Libraries are playing a leading role in promoting open educational resources (OER) and open access. Many libraries have created catalogs and guides to curate and provide access to open textbooks and other OER. They are also actively involved in OER initiatives on their campuses to reduce costs for students. The webinar highlighted several examples of libraries that have open textbook catalogs and guides to connect faculty with high-quality OER. It also discussed the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition's (SPARC) efforts to build a librarian network and provide resources to expand librarians' involvement in OER issues.

1. Dr. Patricia Profeta, Indian River State College
Donna Okubo, Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Nicole Allen, SPARC
October 2, 2013
12:00 pm Pacific, 3:00 pm Eastern
Libraries Lead the Way: Open
Courses, OER, Open Policies

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• Community College Outreach Director at
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5. Agenda
• CCCOER introduction
• Libraries and Open Access
• Open Information Literacy Courses
• Open Access Resources and Journals
• Open Policies and Libraries
• Q & A

6. CCCOER Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning
–Expand access to education
–Support professional development
–Advance community college mission
Funded by the William & Flora
Hewlett Foundation

7. 200+ Community & Technical College

8. Libraries Lead the Way
Internet
Browsing
open course
Information
Literacy
open course
Open
Licensing
Open
Educational
Resources
Open
Policies
Open
Science
Resources
Open
Access
Research

9. Open Information Literacy Courses
Dr. Patricia Profeta
Dean of Learning Resources
Indian River State College

10. Patricia C. Profeta, Ph.D.
Dean of Learning Resources
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce, FL
pprofeta@irsc.edu
October 2, 2013

11.  Florida Department of Education
◦ Chancellor, Division of Florida Colleges
 Florida College System (FCS)
(28 colleges, two and four year)
 Council of Presidents
 Council of Instructional Affairs
(chief academic officers)
 Continuing and Adult Ed Standing Committee
 Learning Resources Standing Committee
 Occupational Education Standing Committee

12.  The courses are licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
3.0 Unported License.
 Zip files – see the CIA LRSC website
 Please use and adapt the content and/or title.
◦ LIS course descriptor
 Florida Statewide Course Numbering System
1. FCS Presidents’ approach
2. History of cooperative action
3. The Orange Grove
4. Librarians as information literacy experts
5. Librarians as instructors and curriculum
developers
6. Leadership opportunities
7. Librarian at every table

13.  Internet research skills
 IRSC http://irsc.libguides.com/LIS2004
 LIS 2004 Introduction to Internet Research is a
one-credit hour online course. The course
focuses on methods of accessing information
resources available through the Internet.
Students will learn how to design effective
search strategies, retrieve, evaluate, and cite
Internet resources.

14.  Course Introduction -- What is the Internet?
If you are a novice Internet user, this reading will help prepare you for the course. It provides an
introduction to using the Internet as an information resource, a brief history of the Internet, and
information about how the Internet works.
 Lesson 1 -- Internet Communication
Introduces Internet communication tools, including electronic mail and discussion groups such as
mailing lists, groups, chat, and web conferencing. Discusses basic rules of netiquette, which define
appropriate behavior for Internet communication.
 Lesson 2 -- Research Strategies
Covers selecting a topic and planning a research strategy. Includes an introduction to keyword and
Boolean search techniques which may be used with many Internet search tools and with most electronic
library databases and reference tools.
 Lesson 3 -- Web Search Engines
Provides tips and strategies for using Web search engines and meta-search engines effectively and
efficiently.
 Lesson 4 -- Other Web Tools
Discusses the difference between search engines and directories, explains metasites and covers file
format and multimedia searching.
 Lesson 5 -- Library Databases
An increasing number of information resources are available via the Internet only to libraries or
organizations who subscribe for a fee. Introduces several subscription-based resources available via
your community college library.
 Lesson 6 -- Evaluating Internet Resources
Explains how to evaluate Internet resources for usefulness and reliability.
 Lesson 7 --Documenting Internet Resources
Explains and provides examples for documenting Internet and online subscription-based resources
using the MLA and APA citation formats.
 The Glossary provides definitions of terminology used in this course.
 Course requirements include three assignments and a Course Project.

15. Lesson 6: Evaluating Internet Resources
Upon completion of this lesson, the student
will:
 recognize and evaluate website domains,
 articulate and apply initial criteria for
evaluating a website,
 examine a website in order to evaluate
reliability, validity, accuracy, authority,
timeliness and point of view or bias, and
 recognize prejudice, deception, manipulation
or logical fallacies in a website.

16.  Florida’s Community Colleges
General Education Student Learning Outcomes
Communication: Read, write, speak and listen effectively.
◦ Critical thinking: Reflect, analyze, synthesis, and apply.
◦ Scientific and quantitative reasoning: Understand and apply
mathematical and scientific principles and methods.
◦ *Information literacy: Find, evaluate, organize, and use
information.
◦ Global socio-cultural responsibility: Actively participate as an
informed and responsible citizen in social, cultural, global, and
environmental matters.
 IRSC http://irsc.libguides.com/lis1000

17. http://dept.sfcollege.edu/library/lrsc/infolitcommittee/IL_Standards_in_FCS.pdf

18. Lesson 1
Module 1, Lesson 1
 Lesson Objectives
 Lesson Content
 Activity
 External Resources
The information literate student determines the nature and extent of the
information needed. (Standard 1)
Defines and articulates the need for information (Performance Indicator 1)
Identifies a research topic or information need (FL College outcome 1.1A)
Explores background information to identify key concepts and terms and determines the
availability of needed information. (FL College outcome 1.1B)
Lesson Objectives
On completion of this lesson, students should be able to:
 Define 4 common types of research assignments
 Identify a research topic
 Gather topical background information from appropriate sources
 Identify key concepts and terms related to their topic
 Determine availability of information related to their topic

19.  MOOC
 Integration of social media into curriculum
 Integration of additional OERs into curriculum
 Analytics for library contribution to student
success
◦ Courses revised annually
◦ Membership changes
◦ Leadership changes
◦ Reports submitted to the CIA LRSC

20. Open Access
Resources & Journals
Donna Okubo
Senior Mgr of Community Outreach & Advocacy
Public Library of Science (PLOS)

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22. Is this YOU? Looking for Content?
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Amy McTigue’s image licensed CC-BY-ND

23. This could be YOU!
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Aaron Parecki's Image:licensed CC-BY

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About PLOS
PLOS is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy
organization founded to accelerate progress in
science and medicine by leading a transformation
in research communication.

25. Keeping Science Moving
Founders sought Open Access to transform research communications
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“It is now possible to share the results of medical research
with anyone, anywhere, who could benefit from it.
“How could we not do it?”
Patrick O. Brown
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Michael B. Eisen
Professor, UC Berkeley
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Harold Varmus, Nobel Laureate
Director National Cancer Institute (NCI)
former Director National Institutes of Health

26. PLOS Publishes a Suite of Leading Open Access Journals
Advancing Scholarly Publishing
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• PLOS ONE
world’s largest scientific journal
• PLOS Biology
works of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science
• PLOS Medicine
leading open access medical journal
— research on the major challenges to human health worldwide
• PLOS Genetics
outstanding original contributions in all areas of genetics and genomics
• PLOS Computational Biology
new insights into living systems at all scales
• PLOS Pathogens
new ideas that contribute to understanding the biology of pathogens
• PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
forgotten diseases affecting the world’s forgotten people

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PLOS By the Numbers
85,000+
articles published
through June 2013
62% increase
over 2011 in number
of articles we publish
26,000+ articles published
in 2012
5.3 million+
article views per month
170,000+
authors
through 2012
93%of Authors
are likely to submit
to PLOS again
46Nobel Laureates
have published with PLOS

28. Open Access Publishing Expands
8,817 peer-reviewed open access journals registered by 2013
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Map: www.openaccessmap.org
Journal count (March 2013): www.doaj.org

29. OPEN ACCESS
Making scientific research
immediately available online

30. What is Open Access ?
Free Availability and Unrestricted Use
We believe that published research articles should be
immediately and freely available online
without restriction,
for the benefit of scientists, science and
the greater public good:
 Free access – no charge to access
 No embargos – immediately available
 Reuse – Creative Commons Attribution
License (CC BY) to use with proper
attribution
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31. I Can Reuse OA Content. For Free?
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Arlo MagicMan’s image: licensed CC-BY-NC

32. Open Access Content. Isn’t It Wonderful!
• Figure 2. KEGG categories of T. multiceps unigenes.
• Citation: Wu X, Fu Y, Yang D, Zhang R, Zheng W, et al. (2012) Detailed Transcriptome Description of the Neglected Cestode
Taenia multiceps. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45830. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045830
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33. PLOSable – a doorway to the leading edge of Biology
• http://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/plosable
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34. Lesson Plans – PLOS Article
• http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/monkey-see-monkey-do/?_r=0
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PLOS - Image Collection
• http://openfigs.tumblr.com/

36. Barbara Stebbins, Middle School Science Teacher
• http://vimeo.com/1829969
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37. Additional Open Access Journal Resources
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
http://www.doaj.org/
• Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
http://oaspa.org/
• Open Access Directory (OAD)
http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page
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38. Open Policies and Libraries
Nicole Allen
OER Program Director
Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources
Coalition (SPARC)

39. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition, is an
international alliance of academic and research
libraries working to create a more open system of
scholarly communication.

40. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
SPARC Issues
• Open Access (to research articles)
• Open Data
• Open Educational Resources

41. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
SPARC OER Program
Goals
• Remove barriers, expand incentives and
provide support for the adoption of OER
• Expand the development of high quality OER,
and the open licensing of existing high quality
educational resources

42. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
“Crossing the Chasm”

43. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Libraries & OER

44. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Libraries & OER
• Libraries are the place faculty go to seek high
quality educational resources
• Librarians are experts at finding, curating and
providing access to resources
• Libraries are embedded within institutions and
are connected to students, faculty and staff

45. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Libraries & OER
• Libraries help provide access to textbooks
through reserve copies; recognize the
affordability problem
• Many libraries already active in promoting
Open Access in the context of research

46. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Libraries & OER
• Libraries are already leading the way on OER
too…

47. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Open Textbook Catalog
In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human
Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty
members. Read full press release
Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or
similar, license.
Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing,
editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions or
purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks.
http://guides.library.umass.edu/content.php?pid=87648&sid=1714807

48. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Open Textbook Catalog
In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human
Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty
members. Read full press release
Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or
similar, license.
Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing,
editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions or
purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks.
http://open.tacomacc.edu/

49. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Open Textbook Catalog
In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human
Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty
members. Read full press release
Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or
similar, license.
Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing,
editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions or
purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks.
http://open.umn.edu/
In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human
Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by
faculty members. Read full press release
Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or
similar, license.
Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing,
editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions
or purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks.

50. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Open Textbook Catalog
In an effort to reduce costs for students, the College of Education and Human
Development has created this catalog of open textbooks to be reviewed by faculty
members. Read full press release
Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or
similar, license.
Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing,
editing, and adding their own content. Students can access free digital versions or
purchase low-cost print copies of open textbooks.
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/

51. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
SPARC OER
Program

52. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
SPARC OER Program
• Build a Librarian Liaison Network to connect
librarians already working on OER
• Offer educational programs and resources for
librarians interested in expanding into OER
• Connect librarians with student and faculty
OER efforts on campus

53. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
SPARC OER Program
• Advocate for local, state and federal policies
that expand OER production and adoption
• Support grassroots efforts to further OER
policy

54. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
www.sparc.arl.org
Open Educational Resources Program nicole@sparc.arl.org
Sign up for more
information about
SPARC’s OER Program
http://sparc.arl.org/oer/join

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