ccLearn, What status for “open”? An examination of the licensing policies of open educational organizations and projects, report to the Hewlett Foundation, December 15, 2008. See also the summary on the Creative Commons blog.

SHERPA has posted a tongue-in-cheek repository-themed Christmas card. Comment. A twelve year embargo? That's awfully long.

Amy Van Vechten, Know It All, FLYP, December 12-22, 2008. A text/multimedia/video interview with Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive.

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected his nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, marine biologist Jane Lubchenco. (Thanks to Subbiah Arunachalam.) Lubchenco has been involved in the debate about OA, and especially about open data, most notably during her tenure as president of the International Council for Science.

Corydon Ireland, Fair shows progress of humanities in digital world, Harvard University Gazette, December 18, 2008.

Dorothea Salo calls attention to a mailing list thread where a DSpace user learns that the Dewey Decimal Classification is owned by OCLC and requires a license for use.

A collection of video interviews from Free Culture 2008 (Berkeley, October 11-12, 2008) is now online. At least the interview with Lawrence Lessig mentions OA. See also our past posts on the conference: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

The Internet Archive has posted its year-end summary:

The Forum for Public Health in South Eastern Europe offers a collection of OA books published since 2004.

Gonzalo Clemente Lara Pacheco, Libros de la UNAM a través de Google, Crítica Bibliotecológica, December 2008.

American Library Association, Opening the "Window to a Larger World": Libraries' Role in Changing America, report to the Obama transition team, December 17, 2008.