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Outreach To Campus Administrators On Open Access Initiatives, Ryne Leuzinger, Jacqui Grallo

SJSU Open Access Conference

As librarians work to develop and support open access (OA) initiatives, it is essential that they communicate effectively with administrators, from the head of the library to the president or chancellor of their university. Librarians often find themselves at the nexus of OA initiatives and are well-positioned to bring together the interests of various units on campus and advocate for a given initiative to campus administration. In this presentation, which will be applicable to a broad range of higher education institutions, we will discuss effective practices and key takeaways from an open access initiative at CSUMB that focused on textbook …

The California Open Educational Resources Council: From Curation To Adoption, Katherine D. Harris, Diego Bonilla

SJSU Open Access Conference

California’s three public higher education systems (University of California, California State University, the California Community College System) enroll nearly 3 million undergraduate students and employ almost 100 thousand faculty. In 2012, the California State Legislature directed the three systems to create an online library of open educational resources to encourage the use of free or affordable textbooks and other materials throughout California’s public higher education system. Composed of faculty representatives from each of the three systems, the California Open Educational Resources Council (CAOERC) was formed and charged in January, 2014, with collecting, peer-reviewing, helping to curate, publicizing, and cultivating the …

Open Access And The Logic Of Collective Action, John Wenzler

SJSU Open Access Conference

In the digital age, academic libraries confront the dilemma of collective action. In the era of print, each library stored, organized and provided access to a collection of scholarly resources for researchers at a local institution. On an integrated electronic network, all of these tasks become shared endeavors. One copy of a journal article housed on an Internet server provides faster and more convenient access to the scholarly community than 1,000 printed copies scattered across the country. Thus, the work of maintaining the article and making it discoverable can be done by one organization for the entire community instead of …

It Takes A University: Oer And The Portland State University Reducing Student Costs Initiative, Marilyn K. Moody

SJSU Open Access Conference

OER have a major role to play in student affordability efforts. Portland State University’s Reducing Student Costs Initiative is a broad-based effort to reduce student textbook and course materials costs. This presentation looks at the opportunities and challenges of involving stakeholders from across the campus in this initiative, including faculty, staff, students, administrators, donors, and external partners. OER related strategies of the Initiative, including plans for increasing OER use in courses and programs are described.

The Initiative’s work and implementation plans involving the adoption, use, and creation of OER include:

• Developing courses and programs that utilize OER, including online flexible …

Creating An Open Access Course Reserves (When An Oa Textbook Isn't Enough), Jessica Bell

SJSU Open Access Conference

The search for alternatives to high priced textbooks endures. The librarians at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, with the help of an IMLS Sparks! Ignition grant, decided to jump into the fray by creating the Open Access Course Reserves. It is a publicly available, curated repository that provides ready-made reading lists of free, copyright compliant (open access when possible), educational materials. The materials are selected to match typical syllabi and textbook contents and organized by discipline and course. The goal of the project is to create a place for faculty of any higher education course from anywhere in the …

Optimizing Merlot For Optimal Ict Literacy, Lesley S. Farmer

SJSU Open Access Conference

Today's students need to locate, use and share information in myriad formats; they need to be ICT (information and communication technology) literacy. The CSU system has started an ICT Literacy Initiative to build out the MERLOT collection of ICT literacy learning objects, and to help faculty integrate ICT literacy into their curricula. This session explains ICT literacy, especially in terms of new standards. Attendees will find out how MERLOT supports ICT literacy, and how they can join and contribute to the ICT literacy community.

Overcoming Resistance To Open Initiatives On Campus, Gerry Hanley

SJSU Open Access Conference

California State University's (CSU) Affordable Learning Solutions initiative has produced a number of system-wide strategies, technologies and campus-based programs that are driving down the cost of course materials for students while offering greater access to no-cost or low-cost academic content for instructional faculty. In this presentation, Dr. Hanley, Assistant Vice Chancellor at California State University, Chancellor's Office, will focus on the variety of free resources to support teaching and learning via the CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions initiative. The different deployment strategies used by CSU campuses will be showcased and approaches to motivating faculty and administration will be discussed.

Embedding Affordable Learning Solutions Into The Academic Senate, Aline Soules

SJSU Open Access Conference

Embedding the Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) into the Academic Senate provides a forum and a platform for promoting ALS to and with faculty. At Cal State East Bay, ALS is now a Subcommittee of the Committee on Instruction and Curriculum (CIC) with representation from key constituencies, including a faculty representative from each College and the Library. Recommendations and suggestions can now be routed through CIC to the full Senate. The brief lightning round presentation will explain the process of creating the subcommittee and describe the benefits and challenges the Subcommittee has experienced to date.

How The University Of California Runs One Repository For Ten Campuses, Katie Fortney

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Katie Fortney, JD, MLIS, Copyright Policy & Education Officer, Office of Scholarly Communication, University of California http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Implementing Metaarchive And Lockss At Digital Commons @Cal Poly, Michele Wyngard

Inaugural CSU IR Conference, 2015

Michele Wyngard, Digital Repository Coordinator, CSU Cal Poly

Renew, Reuse, Recycle: One University’S Multi-Front War On The High Cost Of Textbooks, Ann Agee, Christina Mune

Ann Agee

The rising cost of textbooks threatens equity in education as seven out of ten students report not being able to afford the books they need to succeed in class. To combat this trend, San Jose State University has initiated a multi-pronged approach to lowering the cost of classroom materials. Learn how this large public university harnesses the open source movement and re-purposes existing resources to make education affordable and sustainable for its diverse student body.

Collaborating Across The Campus: Librarians And Faculty Create A Course-Specific, Online Research Guide For Students, Ann Agee

Ann Agee

Discover how librarians and faculty collaborated at San Jose State University to create a course-specific online tutorial and research guide designed to meet the growing demands of a popular GenEd (General Education) course, Health Science 1.Learning Outcomes*Understand the elements necessary in a successful online learning tool.*Identify courses that could be good candidates for web-based library instruction.*Recognize the steps essential to successful collaboration with campus faculty.

Transitioning To Electronic And Open Access: The Etd Program At Caltech, Kathy Johnson

Open Access and Digital Repository Forum 2011

How does a library build and manage a digital thesis and dissertation archive? Kathy Johnson will discuss considerations for retrospective thesis and dissertation digitization, publication of born-digital ETDs through the campus digital repository and trends in the ETD realm.

Approaches To Marketing An Ir To Campus, Marisa Ramirez

Open Access and Digital Repository Forum 2011

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Know Your (Author) Rights: Understanding And Educating Faculty About Author Rights, Allyson Mower

Open Access and Digital Repository Forum 2011

Allyson Mower will discuss the basics of author rights, strategies for engaging the faculty and leveraging these conversations to increase open access archiving within the digital repository. This segment of the program features Allyson Mower who is the Scholary Communications & Copyright Librarian at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. During the segment, she will discuss the basics of author rights, strategies for engaging the faculty and leveraging these conversations to increase open access archiving within the digital repository.

Research In Academe, Pamela Stacks

Open Access and Digital Repository Forum 2011

Pamela Stacks will discuss the role of the public university in disseminating, archiving and providing access to the research and scholarship of faculty and students.

Confronting Global Trends: Libraries, Information Literacy And The Emerging Global Curriculum, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Student & Faculty Perspective: Are We Engaged Yet?, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow: San Jose University 150 Years, 1857-2007, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Virtual Reference Service In Multilingual Environment, Joint Conference Of Librarians Of Color, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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San Jose Joint Library: Fertile Ground For Lifelong Learning, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Virtual Reference Services In Multilingual Environment, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Building Context-Based Library Instructions, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Multilingual Virtual Reference Services, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Exploring The Paradigm Of Hospitality In Chinese, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Business And Economics Resources At Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Resource Sharing And Collaboration, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Multilingual Access For The Virtual Reference Services, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Collaboration And Partnership, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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The Birth Of A New Library In A Silicon Valley Community, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Faculty and Staff Publications

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