Event Title
Start Date
17-5-2016 2:30 PM
Keywords
open textbooks, open educational resources, library publishing, academic publishing, collaboration, ARL SPEC kit, PKP, open monographs, software
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Description
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Building Support for OER from Existing Services on Campus
Matt Ruen, Grand Valley State University Libraries
At Grand Valley State University, the Libraries and several campus partners--including campus IT and offices that support faculty research and effective teaching--have come together to provide support for the creation and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) on our campus. But rather than developing brand new programs or asking for additional resources right at the start, we realized that each of our units already offers services that could support faculty creating and using OER. Through our OER Initiative, we’ve begun coordinating our efforts to promote these services and build relationships with each other and with faculty allies interested in doing more with OER, in order to realize the full potential of our existing support.
In this lightning talk, I’ll outline the partners in this initiative, the kinds of support we each offer, and how we’re combining our efforts to make our OER support more visible and more successful. I’ll also discuss why each partner became interested in OER and chose to embrace OER support in their existing services. The presentation will offer a catalyst for conversations about how library publishing programs can find allies on campus, how to link open access publishing issues with the priorities of other academic support services, and how existing campus initiatives might be extended to embrace OER creation or adoption without changing their mission.
ARL SPEC Kit: Affordable and Open Educational Resource Initiatives in Libraries
Anita Walz, Virginia Tech
Openly licensed works are of great value to librarians and academics seeking openly licensed content which may be customized and remixed for course-development or instructional purposes. The Association for Research Libraries will publish a SPEC Kit on Library engagement with affordable and Open Educational Resource (OER) Initiatives in July 2016. The survey will identify policies, practices, and partnerships of ARL Libraries engaged in creation, use, and dissemination of Open Educational Resources (OER). The survey was distributed in February/March 2016 and the three authors from Virginia Tech, Penn State University, and the University of Minnesota are currently analyzing data and drafting results. Attend this talk to hear an overview of the project and limited preliminary observations. (Authors include: Anita Walz (Virginia Tech), Joe Salem (Penn State) and Kristi Jensen (University of Minnesota)).
The Global Open Textbook Co-operative Project: New Ways to Support International Perspectives on Learning
Kevin Stranack, Simon Fraser University
The Global Open Textbook Co-operative Project is a new initiative based at the SFU Library to develop a community-based, open, online textbook publishing platform, inviting authors, reviewers, and others to come together to produce high-quality open textbooks that reflect local teaching and learning needs. This session will discuss the value of such a production platform—using the latest version of PKP's Open Monograph Press software—and how will be the basis for a new library-supported co-operative, providing a democratic and transparent governance structure and a financially sustainable economic model for interested partners around the world.
Recommended Citation
Ruen, Matt; Walz, Anita; and Stranack, Kevin (2016). "OER Snapshots," Library Publishing Forum - Recorded Sessions. https://newprairiepress.org/lpforum/2016/preconference/2
OER Snapshots
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Building Support for OER from Existing Services on Campus
Matt Ruen, Grand Valley State University Libraries
At Grand Valley State University, the Libraries and several campus partners--including campus IT and offices that support faculty research and effective teaching--have come together to provide support for the creation and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) on our campus. But rather than developing brand new programs or asking for additional resources right at the start, we realized that each of our units already offers services that could support faculty creating and using OER. Through our OER Initiative, we’ve begun coordinating our efforts to promote these services and build relationships with each other and with faculty allies interested in doing more with OER, in order to realize the full potential of our existing support.
In this lightning talk, I’ll outline the partners in this initiative, the kinds of support we each offer, and how we’re combining our efforts to make our OER support more visible and more successful. I’ll also discuss why each partner became interested in OER and chose to embrace OER support in their existing services. The presentation will offer a catalyst for conversations about how library publishing programs can find allies on campus, how to link open access publishing issues with the priorities of other academic support services, and how existing campus initiatives might be extended to embrace OER creation or adoption without changing their mission.
ARL SPEC Kit: Affordable and Open Educational Resource Initiatives in Libraries
Anita Walz, Virginia Tech
Openly licensed works are of great value to librarians and academics seeking openly licensed content which may be customized and remixed for course-development or instructional purposes. The Association for Research Libraries will publish a SPEC Kit on Library engagement with affordable and Open Educational Resource (OER) Initiatives in July 2016. The survey will identify policies, practices, and partnerships of ARL Libraries engaged in creation, use, and dissemination of Open Educational Resources (OER). The survey was distributed in February/March 2016 and the three authors from Virginia Tech, Penn State University, and the University of Minnesota are currently analyzing data and drafting results. Attend this talk to hear an overview of the project and limited preliminary observations. (Authors include: Anita Walz (Virginia Tech), Joe Salem (Penn State) and Kristi Jensen (University of Minnesota)).
The Global Open Textbook Co-operative Project: New Ways to Support International Perspectives on Learning
Kevin Stranack, Simon Fraser University
The Global Open Textbook Co-operative Project is a new initiative based at the SFU Library to develop a community-based, open, online textbook publishing platform, inviting authors, reviewers, and others to come together to produce high-quality open textbooks that reflect local teaching and learning needs. This session will discuss the value of such a production platform—using the latest version of PKP's Open Monograph Press software—and how will be the basis for a new library-supported co-operative, providing a democratic and transparent governance structure and a financially sustainable economic model for interested partners around the world.
