div> <div class="social-media-icons"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ucberkeleylibrary/"><span class="visually-hidden">UC Berkeley Library Facebook Page</span><i class="fa fa-facebook-square fa-2x"></i></a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/UCBerkeleyLib"><span class="visually-hidden">UC Berkeley Library Twitter Feed</span><i class="fa-brands fa-square-x-twitter fa-2x"></i></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwP3Cw1FHwqslSAG5JkLTQ"><span class="visually-hidden">UC Berkeley Library YouTube Channel</span><i class="fa fa-youtube-square fa-2x"></i></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ucberkeleylibrary/"><span class="visually-hidden">UC Berkeley Library Instagram Feed</span><i class="fa fa-instagram fa-2x"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer-navigation"> <div class="footer-logo"> <a href="https://berkeley.edu"> <span class="visually-hidden">Main Berkeley Site</span> <img src="/themes/custom/ucblibrary/img/footer_logo.svg" alt="UC Berkeley Logo" /> </a> </div> <div class="footer-menu"> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://dac.berkeley.edu/web-accessibility">Accessibility</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://ophd.berkeley.edu/policies-and-procedures/nondiscrimination-policy-statement">Nondiscrimination</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/help" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18389">Contact us</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Staff/">For Library Staff</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-mailchimp"> <div class="mailchimp-signup-subscribe-form block block-mailchimp-signup block-mailchimp-signup-subscribe-blocklibrary-email-list-subscription-" data-drupal-selector="mailchimp-signup-subscribe-block-library-email-list-subscription-form" id="block-mailchimp-subscription-form"> <h2>Join our workshops and events mailing list!</h2> <form action="/about/creative-commons" method="post" id="mailchimp-signup-subscribe-block-library-email-list-subscription-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <div id="mailchimp-newsletter-9423c9f625-mergefields" class="mailchimp-newsletter-mergefields"><div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-email form-type-email js-form-item-mergevars-email form-item-mergevars-email"> <label for="edit-mergevars-email" class="js-form-required form-required">Email Address</label> <input autocomplete="email" placeholder="Email address" data-drupal-selector="edit-mergevars-email" type="email" id="edit-mergevars-email" name="mergevars[EMAIL]" value="" size="25" maxlength="254" class="form-email required" required="required" aria-required="true" /> </div> </div><input autocomplete="off" data-drupal-selector="form-akt5hukmrdfkp9ngr07blqxmwotburfbgza1joz5yao" type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-akT5HukmRdfKP9ngr07blqxmwoTburfbGZa1JoZ5Yao" /> <input data-drupal-selector="edit-mailchimp-signup-subscribe-block-library-email-list-subscription-form" type="hidden" name="form_id" value="mailchimp_signup_subscribe_block_library_email_list_subscription__form" /> <div data-drupal-selector="edit-actions" class="form-actions js-form-wrapper form-wrapper" id="mailchimp-edit-actions"><input id="mailchimp-submit" data-drupal-selector="edit-submit" type="submit" name="op" value="Submit" class="button js-form-submit form-submit" /> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-copyrightstatement" class="block block-block-content block-block-contentcd495406-a12a-44d6-91cf-4f4e0dad9485"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Copyright © 2025 The Regents of the University of California. Except where otherwise noted, this work is subject to a <a href="/about/creative-commons">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <script src="/sites/default/files/js/js_eoEzOLpSTR_ZCatDgZpeU2XJBbXrgYSmJeU0KNkOMaA.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=ucblibrary&include=eJxVyEEKgDAMBdEL1fZI8lMlpERSmhT09rqTbgbmsRnruQe48JfE62c03CteyQMhHlK9HGN2aP4lzUoqNDCewmoE3Zq_yYEnOg"></script> </body> </html>