These introductory slides are from the CoPILOT in Scotland event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, held at GCU on 12th February 2014.

1. CoPILOT: supporting librarians in
sharing their teaching material.
Nancy Graham (University of Roehampton)
Glasgow Caledonian University – 12th February 2014

2. Today’s talk
• Why OER?
• Librarian role in OER
• OERRH survey results
• Actions for CoPILOT
• Get involved!

3. Why share Information Literacy
resources via a CoP?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_grey/4582294721/

5. Librarians as OER advocates
• Leading by example
• Gaining new expertise by adapting and sharing our
own materials
• Builds on core librarian skills: licensing, copyright,
finding quality resources (information literacy)
• Highly established profession with strong networks

6. OER Research Hub Survey
• Run in November/December 2013 by Dr Beck Pitt
from the OER Research Hub
• Over 300 librarian respondents
• Headline statistics…
http://oerresearchhub.org/2014/02/07/survey-results-libra
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7. Top three challenges for using OER
• Knowing where to find resources
• Finding resources of sufficiently high quality
• Finding suitable resources in my subject area
Other considerations:
• Not having enough time to look
• Technology problems
• Finding up to date resources

8. Top three reasons for selecting one
particular OER over another
• The resource being created or uploaded by a
reputable/trusted institution or person
• The resource being relevant to my particular interests/needs
• The resource having a Creative Commons license
Other considerations:
• Evidence of popularity
The being recently created
Having previously used this resource successfully
Lots of detail of how to use the resource, learning objectives etc.
Easy to download

9. Top three purposes for using OER in
context of Librarian role
• To help find available content for learning, teaching
or training
• To get new ideas and inspiration
• To enhance respondent's professional development
Other consideration:
• To stay up to date in a topic area
• Broaden resources available to my users/supplement existing
resources
• To broaden my teaching methods

10. How can we make this happen?
• What are pros/cons of using online communities?
• Think about this throughout the day…
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Building librarian OER advocacy role?
Online activities to encourage participation/contribution
Comms channels?
Other CoP functions
Face to face events?
Support from international organisations?

11. Where next?
• Project with UNESCO and IFLA to upgrade InfoLit
Global
• More events like this
• Work on the online CoP
• Library Instruction of the West, Portland, July

12. CoPILOT Committee
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Sub-group of CILIP IL Group
Kick off meeting November 2012
Aim: to support UK librarians in sharing openly
1st event at Uni of Surrey 30th May
Get involved!
• Mailing list IL-OERS@jiscmail.ac.uk
• Wiki: http://iloer.pbworks.com
• Twitter: @CoPILOT2013

13. Further reading
Appleyard, S. (2012) A Survey of sharing and reuse of Information Literacy resources across
Higher Education Libraries in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen; Robert Gordon University.
Graham, N. & Secker, J. (2012) Librarians, information literacy and open educational resources:
report of a survey. Available at:
http://delilaopen.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/findingsharingoers_reportfinal1.pdf
Boon, S., Bueno de la Fuente, G. & Robertson, J. (2012) The roles of librarians and information
professionals in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives. Bolton; CETIS. Available at:
http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/OER-Libraries-Survey-Report.pdf
UNESCO Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education, available for
free download here: http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=364

14. Image attribution links
• Nottingham Xpert image attribution tool:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/attribution/
• Image Stamper:
http://s1.imagestamper.com/login.jsp
Need to register for this before using.