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Open Education Initiative: University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn Billings, Charlotte Roh
Open Education Initiative: University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn Billings, Charlotte Roh
Charlotte Roh
Poster for the Open Education Conference 2014 in Washington, DC. The Open Education Initiative (OEI) began in 2011 as a response to the high cost of textbooks and the burden of student debt as barriers to education and learning. The OEI faculty incentive program provides small grants to faculty for: - the creation of new teaching materials, - the use of library subscription materials, - or the use of existing open (free) information resources to support our students’ learning. It is widely considered a successful program that builds on existing infrastructure and is scalable across big and small institutions. As …
Library Press Collaborations: A Report For The University Of Arizona Libraries And Press, Charlotte Roh
Library Press Collaborations: A Report For The University Of Arizona Libraries And Press, Charlotte Roh
Charlotte Roh
In order to better understand new evolving relationships, a review of university press and library collaborations was undertaken by the University of Arizona Press and the University of Arizona Library through the Association of Research Libraries Career Enhancement Program (ARL CEP). During the course of nine weeks, the ARL CEP Fellow reviewed existing literature, interviewed staff at the University of Arizona Press and Library, and conducted 27 informal interviews with library deans, press directors, and scholarly communications leaders. The interviews addressed the partnership history, structure, motivations, goals and needs, administrative support and budget decisions, key stakeholders, and thoughts on the …