The Open Movement: What Libraries Can Do

Corrall, Sheila

doi:10.5703/1288284316319

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“…Librarians have demonstrated commitment to openness and have the capacity to make operational, tactical, and strategic interventions to deliver real benefits to their communities and society, as users and producers of open content, processes and infrastructure, and by fulfilling roles as educators, advocates, facilitators, mediators, collaborators, coordinators, integrators and leaders of the open movement (Corrall, 2015). But they can do more to build the institutional culture to make open our default way of working and living (Hamilton, Kernohan and Jacobs, 2017).…”

Section: The Open Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Corrall¹

2020

Bold Minds

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Section: The Open Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Corrall¹

2020

Bold Minds

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“…With access to course materials and information, student engagement and access to information as some of the key priorities for open education in North America (West, 2017), it should be of no surprise to find academic libraries leading, supporting or influencing OAER both intra- and inter-institutionally. This access and influence create a role for the academic library to influence the policy and strategy of their institutions to embrace open initiatives more broadly (Corrall, 2015). The scale and coordination of efforts may vary largely.…”

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Bridges to affordability: adopting a university OAER mandate with local implementation

Riehman-Murphy

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Mross

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Purpose This paper aims to describe a case study of the open and affordable educational resources (OAER) initiatives led by Penn State University Libraries (UL) and implemented at its many campuses which are designed to address the challenges students experience accessing and funding their course materials. Design/methodology/approach This case study will show how a broad administrative mandate for high-level OAER initiatives created the environment for Penn State (PSU) to evolve from individual pioneering units into coordinated university-wide initiatives. This shift, spearheaded by administration with strong UL involvement, allowed for customized and targeted initiatives at its many campuses. By using UL’s centralized, but geographically dispersed, structure, library faculty and staff have been supported in their efforts to expand OAER from the ground up to meet individual contexts and campus needs. Findings As a result of its many open and affordable initiatives, PSUL has been able to demonstrate both savings and increased access for students across PSU’s many campuses and World Campus. Broad administrative support has created an environment which enabled UL faculty and staff to lead various initiatives. Originality/value UL has long been a leader and partner in open and affordability initiatives at PSU because of its core mission of providing access. By sharing the processes and logistics of how a large research institution with many campuses of various sizes implemented a wide variety of library-driven open and affordability initiatives through a centralized but geographically dispersed structure, academic libraries will be able to replicate similar initiatives in their unique contexts.

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The Open Movement: What Libraries Can Do

Cited by 2 publications

References 21 publications

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

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

Bridges to affordability: adopting a university OAER mandate with local implementation

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