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Shanna Hollich

Learning and Training Manager

As Learning and Training Manager, Shanna supports all of CC’s programs and projects by identifying and developing professional development and learning opportunities that are relevant to CC’s mission, including (but not limited to) the CC Certificates.

Prior to joining CC, Shanna worked for 15 years as a librarian across multiple institutions – K-12 school, public, government, and academic. They have worked in public/access services, technical services and cataloging/metadata, and administration, ultimately serving as director for the John Stewart Memorial Library at Wilson College and the Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover, PA. Their research during this time primarily involved copyright reform, cultural heritage, open access, open education, and social justice.

Shanna remains an active member of the American Library Association, Rotary International, and several local community service organizations. They currently hold a master’s degree in Data Analytics from Penn State University, a master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences from Rutgers University, a graduate certificate in Educational Technology Integration from Boise State University, and bachelor’s degrees in both Philosophy and Linguistics from Brandeis University. When not working, you can usually find them reading, making music, or knitting.

Posts by Shanna Hollich

CC Certificate Alumni Making a Global Impact

CC Certificate, Open Education, Policy

Launched in 2018, the Creative Commons Certificate program has trained and graduated nearly 1800 people from 66 countries. The Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons. Our staff is constantly inspired by our community of Certificate alumni, accomplishing incredible things. In this interview, we were delighted…

More California Community Colleges Get CC Certified!

CC Certificate, Events, Open Education

This December, Creative Commons led a CC Certificate Bootcamp, or condensed Certificate training, for faculty and staff from 16 different California Community Colleges implementing Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degree programs. This marked the second CC Bootcamp for California Community Colleges after the California legislature invested $115 million to expand ZTC degrees and the use of…