Hi Gerry,
You maybe interested in Co-Pilot and sub-group of the CILIP Inofrmation Literacy Group - it aims to support and encourage the development and sharing of information literacy teaching materials as open educational resources,
primarily within the UK.
For more information see http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/community-services/subgroups/information-literacy/pages/copilot.aspx
Ruth
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1. Library Association Promotion of Open Educational Resources ?
2. Open Resources Librarian ?
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:59:34 +0000
From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Library Association Promotion of Open Educational Resources ?
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Colleagues/
I am greatly interested in professional library associations that are formally (or informally) involved promoting and supporting Open Educational Resources (OERs).
As defined in Wikipedia,
"Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely accessible, usually openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, educational, assessment and research purposes" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources).
[snip]
"Open Educational Resources include: full courses, course materials, modules, learning objects, open textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources#Types)
I am particularly interested in the specific association ad hoc or formal groups that are involved in any/all OER initiatives.
BTW: I have searched select associations sites (ACRL, ALA, MLA, IFLA, and SLA), but do not find information relating to association group activities [?].
Thanks for your assistance !
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:54:51 +0000
From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Open Resources Librarian ?
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Colleagues/
I am interested in any / all initiatives by academic and research libraries that have a Open Resources Librarian (ORL).
While growing number of libraries have a Scholarly Communications Librarian and a Digital Repository Librarian, it appears that from a Google search, none have an"Open Resources Librarian" [?]
As I envision the position, the Open Resources Librarian would a broader mission that would identify, organize, and promote a variety of general and specific resources as a corpus:
* Institutional and subject repositories.
* Open Access eTheses and Dissertations
* Open Access databases
* Open Access publications and publishing
* Open Data Sets
* Open Educational Resources
* MOOCs
* OTHER
Note: The overall intent is to organize any/all Open Resources by subject /topic (not only by type) and to create a universal community resource.
At each institution the ORL would focus on the ORs most relevant to the local community.
I envision that the Open Resources Librarian would be responsible for preparing guides, and offering seminars and workshops, among other promotional efforts.
The ORLs could present at various professional conferences and meetings to inform their colleagues. Indeed, I envision each professional association having an ad hoc or formal group devoted to relevant ORs.
Of course, the ORLs would have their own association and conferences [:-)]
In particular, ORLs could focus on identifying ORs relevant to MOOCs offered by local faculty.
I have created a blog titled _Open Librarian_ that is located at
http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/
and will be populating it with key relevant items as they are identified; Candidate resources are always welcome.
Your thoughts ?
Regards,
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011
http://open-resources-librarian.blogspot.com/
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