Open Educational Resources (OER) and Creative Commons: Audio, Video, and Images

Live Music Archive, Netlabels, Presidential Recordings, and more.

audio collections and an audio archiving standardization project.

Includes Image, Sound, Moving Image and Physical Object (photos of objects), as well as Interactive, Text, and Data.

Not technically an audio collection, this collection of public domain sheet music and music scores does host some recordings of the public domain music as well. Also see the Tufvesson collection of online sheet music.

Audio recordings of classic literature and poetry, such as Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Whitman's "Song of Myself".

Streaming audio of historical sound recordings from the collections of the Library of Congress (music, etc.)

Creative Commons licensed music, audio, and video available for use and reuse

Audio files of poetry readings, downloadable and reusable.

A collection of links to audio book sites.

Annual lecture since 1961, "the CBC will invite a noted scholar to undertake study or original research in his field and present the results in a series of half-hour radio broadcasts."

Audiobook versions of literature specifically arranged and categorized for teachers of literature. Some reading strategy/lesson plan materials available as well.

Streaming audio of recordings from Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room audio collection.

A history of Western philosophy through a series of podcast lectures by Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King's College, London.

Short reports from leading researchers on the latest research (daily podcast)

The podcasts of this weekly show are available on the website and in iTunes. Also available are videos, blog posts, and teacher resources.

The Digital Library also includes images, video, and documents. Most materials are public domain--all are open access.

advertising, animation, conference presentations, lectures, digital shows, etc.

Open access music and sheet music. They are also planning a music theory textbook.

Full length video from the full range of Public Broadcasting shows. Some shows have limited online availability; be sure to check the expiration date under Details.

structional video series on a variety of subjects; many originally broadcast on public television. Videos with VoD (Video on Demand) icon can be viewed free on the web.

Videos from TED conferences, events, and partner events. CC licensing, and subtitles (in English, with additional languages added through the TED Open Translation Project).

Talks about technology from some of the best people (not necessarily tech people) on the planet. Social impacts, implications, art, music, science, medicine...

Math and science video modules at a high school level from MIT.

An astonishing collection of video and images, mostly from government sources.

Video interviews and lab demonstrations from one of the primary publishers in chemistry. Labs are connected to articles in the publisher's open access journals.

Science videos related to the weekly show and more. Subject categories are along the left side. Also available are podcasts of the weekly show, blog posts, and teacher resources.

The Digital Library also includes audio, images, and documents. Most materials are public domain--all are open access.

Includes Image, Sound, Moving Image and Physical Object (photos of objects), as well as Interactive, Text, and Data.

Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips)

PublicDomainPictures.net is a repository for free public domain images. Download high quality HD photos or upload your own. Make money from your hobby, gain popularity and improve your photographic and graphic skills. If you intend to use an image you find here for commercial use, please be aware that some photos do require a model or property release. Pictures featuring products should be used with care.

Internationally recognized image database that provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. Creative Commons Licensing (see site for specific conditions of use; large/high quality images for clasroom use may require licensing)

American Memory, Prints & Photographs, Maps, Film, National Jukebox, and many more digital collections. Plus loads of subject guides and blogs, like Picture This, highlighting great resources

All the images on FreeDigitalPhotos.net are available free of charge, for business, personal, charitable or educational use. Attribution is usually required but that's it. These free images are small sized, but perfect for websites or draft printed work. If you need a larger sized version then they are available to buy.

links to online museum collections by artist or work.

Maps. Also environmental and map related educational materials.

700,000 images (and growing) from NYPL's historical collections. Free for "individual private study, scholarship and research only."

Tours of museums, plus high res images of artwork

An astonishing collection of video and images, mostly from government sources.

Beautiful illustrations from natural history books, field guides, travelogues, etc: plants, animals, landscapes, and more. Most images are licensed CC-BY for easy reuse.

The Digital Library also includes audio, video, and documents. Most materials are public domain--all are open access.

A curated list of museums with online collections. Be sure to check the licenses before using images.

any Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.

A freely accessible art image resource for educators, arranged by art historical period Images are licensed for non-commercial educational use or are public domain. See site for more details.

Includes image, sound, moving image and physical objects as well as interactive, text and data.

We welcome public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages. The content is organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science, and is presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.