Creative Commons (CC) stewards a universally accessible infrastructure for open knowledge, culture, and collaboration. 

For twenty years, we have been at the forefront of the open movement, empowering people, institutions, and systems to share information openly to advance human rights and development goals, equity and access, and innovation. CC has dedicated programs in open education and open culture, and policy. Additionally, we maintain the suite of CC licenses, which enables free and legal sharing worldwide. These tools have unlocked more than 2 billion pieces of content from researchers, artists, teachers, museums and libraries, and powers platforms like Wikipedia.

In partnership with our global community, CC takes comprehensive action across four key components: policy, infrastructure, capacity-building and training, and community engagement. 

More people are sharing content than ever before, and the world is rapidly changing. CC hopes to continue fulfilling the promise of the Internet, build ways to share and collaborate together to face the challenges of today and tomorrow. 



Creative Commons

Library that houses educational programs, enrichment opportunities, and informational resources for Charles Village and throughout Baltimore City.

The mission of the VLP is to promote literacy, cultural awareness, and lifelong learning through access for all ages to information, resources, and educational …programs.  The VLP’s vision is to be a model library, a leader in providing high-quality educational programs, enrichment opportunities, and informational resources in Charles Village and throughout Baltimore City. The VLP will strengthen the surrounding neighborhood by serving as an anchoring institution, a symbol of local pride, and a gathering place for a diverse community. We promote a learning-oriented culture that is friendly, welcoming, and supportive of the success and well-being of every person. Afficher la suite

Village Learning Place

SJPLF provides advocacy, financial support, and leadership to our public libraries and educational programs throughout San Jose.

At the heart of our community, libraries provide a place where everyone can learn, create, study and explore. Mrs. Ruth Kampa – a former librarian and President of the Library Commission — embraced this with her strong passion for the Library. In 1987, Ruth had the foresight to setup the San José Public Library Foundation (SJPLF) so that the Library could receive more than just public funding. In 1992, Ruth passed away and because of her bequest the Foundation was able to hire its first paid staff member. According to the original board members, “that was the tipping point that really put the Foundation in business.” The Foundation has changed and grown over the years but Ruth’s legacy to raise funds for our San José libraries still continues today.



San Jose Public Library Foundation

An independent library system for the 2.5 million residents of Brooklyn and the 5th largest library system in the United States.

Brooklyn Public Library

(CLP) supports educational attainment, economic development, and cultural enrichment in Pittsburgh.

To Engage our Community in Literacy and Learning   Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will inspire in the citizens of our region respect and responsibility for life-long learning, citizenship, and civic participation.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Dedicated to promoting our Library as an essential institution of our society. Our volunteer members advocate, educate, and raise funds on behalf of the Library, its patron

The Friends of the Seattle Public Library is a non-profit, grassroots organization dedicated to promoting our Library as an essential institution of our society. Our volunteer members advocate, educate, and raise funds on behalf of the Library, its patrons, and the larger Seattle community.

Friends of The Seattle Public Library

Advocates, fundraises, and provides critical support for the San Francisco Public Library.

We raise funds for programs and capital improvements for libraries.  We advocate for public support funding for libraries.  Through sales and donations we place nearly one million books into the hands of readers each year.  We offer a broad range of programs and partnerships to support a literate community.  We help grow new ideas and support an ever-improving library system to meet the changing needs of the community

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library

Folio is a gathering place for books and the people who love them.

Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum

We collect, preserve, and provide access to community media in order to inspire and celebrate everyone's cultural contributions.

Read/Write Library is the only library of its kind in the world and seeks to be a model for other cities to leverage their own media as a tool to recognize their residents' power and expertise in shaping local histories.

Unlike a traditional read-only library, we encourage contributions, whether community newspapers, self-published chapbooks by young poets, or art books by tenured professors, making cultural participation more transparent and accessible. 

Through our public programs and free browsing hours, growing collection of over 6,000 publications, and open source catalog, the library strives to raise the visibility of work produced by Chicagoans of all backgrounds to reveal connective threads across neighborhoods, generations, and cultures and to encourage inquiry into and ownership of the historical record. 

We recognize the contributions that all community members make to co-creating a city and believe that learning to value them plays a vital role in building empathy, community pride, and the ability to see oneself as a change agent.

Read / Write Library Chicago

Village Book Builders Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on education. It is based in Green Bay, WI. It received its nonprofit status in 2018.

We are a non-profit organization EMPOWERING villages around the world to end the cycle of poverty through EDUCATION.
Education plays a big role in the development of a community and BUILDING a library is just the first step towards creating a space dedicated to LEARNING.
We call this HOPE through books. 

We couldn’t do this without the incredible partners and donors that continue to empower youth and change lives. One of the aspects of Village Book Builders is our mentor program.  In this program we help people bring social responsibility in-house by connecting volunteers, students, and working professionals to serve as mentors to the children in developing communities all over the globe. Our annual fundraiser goes towards keeping the mentor programs and the VBB mission alive and every donation will have a major impact!

Village Book Builders Inc

Library and Museum celebrating the community and history of Akwesasne

Akwesasne Library And Cultural Center Inc

Teachers. Schools. Mentors. Support for local non-profits providing innovative education to transform communities out of poverty.

Give901 wants to see all children in Memphis given the building blocks of an empowering education:
INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS
EXCELLENT TEACHERS
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS + MENTORING

By giving all children these opportunities, we’ll build the next generation of leaders and innovators—and a stronger, more equitable city that will continue its legacy of creativity, grit, and innovation.
To support this vision, we’ve created Give901, a way for Memphians to invest in local nonprofits that are doing life-changing, city-building work through education. We’ve assembled a portfolio featuring some of the city’s most effective educational nonprofits, and you can invest in their work. Each Give901 partner has a track record of producing measurable outcomes for the teachers and children they serve.

Let’s come together to support the frontline in Memphis education.

Let’s give the change we want to see in this city.

INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS
Memphis has come a long way toward providing educational options to all students.
Each Give901 school is located in an underserved community and primarily serves
minority students. Give901 schools are changing the Memphis educational
landscape and producing students who are ready for life-long success.

EXCELLENT TEACHERS
Give901 teacher training programs produce outstanding teachers with some of the
best retention rates in the city. Teachers impact over 3,000 students during an
average career. We’re investing in that impact.

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS + MENTORING
Give901 after-school programs enrich, educate, and provide formative mentoring
relationships, positively impacting grades and graduation rates. Students who meet
regularly with mentors are 55% more likely to enroll in college. Give901 is confident in the
difference these programs can make in the lives of the kids of Memphis.

By donating to the Give901 campaign (which falls under the City Leadership 501(c)3) your gift will then be distributed across our portfolio of non-profit partners. We have vetted this programs for effectiveness and curated this group with the deliberate intent to utilize your generosity to create a holistic approach to supporting the future leaders of Memphis.


Give901

Project Gutenberg is an online library of free eBooks.

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related content today.

The mission of Project Gutenberg is simple: To encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. This mission is, as much as possible, to encourage all those who are interested in making eBooks and helping to give them away.

Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation

The Foundation provides vital financial support to the Library to maintain the quality of all its collections and services.

The Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation is a grassroots organization championing a public library system that meets our community’s needs.

The Foundation is the Library’s fundraising partner, advocating for increased access to literacy and technology since 1992.

Our community-wide projects and private philanthropic events allow the Library to maintain its programs and expand its collections and resources.

Belvedere-tiburon Library Foundation

Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on education. It is based in Iowa City, IA. It received its nonprofit status in 1983.

Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation

Get a free Insider's Guide to help you start your own Little Free Library: www.littlefreelibrary.org/start

Little Free Library

Cabell County Public Library

Providence Community Library serves the culturally rich people of Providence by adapting to their evolving reading and information needs with a diverse staff that delivers relevant library resources and programs, cultivates meaningful partnerships and promotes vibrant neighborhoods.

Providence Community Library

Tipp City Public Library

Workshops in Letterpress Printing, Bookbinding, Book Arts & Crafts :: Art Exhibitions :: Open Studios & Studio Rentals :: Corporate Team Building :: Events

San Francisco Center for the Book

We engage the community and raise funds to support the library.

A volunteer organization engaged in supporting the Ferndale Area District Library.  See more at: http://ferndalefriends.org

Friends of the Ferndale Library

The 16 branches of the Anne Arundel County Public Library  serve the  residents of Anne Arundel County and strive to be the essential connection to learning and enrichment for all.  The Library's Social Media Policy: http://bit.ly/aacplsm

Anne Arundel County Public Library

We are a community of learning. Visit us at spokanelibrary.org.

Spokane Public Library

A whole new approach to providing technology access and education in Omaha.

Do Space empowers our community through access to technology and innovative learning experiences.

Do Space

HPLD serves most of Weld and parts of neighboring counties. Our collection of 700,000+ items includes the latest books, CDs, DVDs, BluRay, downloadables, and more!

High Plains Library District

The Celtic Junction was created to celebrate and nurture the Celtic Arts by supporting local artists and facilitating the education of those arts to the local community.

Celtic Junction Arts Center

Our mission is to champion reading and empower our community through free access to quality resources, outstanding services and dynamic programs. Our goal is to engage in a holistic, all-encompassing approach to library services.

Shaler North Hills Library

Preserves genre movies through collection, conservation, and distribution.

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that preserves genre movies through collection, conservation, and distribution.

AGFA

More than a library - an agent for positive change!

This is a page for the patrons and supporters of the Millvale Community Library. We encourage open discussion while keeping the messages and comments family-fri...endly. If you have an urgent question, however, please call or email the Millvale Community Library directly.  By participating on this page, you are agreeing to our community commenting policy which is listed below.   We reserve the right to delete posts containing any of the following elements:  - profanity - personal attacks  - willful misinformation - spam - any advertising that’s unrelated to the library - off-topic / irrelevant posts - promoting violence - anything that infringes on copyrights or trademarks - promoting illegal or questionable activities  If you repeatedly violate this policy, you will be removed from our page. Meer weergeven

Millvale Community Library

The Shepherdstown Public Library is committed to providing a variety of information sources, educational and cultural programs and services to fulfill and inspire a civically and culturally engaged community.

The Shepherdstown Public Library

Your local library and community hub! The mission of the HCH library is to provide an inviting and dynamic environment, where all members of our community may discover both information and inspiration.

Henry Carter Hull Library

Based in India through which you can sponsor a library in your village to help inculcate the reading habit in school going children or the youth in a village.

The mission of the Rural Library Foundation is to inculcate the reading habit in the rural children and youth, primarily with the support of a sponsor from each village, and to assist them in enhancing their knowledge as they grow, to become confident, competent, and caring individuals.

Rural Library Foundation

Is growing and sustaining a community of readers, writers, and thinkers in Philadelphia promoting Literacy. www.treehousebooks.org  Street parking and we are 1 block away from the Susquehanna-Dauphin stop of the BSL. 39 bus stops here!

How You Can Help: There are many ways that you can help! Tree House Books is constantly in need of financial support, volunteer staff, and book donations. We specialize in children's books and African American literature, poetry, biographies, memoirs, and non-fiction included!  TO CONTACT TREE HOUSE BOOKS: (215) 236-1760 info@treehousebooks.org 1430 W. Susquehanna Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121  To Sign up for our E-Mail Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/TnM41

Tree House Books

The Clackamas Bookshelf gives new and used books to families in Clackamas County who may not have access to any.   P.O. Box 743 Gladstone, OR 97027

The Clackamas Bookshelf

Special Children + Teen Volunteers = Special Friends

Friendship Circle of Washington

The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library is dedicated to the creative educational use of its cartographic holdings, which extend from the 15th century to the present.

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

Freedom to Read, Inc.

Visit the library's website at http://www.murrysvillelibrary.org

Murrysville Community Library

The Piedmont Public Library is the center of the community for information, education, and technology.

Piedmont Public Library

We offer books, movies, music, audiobooks, internet, computers, and so much more for use for all members of our community - for free!

Chatsworth-Murray County Library

Community library that serves the citizens of East Parker County in North Texas.

East Parker County Library is a community library that serves the citizens of East Parker County in North Texas.

East Parker County Library

Dedicated to providing much-needed books to underserved classroom and community libraries.

Access Books is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing much-needed books to underserved classroom and community libraries.

Access Books

Our mission is to cultivate a community of lifelong learners.

Cooper-Siegel Community Library serves Aspinwall, Blawnox, Fox Chapel, Indiana Township, O'Hara Township and Sharpsburg. Our mission is to cultivate a community of lifelong learners.

Cooper-Siegel Community Library

The Imagination Library of Saline County wants to put a book in the hand of every child in the county. Children in the program will be given a book every month from the first day they are born until they are 5 years old.

Imagination Library of Saline County, Arkansas

Contact at info@alohalibrary.org Hours:  Monday 10am-8pm... Tuesday 10am-8 pm Wednesday 10am–8pm Thursday 12pm–6pm Friday 12pm-6pm Saturday 10am–5pm See More

The mission of the Aloha Community Library Association is to grow and support a library that serves as a gateway to lifelong learning and enrichment for our community, bringing people, information and ideas together.

Aloha Community Library Association

Newport Public Library brings together people, ideas, and information for the good of every individual and the community it serves

Newport Public Library is located in eastern Perry County PA. Our formal service area is almost 10,000 people. We also freely serve folks from the surrounding townships and counties, as well.

Within our beautiful building we house our growing and diverse collection of physical items- books, audiobooks on CD, DVDs, magazines, and music CDs. In our online collection we provide downloadable books and audiobooks, the databases that make up the PA POWER Library, and other online resources. We provide reference service in person, via email and social media, as well as referrals to other social service organizations. We provide basic office services, such as copies, printing, FAXes, scan to email, comb binding, and lamination. We have computers for public use and Wi-Fi available inside and 24/7 outside our building. 

Our front doors have power assist, and we have a walker for those who may need a bit of help to be able to select their own materials. We also offer curb service.

We provide a rotating collection of materials to local senior centers and the Perry County prison. We also lend and receive items through interlibrary loan programs with libraries within Perry County, within Pennsylvania, and within the US.

Programs offered include Summer Reading Challenges for children, teens, and adults, preschool storytime, and special programs such as book signings with local authors and other programs of general interest. In addition, outreach events are Discover Newport's Food Truck Festival, Canal Day, and Little Buffalo Festivel of the Arts.

Last summer we debuted our Crop Swap, where people could leave and take excess produce from their gardens. We are expanding that this year to include excess garden seeds and plants. This summer we are adding a sewing machine to be used in the library by folks who need to make minor repairs to their belongings. We are also adding six hotspots for loan, and pickup lockers for people who cannot visit thelibrary during our regular business hours. 

Our community events, hosted jointly by the library and the Friends of Newport Public Library, include four used book sales per year and our December event, Santa Claus Lane Gift Shop, at which area children can buy gifts for family members for $1 per gift. Assistance is given in wrapping these gifts, and the children leave with their peek-proof gifts ready to give.

Our annual fundraisers include a June golf scramble, our Bike4Books Bicycle Tour the last Saturday in September, and our Holiday Buy-A-Book Program. 

Current and upcoming challenges include replacement of carpeting and renovation of our HVAC system, along with the constant expansion of our collection. In addition, in order to expand our services, we need to recruit and support qualified and compassionate staff whose mission aligns with ours.

As with many public libraries in Pennsylvania, each year we need to raise about three quarters of our operating budget through fundraising. Your donation, no matter what size, will help provide a safe, comfortable, and welcoming facility with a well-rounded collection of library materials to help educate and delight all members of the community, programs to inspire people of all ages, and services to improve the lives of all members of our community. We extend sincere thanks to all who help us achieve these goals.




Newport Public Library

Mancos Public Library is a nonprofit organization focused on education. It is based in Mancos, CO. It received its nonprofit status in 2016.

Mancos Public Library

Http://cass.lib.mi.us  Check back often for program information and news.

http://cass.lib.mi.us  Check back often for program information and news.

Cass District Library

Awakening a Spirit of Discovery in Central America

Open access to information and knowledge is critical to civic engagement and prosperity in Central America. Using principles of social entrepreneurship, The Riecken Foundation doing business as Riecken Community Libraries helps transform a simple building block – a community library with free Internet – into a springboard for democracy building, leadership development and social justice.

Riecken Community Libraries

Founded in 2011  to raise private funds for the expansion and state-of-the-art renovation of Hopkinton Public Library.  With the new building opening in 2017, HPLF's mission is evolving!

Hopkinton Public Library Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, carrying on it's mission of supporting the Library by funding resources, technology, educational and special projects, and long term improvements to the Library.  (Additional information provided in the Story section of this About Page)