This document discusses the role of academic libraries in supporting open science, open education, and online learning. It addresses how libraries can help with issues like data management, providing infrastructure for open access publishing and data sharing, supporting new forms of teaching like MOOCs and OERs, and advocating for policies that advance open practices in research and education. The document provides an overview of key concepts in open science, open education and online learning, and suggests ways libraries can help address challenges and opportunities in these areas through services, training and collaborative efforts.

1. Andrea Miller-Nesbitt
April, 2015
The
role
of
libraries
in
suppor0ng
teaching
and
research
in
the
sciences

2. How
can
academic
libraries
best
respond
to
the
needs
of
science
faculty
and
students
taking
into
account
new
trends
in
scholarly
communica0on
and
teaching?

5. Open science
“Open
science
is
the
idea
that
scien0fic
knowledge
of
all
kinds
should
be
openly
shared
as
early
as
is
prac0cal
in
the
discovery
process.”
Michael
Nielson
Gezelter,
D.
(2011)

6. Open science
Benefits:
• Accelera0ng
discovery
process
• Reducing
duplica0on
• Increasing
transparency
• Increasing
visibility
Challenges:
• Infrastructure
• Training
and
support
• Scien0fic
culture
• Legisla0on
and
policy

7. plan
collect
describe
preserve
analyze
integrate
Data
lifecycle
Data management
Identify and
apply appropriate
metadata
Identify appropriate
repository
Help users
access and
cite data

8. Open science

9. Open access
Tri-­‐Agency
Open
Access
Policy
on
Publica0ons
CIHR
NSERC
SSHRC

10. Role of the library
Infrastructure
• development
of
usable
cyberinfrastructure
Training
and
support
• data
management,
access
and
use
Scien0fic
culture
• demonstrate
impact
beyond
journal
publica0ons
Legisla0on
and
policy
• ins0tu0onal,
na0onal
and
interna0onal
level

11. Open education
Pedagogical
philosophy
that
aims
to
improve
educa0onal
experiences
and
increase
student
achievement
through
reducing
barriers
to
higher
educa0on.

12. Online learning
MOOCs
OERs

13. Universal Design for
Learning
A
framework
used
to
guide
the
instruc0onal
goals,
method,
materials
and
assessment
in
order
to
improve
and
op0mize
learning
for
all
people.

14. Role of the library
Open
textbooks
• Increase
awareness
on
campus
by
collabora0ng
with
instructors
and
other
campus
departments
• Support
the
adop0on
of
open
textbooks
• Deposit
faculty
authored
OERs
in
ins0tu0onal
repositories
Massive
Open
Online
Courses
• Iden0fy
and
locate
teaching
materials
• Navigate
copyright
issues
• Understand
content
licensing
op0ons
• Ensure
accessibility
of
course
content

16. Andrea Miller-Nesbitt
andreaemn@gmail.com

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18. Image credits
Slide
2—”Test
tube”
icon
by
Zach
Graham
Slide
3—”Share”
icon
by
Anand
A
Nair
Slide
5—”Nuclear”
by
the
Noun
Project
Slide
6—”Lecturer”
by
Zbigniew
Flakus
Slide
10—”MOOC”
and
“Microlecture”
by
Duke
Innova0on
Co-­‐Lab
Slide
11—”Blended
learning”
and
”Games
for
learning”
by
Duke
Innova0on
Co-­‐Lab,
“Thinking”
by
Edward
Boatman
Slide
12—”Mental
health”
by
the
Noun
Project
Slide
15—”Students
raise”
from
hdp://imgkid.com/students-­‐in-­‐classroom-­‐raising-­‐hands.shtml
Images
on
slides
2
to
12
from
thenounproject.com