[Web4lib] Licensing your site content

[Marc Davis]

Looking to get a sense of current/best practice related to licensing/copyright of the content on academic library web sites. I'm principally interested in the general web site (rather than a particular digital collection) that has lots of diverse content (faculty, research reports, tutorials, videos, policy documents, etc, ad infinitum. 

The sorts of information I'd find helpful would include things like: 
Do you use Creative Commons? How much individual choice is allowed in CC selection? 

Different licenses/copyright claims for different content (faculty blog vs. library news & events) or single license for all? 

How was the licensing choice made? 

Does your University have publication/marketing/web policies that set or influence the decision? 

Best practices? 

Anecdotes, cautions, caveats, etc.? 

Thanks for your time and attention. It will be greatly appreciated. 

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