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Open Access Institutional Repository: Maximizing Future Returns On Investment, Larry R. Sheret, Jingping Zhang Nov 2018

Open Access Institutional Repository: Maximizing Future Returns On Investment, Larry R. Sheret, Jingping Zhang

Jingping Zhang

The Open Access Institutional Repository (OAIR) supports scholarship and research. To Maximize the OAIR’s future return on investment, the following items should be considered; how to handle copyright, the value of an Open Access Publication Policy, how to implement OA journal publication, and the relationship between Open Access Resources and Open Education Resources.


Update On Open Access, Oer, And Oa Week 2018, Christopher Barnes Nov 2018

Update On Open Access, Oer, And Oa Week 2018, Christopher Barnes

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Presentation given at the Musselman Library All-Staff Meeting on 1 November 2018.


Open Educational Resources, Heather Crozier Oct 2018

Open Educational Resources, Heather Crozier

Open Access Week

No abstract provided.


Oer And Accessibility: Designing Equitable Foundations For Open Education, Christopher Barnes Oct 2018

Oer And Accessibility: Designing Equitable Foundations For Open Education, Christopher Barnes

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Presentation on OER and accessibility given at the ACLCP Fall Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday, 26 October, 2018.


Becoming Librarian Oer Advocates & Leaders: Spotlight On The Sparc Open Education Leadership Fellows, Christopher Barnes, Amanda Larson, Hope Power, Stephanie Quail Oct 2018

Becoming Librarian Oer Advocates & Leaders: Spotlight On The Sparc Open Education Leadership Fellows, Christopher Barnes, Amanda Larson, Hope Power, Stephanie Quail

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Presentation given at the 15th Annual Open Education Conference in Niagara Falls, New York.


Assessing Textbook Costs At Randolph College, Stephen G. Krueger, Lewis Ward Sep 2018

Assessing Textbook Costs At Randolph College, Stephen G. Krueger, Lewis Ward

Dartmouth Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Final Portfolio - Sparc Open Education Leadership Program, 2017-18, Christopher A. Barnes Jun 2018

Final Portfolio - Sparc Open Education Leadership Program, 2017-18, Christopher A. Barnes

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Final portfolio of work completed for the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, 2017-18, including the Capstone Project Final Report, the Community Resource entitled “Piloting Faculty OER Grant Programs: A Practical Guide for Librarians,” and the blog Opening Up Liberal Arts Colleges (linked). “Piloting Faculty OER Grant Programs" is also available separately in The Cupola.


Piloting Faculty Oer Grant Programs - A Practical Guide For Librarians, Christopher Barnes Jun 2018

Piloting Faculty Oer Grant Programs - A Practical Guide For Librarians, Christopher Barnes

All Musselman Library Staff Works

This community resource was created as a component of my capstone project for the 2017-2018 pilot of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. My goal was to determine whether my institution was ready for a faculty OER grant program pilot and design one that would be both effective and sustainable. Over the course of the project, I found myself compiling the most important questions we at Gettysburg College needed to answer to determine whether and what kind of a grant program was best for us.

Part One of this resource is therefore an organized list of the questions I found …


Oer Workshop Presentation March 2018, Helena Marvin, Lindsey Scales, Michael David Porterfield Feb 2018

Oer Workshop Presentation March 2018, Helena Marvin, Lindsey Scales, Michael David Porterfield

Helena Marvin

Event description: "Come celebrate Open Educational Resources Week at the library! Also, find out more about the UM System grant opportunities for using Open Educational Resource (OER) and Affordable ebook options in your teaching (https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/aa/oer). In the workshop we will explore and learn how you can use these vetted peer-reviewed resources to enhance your teaching and learning. You will leave understanding how to find, adopt, adapt and create your own OER materials to supplant expensive textbooks. More than free textbooks, OER is an ecosystem of information at your fingertips. Light refreshments provided and opportunities to win some fabulous prizes." There …