Libraries Supporting Transition: Developing a Pre-Arrival Open Educational Resource (OER) for Taught Master’s Students

The Social Mission of Academic Libraries in Higher Education

“…Both Western Sydney and Monash University Libraries rejected the deficit model of support that treats LSES students differently and instead created and delivered skills programs to all first-year students (Dewi & Manuell 2014;Reading 2016). UK librarians have recognised the need to support transition to study and 'learning before arriving' for students entering Master's programs; Murphy and Tilley (2019) describe an open educational resource developed at Cambridge as a pre-arrival intervention for a heterogeneous home and international student population to help students with academic practices and identity formation in their discipline.…”

Databrarian ed? Preparing Information Specialists for Participation in an Open Datafied Society

“…Academic librarians are supporting teachers and students in their use of MOOCs (Barnes, 2013), while public librarians have hosted MOOC meet-ups to facilitate blended learning in a collaborative environment (Pawlowski, 2017). Librarians are using MOOCs for professional development (Bond, 2013) and also developing MOOCs/OERs for adult learners and students (Denlinger, 2016;Murphy and Tilley, 2019).…”