The document discusses various approaches to addressing the high cost of traditional textbooks. It provides definitions for digital rights management (DRM), open access initiatives, and open educational resources (OER). It then describes some of the alternatives that have emerged, such as digital rentals and open access textbook repositories. Examples of open textbook initiatives like Open SUNY and OpenStax are presented, which provide free and openly licensed textbooks. The document also discusses efforts at the University of North Carolina Charlotte library to promote the adoption of eBooks from their collection for course materials. This helps lower costs for students while increasing access.
The document summarizes plans for Cowles Library at Drake University over the next year. It discusses increasing access to digital resources like ebooks and online journals. It also outlines goals to improve instructional spaces, support for faculty and digital scholarship, and community programming. Renovations to the library are planned through a $4 million capital project, including installing a robotic storage tower, expanding teaching spaces, and improving student study areas.
1. The document summarizes a presentation about information literacy and resources available from the library for first-year seminar courses.
2. It encourages scheduling a library instruction session and follow-up sessions to help students build research skills and awareness of resources.
3. It discusses new models of information literacy being adopted, including "digital and media literacy", and how the library can help with evaluative and critical thinking skills.
4. An overview is given of new library resources like a new search tool and an online history video collection.
This document summarizes a presentation given at Drake University on rethinking library print collections in the digital age. It discusses how library collections have evolved from being book-centered to being learning-centered. It notes trends like mass digitization, access over ownership, shared print collections, and integrating collections with teaching and learning. The presentation addresses why local print collections are changing value due to factors like low use, crowded stacks, and high costs. It emphasizes moving beyond defining libraries by their collections to focus on services. It also discusses using data like circulation statistics and WorldCat holdings to make informed decisions about managing print collections through initiatives like the Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative.
Libraries face new challenges in the digital age, including decreasing budgets, changing user expectations, and new competitors. To remain relevant, libraries must embrace technologies like e-books, mobile apps, makerspaces, and 3D printing. They must redefine their roles and spaces, prove their value through metrics, and position their librarians as agents of change. By responding quickly to trends, reinventing themselves creatively, and meeting communities' evolving needs, libraries can future-proof their important roles.
This document summarizes strategies that libraries around the world have adopted to continue serving users during lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many libraries have promoted digital services and resources, increased access to ebooks, and helped users access unemployment and other forms online. Library staff have taken on new roles like contact tracing or working with homeless shelters. National libraries have expanded online access to collections. Publishers and vendors have facilitated remote access to library resources. Free educational resources are also highlighted. The document provides examples of tools that can help continue teaching and learning virtually.
Presentation delivered by Nancy Graham, chair of CoPILOT, as part of the 'Ooer-OERs! Using free, shared information literacy resources' event held at the University of Bradford, 24th June 2015, organised by the Yorkshire and Humberside division of the Academic and Research Libraries Group.
Student to Author: Using Wikipedia to Improve Undergraduate Research & WritingMargot
This document discusses using Wikipedia to improve undergraduate research and writing. It provides examples of student projects where they contributed original content to Wikipedia articles. Studies found that most college students use Wikipedia for school assignments. The document advocates for using Wikipedia in the classroom in a way that aligns with scholarly values like relying on reliable sources and undergoing peer review. It describes challenges but also benefits to students, such as learning efficient research practices and citation analysis. Examples are given of assignments where students contributed to Wikipedia as an authentic audience.
The document summarizes plans for Cowles Library at Drake University over the next year. It discusses increasing access to digital resources like ebooks and online journals. It also outlines goals to improve instructional spaces, support for faculty and digital scholarship, and community programming. Renovations to the library are planned through a $4 million capital project, including installing a robotic storage tower, expanding teaching spaces, and improving student study areas.
1. The document summarizes a presentation about information literacy and resources available from the library for first-year seminar courses.
2. It encourages scheduling a library instruction session and follow-up sessions to help students build research skills and awareness of resources.
3. It discusses new models of information literacy being adopted, including "digital and media literacy", and how the library can help with evaluative and critical thinking skills.
4. An overview is given of new library resources like a new search tool and an online history video collection.
This document summarizes a presentation given at Drake University on rethinking library print collections in the digital age. It discusses how library collections have evolved from being book-centered to being learning-centered. It notes trends like mass digitization, access over ownership, shared print collections, and integrating collections with teaching and learning. The presentation addresses why local print collections are changing value due to factors like low use, crowded stacks, and high costs. It emphasizes moving beyond defining libraries by their collections to focus on services. It also discusses using data like circulation statistics and WorldCat holdings to make informed decisions about managing print collections through initiatives like the Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative.
Libraries face new challenges in the digital age, including decreasing budgets, changing user expectations, and new competitors. To remain relevant, libraries must embrace technologies like e-books, mobile apps, makerspaces, and 3D printing. They must redefine their roles and spaces, prove their value through metrics, and position their librarians as agents of change. By responding quickly to trends, reinventing themselves creatively, and meeting communities' evolving needs, libraries can future-proof their important roles.
This document summarizes strategies that libraries around the world have adopted to continue serving users during lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many libraries have promoted digital services and resources, increased access to ebooks, and helped users access unemployment and other forms online. Library staff have taken on new roles like contact tracing or working with homeless shelters. National libraries have expanded online access to collections. Publishers and vendors have facilitated remote access to library resources. Free educational resources are also highlighted. The document provides examples of tools that can help continue teaching and learning virtually.
Presentation delivered by Nancy Graham, chair of CoPILOT, as part of the 'Ooer-OERs! Using free, shared information literacy resources' event held at the University of Bradford, 24th June 2015, organised by the Yorkshire and Humberside division of the Academic and Research Libraries Group.
Student to Author: Using Wikipedia to Improve Undergraduate Research & WritingMargot
This document discusses using Wikipedia to improve undergraduate research and writing. It provides examples of student projects where they contributed original content to Wikipedia articles. Studies found that most college students use Wikipedia for school assignments. The document advocates for using Wikipedia in the classroom in a way that aligns with scholarly values like relying on reliable sources and undergoing peer review. It describes challenges but also benefits to students, such as learning efficient research practices and citation analysis. Examples are given of assignments where students contributed to Wikipedia as an authentic audience.
This document discusses open business models in the publishing industry. It describes how distribution of physical goods like books, music, and videos has come under threat from digital distribution. Industries like music, video, and newspapers have been "disrupted." The traditional academic publishing and textbook industry is also facing disruption from open educational resources and open textbooks. Models discussed include open licensing of content, collaborative authoring platforms like Curriki, and the "Flatworld Knowledge" model of offering open textbooks and optional study aids to generate revenue.
IFLA ARL Hot Topics 2020: Libraries as Catalysts - Inspire, Engage, Enable, C...IFLAAcademicandResea
Libraries in China have seen a rapid growth in Intellectual Property Information Service (IPIS) centers over the past few years, with over 100 established. These centers were encouraged by the Chinese government to support innovation and patent applications. They provide services like patent searches, analysis of patent trends, and support for industries. While still developing, they represent a promising new direction for academic research libraries in China. Compared to the US, where similar centers have existed longer in libraries but not transformed them, the growth of IPIS centers could impact the transformation of Chinese academic libraries.
SPARC Webcast: Libraries Leading the Way on Open Educational ResourcesNicole Allen
This webcast features three librarians who have been leading OER projects on their campuses. Each will provide an overview of the project, discuss the impact achieved for students, and provide practical tips and advice for other campuses exploring OER initiatives.
Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. Marilyn coordinates the Open Education Initiative, which has saved students more than $750,000 since 2011 by working with faculty to identify low-cost and free alternatives to expensive textbooks.
Kristi Jensen, Program Development Lead, eLearning Support Initiative, University of Minnesota Libraries. The University of Minnesota has emerged as a national leader through its Open Textbook Library, which is a searchable catalog of more than 100 open textbooks. The Libraries also partnered with other entities on campus for their Digital Course Pack project, which has helped streamline the course pack process and make materials more affordable for students.
Shan Sutton, Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication, Oregon State University Libraries. The OSU libraries are partnering with the OSU Press for a pilot program to develop open access textbooks by OSU faculty members. The program issued an RFP in the fall, and recently announced four winning proposals that will be published in 2014-2015.
The document discusses institutional repositories and their role in managing and disseminating digital materials created by academic institutions and their communities. It provides definitions of institutional repositories by Clifford Lynch, describing them as services offered by universities to manage and distribute digital materials created by the institution and its members with a commitment to long-term preservation. Institutional repositories are centered around academic institutions and contain scholarly works of varying degrees produced by that institution. They aim to maximize access to and preservation of an institution's research outputs.
The document discusses the concept of blended librarianship, which combines traditional librarian skills with instructional design and technology skills. It defines blended librarianship and provides examples of how skills are blended, including collaborating with instructional designers and taking on leadership and teaching roles. The presentation also provides biographies of thought leaders Steven Bell and John Shank, who developed the concept of blended librarianship. Resources for continuing education in blended librarianship are listed.
“Open” Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Educational Practices & Open ...Kamel Belhamel
This document discusses open access, open educational resources (OER), open educational practices (OEP), and open data in Africa. It defines key concepts like open access, green vs. gold open access, and the 5Rs of OER. It outlines benefits of open science like more citations and collaboration. Examples of African open initiatives are provided, as well as the University of Bejaia's vision of encouraging OER use and open access publishing.
From local to global: sharing information literacy teaching as open education...Jane Secker
This document summarizes a presentation on open and sustainable ways to share teaching resources. It discusses definitions of open educational resources (OER) and communities of practice. Current methods of sharing are explored, such as repositories and sites used. Case studies from the University of Northampton and University of Leeds describe their OER programs. Barriers to sharing include finding high quality resources, and the role of communities of practice in supporting librarians globally in sharing materials is examined.
NISO Two-Part Webinar: E-books for Education
Part 1: Electronic Textbooks: Plug in and Learn
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook maretplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
In Part 1, we will explore the notion of just what an electronic textbook is. Are e-textbooks an interactive "courseware" website, an application for mobile devices and tablets, or self-contained digital files? Or is there a place for all of these and if so, how do they fit together and combine with a course syllabus?
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Advocating for Change: Open Textbooks and Affordability
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open your books and turn to page 10: Getting students to use their e-textbooks
Reggie Cobb, Biology Instructor, Nash Community College
A Proof of Concept Initiative: The Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilots
Monica Metz-Wiseman, Coordinator of Electronic Collections, University of South Florida Libraries
Who do they think we are? Addressing library identity perception in the academyAnnis Lee Adams
This document summarizes a presentation given at the CARL Conference on April 6, 2014. It discusses a presentation given by Margot Hanson from California Maritime Academy and Annis Lee Adams from Golden Gate University titled "Who do they think we are? Addressing library identity perception in the academy." The presentation looked at how librarians are perceived by others and discussed research into how academics write about libraries and librarians online. It provided an overview of several studies and articles on topics such as the value of academic libraries, how academics use online forums, online disinhibition effects, and analyzing comments on library-related articles. Attendees were asked about their experiences with online commenting.
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook marketplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
Just as open access has revolutionized the world of journal literature, so too is it increasingly being advocated in the e-textbook world. Part 2 of E-books for Education will focus on the efforts to make textbooks electronically available under free open copyright licenses as part of the broader open educational resources movement.
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
The Library Publishing Landscape for E-Textbooks
Faye Chadwell, Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and Press Director, Oregon State University
Student-Funded Textbook Initiative at Kansas State University
Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Kansas State University
Beth Turtle, Associate Professor/ Scholarly Communications & Publishing, Kansas State University Libraries
Using Open Resources to Expand Access to Education
Gemma Fay, Academic Content Manager, Boundless
Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: A Burgeoning Service Model in the ...IFLAAcademicandResea
IFLA ARL Webinar Series | Held online on August 1, 2019
This presentation focuses on Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: a Burgeoning Service Model in the Open Access Sphere, presented by Jody Bailey, Head of Scholarly Communications Office, Emory University Libraries, and Ted Polley, Social Sciences & Digital Publishing, IUPUI University Library.
The document discusses Ohio's Affordable Learning initiative, which was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The grant supports open educational resource adoption and creation through various partnerships between Ohio colleges and universities. OhioLINK is coordinating efforts around awareness and advocacy, the Open Textbook Network, discovery and visibility of resources, and creation and collaboration on an open online commons called Open Ohio. The document outlines OhioLINK's role and lists ways that libraries can help support the initiative through activities like metadata work, resource identification, and connecting local campus efforts to statewide initiatives.
Libraries and blogs : new communication tools for academic librarians. Author...UCD Library
Delivered at LIR HEANet User Group for Libraries Seminar 'Emerging Technologies for Libraries and Education', 8th Dec 2006, TCD School of Nursing & Midwifery, Dublin, Ireland
Presentation by Ingrid Parent: Digital Academic Content and the Future of Lib...Ingrid Parent
International Library Cooperation Symposium presentation May 14, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Presentation by Ingrid Parent, President elect of IFLA, and University Librarian at the University of British Columbia
Digital Visitors and Residents: Project Feedbackjisc-elearning
Students and staff have been developing their own digital literacies for years and successfully integrating them into their social and professional activities. The Visitors and Residents project has been capturing these literacies by interviewing participants within four educational stages from secondary school to experienced scholars. Using the Visitors and Residents idea as a framework the project has been mapping what motivates individuals and groups to engage with the web for learning. We have been exploring the information-seeking and learning strategies that are evolving in both personal and professional contexts. In this presentation we will discuss these emerging ‘user owned’ literacies and how they might integrate with institutional approaches to developing digital literacies. We also will discuss the Visitors and Residents mapping process and how this could be utilised by projects as a tool for reflecting on existing and potential literacies and the development of services and systems.
David White, Co-manager , Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research
This presentation was provided by Carl Grant of The University of Oklahoma Libraries during the NISO event, "The Library of the Future: Inside & Out", held on December 12, 2018.
Incorporating information literacy outcomes into your courseKendra Lake
Presented by Jane Lewandoski and Kendra Lake at the St. Clair County Community College Fall 2019 adjunct faculty welcome back event on August 13, 2019.
Presentatie van de Unie der Zorgelozen tijdens het Innovatiefestival van Socius (22 mei 2014).
De Unie der Zorgelozen is een sociaal-artistiek gezelschap uit Kortrijk dat creëert vanuit een sterk maatschappelijk engagement. De Unie zoekt de aloude banden tussen gezelschap en gemeenschap, tussen kunst en de samenleving op een eigentijdse manier heruit te vinden.
Dingen groeien organisch in dit gezelschap, dat inmiddels een tiental jaar als zelfstandige organisatie bestaat en – niet onbelangrijk – een vaste eigen plek heeft. De Unie is als het ware een permanent sociaal en artistiek experiment. Maar toneelspelen blijft de kern van de zaak.
Meer informatie via www.socius.be/tag//innovatie.
This document provides an overview of economic systems and concepts in the United States including:
- The main economic and social goals of Americans which include economic freedom, efficiency, equity, security, full employment, price stability, economic growth.
- Evaluating economic performance based on unemployment, inflation, economic growth.
- The characteristics of a free enterprise or capitalist economy including economic freedom, voluntary exchange, profit motive, private property rights, competition.
- The roles of entrepreneurs, consumers, and government in a free enterprise system.
This document discusses open business models in the publishing industry. It describes how distribution of physical goods like books, music, and videos has come under threat from digital distribution. Industries like music, video, and newspapers have been "disrupted." The traditional academic publishing and textbook industry is also facing disruption from open educational resources and open textbooks. Models discussed include open licensing of content, collaborative authoring platforms like Curriki, and the "Flatworld Knowledge" model of offering open textbooks and optional study aids to generate revenue.
IFLA ARL Hot Topics 2020: Libraries as Catalysts - Inspire, Engage, Enable, C...IFLAAcademicandResea
Libraries in China have seen a rapid growth in Intellectual Property Information Service (IPIS) centers over the past few years, with over 100 established. These centers were encouraged by the Chinese government to support innovation and patent applications. They provide services like patent searches, analysis of patent trends, and support for industries. While still developing, they represent a promising new direction for academic research libraries in China. Compared to the US, where similar centers have existed longer in libraries but not transformed them, the growth of IPIS centers could impact the transformation of Chinese academic libraries.
SPARC Webcast: Libraries Leading the Way on Open Educational ResourcesNicole Allen
This webcast features three librarians who have been leading OER projects on their campuses. Each will provide an overview of the project, discuss the impact achieved for students, and provide practical tips and advice for other campuses exploring OER initiatives.
Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. Marilyn coordinates the Open Education Initiative, which has saved students more than $750,000 since 2011 by working with faculty to identify low-cost and free alternatives to expensive textbooks.
Kristi Jensen, Program Development Lead, eLearning Support Initiative, University of Minnesota Libraries. The University of Minnesota has emerged as a national leader through its Open Textbook Library, which is a searchable catalog of more than 100 open textbooks. The Libraries also partnered with other entities on campus for their Digital Course Pack project, which has helped streamline the course pack process and make materials more affordable for students.
Shan Sutton, Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication, Oregon State University Libraries. The OSU libraries are partnering with the OSU Press for a pilot program to develop open access textbooks by OSU faculty members. The program issued an RFP in the fall, and recently announced four winning proposals that will be published in 2014-2015.
The document discusses institutional repositories and their role in managing and disseminating digital materials created by academic institutions and their communities. It provides definitions of institutional repositories by Clifford Lynch, describing them as services offered by universities to manage and distribute digital materials created by the institution and its members with a commitment to long-term preservation. Institutional repositories are centered around academic institutions and contain scholarly works of varying degrees produced by that institution. They aim to maximize access to and preservation of an institution's research outputs.
The document discusses the concept of blended librarianship, which combines traditional librarian skills with instructional design and technology skills. It defines blended librarianship and provides examples of how skills are blended, including collaborating with instructional designers and taking on leadership and teaching roles. The presentation also provides biographies of thought leaders Steven Bell and John Shank, who developed the concept of blended librarianship. Resources for continuing education in blended librarianship are listed.
“Open” Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Educational Practices & Open ...Kamel Belhamel
This document discusses open access, open educational resources (OER), open educational practices (OEP), and open data in Africa. It defines key concepts like open access, green vs. gold open access, and the 5Rs of OER. It outlines benefits of open science like more citations and collaboration. Examples of African open initiatives are provided, as well as the University of Bejaia's vision of encouraging OER use and open access publishing.
From local to global: sharing information literacy teaching as open education...Jane Secker
This document summarizes a presentation on open and sustainable ways to share teaching resources. It discusses definitions of open educational resources (OER) and communities of practice. Current methods of sharing are explored, such as repositories and sites used. Case studies from the University of Northampton and University of Leeds describe their OER programs. Barriers to sharing include finding high quality resources, and the role of communities of practice in supporting librarians globally in sharing materials is examined.
NISO Two-Part Webinar: E-books for Education
Part 1: Electronic Textbooks: Plug in and Learn
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook maretplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
In Part 1, we will explore the notion of just what an electronic textbook is. Are e-textbooks an interactive "courseware" website, an application for mobile devices and tablets, or self-contained digital files? Or is there a place for all of these and if so, how do they fit together and combine with a course syllabus?
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Advocating for Change: Open Textbooks and Affordability
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open your books and turn to page 10: Getting students to use their e-textbooks
Reggie Cobb, Biology Instructor, Nash Community College
A Proof of Concept Initiative: The Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilots
Monica Metz-Wiseman, Coordinator of Electronic Collections, University of South Florida Libraries
Who do they think we are? Addressing library identity perception in the academyAnnis Lee Adams
This document summarizes a presentation given at the CARL Conference on April 6, 2014. It discusses a presentation given by Margot Hanson from California Maritime Academy and Annis Lee Adams from Golden Gate University titled "Who do they think we are? Addressing library identity perception in the academy." The presentation looked at how librarians are perceived by others and discussed research into how academics write about libraries and librarians online. It provided an overview of several studies and articles on topics such as the value of academic libraries, how academics use online forums, online disinhibition effects, and analyzing comments on library-related articles. Attendees were asked about their experiences with online commenting.
About the Webinar
The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook marketplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues.
This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products.
Just as open access has revolutionized the world of journal literature, so too is it increasingly being advocated in the e-textbook world. Part 2 of E-books for Education will focus on the efforts to make textbooks electronically available under free open copyright licenses as part of the broader open educational resources movement.
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
The Library Publishing Landscape for E-Textbooks
Faye Chadwell, Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and Press Director, Oregon State University
Student-Funded Textbook Initiative at Kansas State University
Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Kansas State University
Beth Turtle, Associate Professor/ Scholarly Communications & Publishing, Kansas State University Libraries
Using Open Resources to Expand Access to Education
Gemma Fay, Academic Content Manager, Boundless
Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: A Burgeoning Service Model in the ...IFLAAcademicandResea
IFLA ARL Webinar Series | Held online on August 1, 2019
This presentation focuses on Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: a Burgeoning Service Model in the Open Access Sphere, presented by Jody Bailey, Head of Scholarly Communications Office, Emory University Libraries, and Ted Polley, Social Sciences & Digital Publishing, IUPUI University Library.
The document discusses Ohio's Affordable Learning initiative, which was awarded a $1.3 million grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The grant supports open educational resource adoption and creation through various partnerships between Ohio colleges and universities. OhioLINK is coordinating efforts around awareness and advocacy, the Open Textbook Network, discovery and visibility of resources, and creation and collaboration on an open online commons called Open Ohio. The document outlines OhioLINK's role and lists ways that libraries can help support the initiative through activities like metadata work, resource identification, and connecting local campus efforts to statewide initiatives.
Libraries and blogs : new communication tools for academic librarians. Author...UCD Library
Delivered at LIR HEANet User Group for Libraries Seminar 'Emerging Technologies for Libraries and Education', 8th Dec 2006, TCD School of Nursing & Midwifery, Dublin, Ireland
Presentation by Ingrid Parent: Digital Academic Content and the Future of Lib...Ingrid Parent
International Library Cooperation Symposium presentation May 14, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Presentation by Ingrid Parent, President elect of IFLA, and University Librarian at the University of British Columbia
Digital Visitors and Residents: Project Feedbackjisc-elearning
Students and staff have been developing their own digital literacies for years and successfully integrating them into their social and professional activities. The Visitors and Residents project has been capturing these literacies by interviewing participants within four educational stages from secondary school to experienced scholars. Using the Visitors and Residents idea as a framework the project has been mapping what motivates individuals and groups to engage with the web for learning. We have been exploring the information-seeking and learning strategies that are evolving in both personal and professional contexts. In this presentation we will discuss these emerging ‘user owned’ literacies and how they might integrate with institutional approaches to developing digital literacies. We also will discuss the Visitors and Residents mapping process and how this could be utilised by projects as a tool for reflecting on existing and potential literacies and the development of services and systems.
David White, Co-manager , Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Research
This presentation was provided by Carl Grant of The University of Oklahoma Libraries during the NISO event, "The Library of the Future: Inside & Out", held on December 12, 2018.
Incorporating information literacy outcomes into your courseKendra Lake
Presented by Jane Lewandoski and Kendra Lake at the St. Clair County Community College Fall 2019 adjunct faculty welcome back event on August 13, 2019.
Presentatie van de Unie der Zorgelozen tijdens het Innovatiefestival van Socius (22 mei 2014).
De Unie der Zorgelozen is een sociaal-artistiek gezelschap uit Kortrijk dat creëert vanuit een sterk maatschappelijk engagement. De Unie zoekt de aloude banden tussen gezelschap en gemeenschap, tussen kunst en de samenleving op een eigentijdse manier heruit te vinden.
Dingen groeien organisch in dit gezelschap, dat inmiddels een tiental jaar als zelfstandige organisatie bestaat en – niet onbelangrijk – een vaste eigen plek heeft. De Unie is als het ware een permanent sociaal en artistiek experiment. Maar toneelspelen blijft de kern van de zaak.
Meer informatie via www.socius.be/tag//innovatie.
This document provides an overview of economic systems and concepts in the United States including:
- The main economic and social goals of Americans which include economic freedom, efficiency, equity, security, full employment, price stability, economic growth.
- Evaluating economic performance based on unemployment, inflation, economic growth.
- The characteristics of a free enterprise or capitalist economy including economic freedom, voluntary exchange, profit motive, private property rights, competition.
- The roles of entrepreneurs, consumers, and government in a free enterprise system.
д-р Лючиана Дюранти - Презентация на английском языке к семинару в Москве 23 ...Natasha Khramtsovsky
Презентация доклада д-ра Лючианы Дюранти о проблемах обеспечения аутентичности электронных документов и доверия к ним, а также о руководимом ею новом международном проекте InterPARES Trust. Презентация была подготовлена к организованному компанией "Электронные Офисные Системы" семинару в Москве 23 сентября 2013 года.
Presentation of Dr. Luciana Duranti (Director, Centre for the International Study of Contemporary Records and Archives, University of British Columbia; Director, InterPARES Trust project) on the authenticity and trust in electronic environment and on InterPARES Trust project. The presentation was prepared for the seminar in Moscow on September 23, 2013
Выступление Натальи Храмцовской о внедрении ЭЦП в организации на ежегодной пользовательской конференции «Осенний документооборот-2005», октябрь 2005 года
Dr Natasha Khramtsovsky's presentation "Implementing digital signatures in an organization: Where to start" at the conference "Autumn Records Management - 2005", Moscow, October 2005.
The document discusses the concept of "perpetual beta" or iterative design in software development. It describes treating users as co-developers by continuously releasing new features and improvements based on user feedback, without waiting for the product to be perfect. It then summarizes three projects at a library that took this approach and discusses lessons learned, including setting clear expectations, being open to criticism, establishing a realistic pace of change, getting user feedback, considering dependencies, and being willing to end projects that are not working.
The document summarizes surveys conducted by Marcus Banks on the health sciences biblioblogosphere. The surveys aimed to understand the goals of librarian bloggers and their readers. Key findings include that the main reason for blogging was as a source of ideas, and most readers acted on blog content sometimes. While blogs helped clarify thinking for some authors, others found little impact on their practice. Readers were more likely to act on blogs than email lists due to easier tracking of discussions.
The document discusses roaming analytics research and covers several topics related to roaming including CTIA CIBER, CIBER record structure, wireless number portability, and data message handling. It provides details on the CIBER protocol for exchanging billing information between carriers and describes the structure and fields contained in different types of CIBER records. It also discusses the split between MSID and MDN numbers with wireless number portability and how this information is populated in CIBER records.
Information Visualization Using Visual Search MethodsMarcus Banks
EbscoHost has added visual search capabilities to many of its medical and other databases, allowing users to search for information visually using concepts like maps, graphs, and image searches. Visual search tools available on the web include Grokker for general web searches, Kartoo for creating concept maps, and Idee for searching for similar images. References are provided on the topic of visual searching and its potential benefits.
Presentatie Sven Augusteyns, Socius-Trefdag 'Burgers aan zet!' (19 november 2015)
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This document provides an overview of a case study on an open online course. The study examines the community of practice that developed in the course. The course was an 8-week research writing MOOC with formal registered students and informal open participants. The researcher observed interactions, interviewed participants, and analyzed artifacts to understand how openness and community developed over time in the open online environment.
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2. TO TEXTBOOK OR NOT TO
TEXTBOOK?
In order of appearance:
Bruce Gilbert
Priya Shenoy
Teri Koch
3. Overview:
• 1) The nature/extent of the problem and proposed solutions (Bruce)
• 2) What is already being done at Drake (Priya)
• 3) What a few other institutions are doing / future directions (Teri)
• 4) How you can get involved
• 5) Q and A
4. Overview of this section:
• 1) The nature/extent of the problem and proposed solutions (Bruce)
• a) Some definitions
• b) State of the art and trends
• c) What’s driving the changes?
• d) Something to keep in mind!
5. Some definitions:
• 1) Digital Rights Management (DRM):
• “a class of technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers,
copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to control the use of digital
content and devices after sale”
• EXAMPLE: Adobe Digital Editions, and the “ePub” format
6. Some definitions:
• 2) Open Access Initiative (OAI)
• OA literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright
and licensing restrictions. OA removes price barriers (subscriptions,
licensing fees, pay-per-view fees) and permission barriers (most copyright
and licensing restrictions).
• (See: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm )
• It does NOT remove copyright, however!
• Example: Oaister.org and Drake’s own eScholarShare
7. Some definitions:
• 2) Open Educational Resources (OER)
• are teaching, learning, and research resources that
reside in the public domain or have been released under
an intellectual property license that permits their free use
or re-purposing by others.
• Example: Merlot.org and “MOOCs” (“sort of” for the latter!)
8. What is an eTextbook?
• Definition of “textbook” in an electronic environment is expanding:
• Required course material
• Course ware
• Learning objects
• Currently many eTextbooks are digitized print
• Flat PDFs (e.g., PDF under glass, like a photocopy)
• eTextbooks are evolving to take advantage of technology.
• Adaptive tools (context sensitive quizzing)
• Cloud based
• Study curation tools
• Social tools
9. Where does it begin?
• 1. “Traditional” textbooks are increasingly over-priced.
• A number of faculty have approached librarians about different approaches to
“traditional” textbooks that most view as increasingly over-priced.
10. Where does it begin?
• 1. “Traditional” textbooks are increasingly over-priced.
• A number of faculty had approached librarians about different approaches to
“traditional” textbooks that most view as increasingly over-priced.
• Have already presented to:
• A & S Dept. Chairs
• CBPA Faculty meeting
• Chemistry
• CPHS
• Admissions
• Deans
11. Where does it begin?
• 1. “Traditional” textbooks are increasingly over-priced.
• Widespread agreement @Drake:
• - Textbook prices are an issue
• - If we could get a significant percentage of faculty to use free, or very
low-cost, “alternatives,” we could both enhance Drake’s exceptional
learning environment and improve our standing among students
(prospective AND current)
12. When it comes to inflation..
• http://t.co/YczdeVFHVM
13. Price of texts is NOT trivial!
• 1. “Traditional” textbooks are increasingly over-priced.
• PIRG Nationwide survey: 65% of all students had decided against buying a textbook because
it was too expensive.
• In fact, this survey found that 94% of students who had foregone purchasing a textbook were
• concerned that doing so would hurt their grade in a course.
• More than half of these students felt significant concern for their grade.
• Not only are students choosing not to purchase the materials, but they are
• knowingly accepting the risk of a lower grade to avoid paying for the textbook.
• http://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/NATIONAL%20Fixing%20Broken%20T
extbooks%20Report1.pdf
14. “Textbook” TRENDS:
• 1) Cowles Library has an increasing number of resources (some with no
DRM!) available for textbook use. (Priya)
• 2) Many alternatives to “bookstore purchase of a textbook by a student” have
sprung up.
• 3) Open Educational Resources have made it possible to bypass the
“textbook” concept altogether.
15. Many alternatives to “bookstore purchase of a textbook
by a student” have sprung up.
16. Background: Confluence of trends regarding
textbooks
• Evolving profit/loss structure for textbooks. Campus bookstores feeling
pressure (flat sales, dynamic pricing)
• Digital & print rentals on the rise as purchase alternative (e.g., Amazon,
Chegg)
• Print is still popular; including increasingly custom print (e.g., chapters 2-
3, etc.)
• According to Franny Kelly (eTextbook product manager at Wiley) “2016
will be the tipping point for digital” surpassing print in popularity.
19. “Open Access” movement
• 2. Open Access Initiative has made much available that was not
previously accessible
20. “Open Access” movement
• 2. Open Access Initiative has made much available that was not
previously accessible
• Are Drake Faculty “on board” with support for the
Open Access Initiative?
• YES or NO?
21. “Open Access” movement
• 2. Open Access Initiative has made much available that was not
previously accessible
• Are Drake Faculty “on board” with support for the
Open Access Initiative?
• The answer is YES. Two ways:
• 1) Through putting their scholarship (students and
staff, too!) in eScholarShare:
http://escholarshare.drake.edu/
23. “Open Access” movement
• 2. Open Access Initiative has made much available that was not
previously accessible
• Are Drake Faculty “on board” with support for the
Open Access Initiative?
• The answer is YES. Second way:
• 2) University-wide policy on Open Access (only
University in Iowa to have one)
24. “Open Access” @Drake: Passed April 2013
• Drake University Open Access Policy Text (as amended)
• The Faculty of Drake University is committed to disseminating its research and scholarship as widely as possible. The
Faculty recognize the public benefit of such dissemination, including that providing greater access to scholarship promotes
social justice. This policy is also intended to serve faculty interests by promoting greater reach and impact for scholarly
publications, assisting authors’ retention of distribution rights, and ensuring long-term preservation of the scholarly output of
the University.
• In keeping with these commitments, the Drake Faculty Senate recognizes that Cowles Library has created an Open Access
repository of the scholarly output of faculty (eScholarShare). Each faculty member grants to Drake University permission to
make electronically available his or her scholarly works that the author has chosen to distribute as Open Access. Drake
University will permanently store and index those works for the purpose of open dissemination. In legal terms, under this
policy, Drake Faculty author(s) or copyright owner(s) grant to Drake University the non-exclusive, royalty-free right to
reproduce, convert to an updated electronic format, publicly display/perform and/or distribute their submission (including the
abstract) worldwide in any format or medium, including but not limited to print, photographic, electronic, audio and/or video.
25. “Open Access” movement
• 2. Open Access Initiative (and Open Educational Resources(OER)) has
made much available that was not previously accessible
• How does Open Access (and OER) help the Textbook issue?
26. “Open Access” movement
• 2. Open Access Initiative (and Open Educational Resources(OER)) has
made much available that was not previously accessible
• How does Open Access (and OER) help the Textbook issue?
• a) Through repositories of Open Textbooks
• and
• b) Through repositories of Open Educational Resources
27. “Open Access” movement
• How does Open Access (and OER) help the Textbook issue?
• Open Textbook
Repositories: (MN)
29. Pt.1, Summary:
• If you believe any/all of the following:
• a) “Traditional” Textbooks are too expensive
• b) Open Educational Resources present exciting new possibilities
• c) The Library can help! (more later)
30. Pt.1, Summary:
• Drake instructors should NOT be afraid to experiment!
• The institution has no current contractual arrangements that would
preclude any instructor from adapting a “non-traditional” approach to
textbooks!
31. TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF
ETEXTBOOKS USED AT DRAKE
Priya Shenoy, Pharmacy and Science Librarian
Cowles Library, Drake University
32. What are we using at Drake?
• Springer
• Ebsco eBooks
• Access Pharmacy
• Ingram Coutts book vendor
• APhA’s Pharmacy Library
34. No DRM - Springer
• Unlimited
• Concurrent usage
• Own in perpetuity!
• Save
• Print
35. No DRM - Springer
•PDF for any eReader
•$24.99 b/w “MyCopy” for students
36. No DRM - Springer
• Two semester pilot (Math 184-85) Intro Real Analysis I & II - Professor Dan
Alexander
• Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus
• 422 uses and downloads in 2013
• Can’t track after download
38. Quotes
• Professor Dan Alexander
• “Cowles Library brings its services to where the students are.
I didn't realize the extent to which this was true until one day
in class when several students pulled out their smart phones
after I had referred to a passage in the book. My first thought
was, is the book so bad that its mere mention drives students
to texting? My second was to firmly remind them of my no
texting policy. But something didn't seem right: they seemed
to like the book and my students aren't the type to pull out
their phones and text during class. Then it hit me: they had
the book stored on their phones for easy access!”
39. Quotes
• Professor Dan Alexander:
• “This situation repeated itself several times over the
semester, and the fact that they could hold their text book
in their pocket actually made referring to the text a useful
tool in class, far more so than when they have to lug big
books around.”
40. Quotes
• Professor Dan Alexander
• “I loved the opportunity to use the online Springer collection for a
text book and plan to use it whenever I can. The book itself was
an excellent choice for my two semester Real Analysis course
(Math 184-85) and my students appreciated getting it at a
reasonable cost. I was little surprised, initially, at least, that
almost no one choose hard copy and instead used e-texts, in
.pdf, which made the text free.”
41. Epub - Ebsco eBooks
• Single/multiuser platform
• Variety of publishers (aggregated content)
• Downloadable format
• DRM controlled via Adobe app
• Print/download limitations
• Long-term ownership not guaranteed
42. Epub - Ebscso eBooks
• Professor Royce Fichtner - FYS 041, “Can you reason
with the law?”
• An Introduction to the Legal System of the United
States
45. Epub – Ingram Coutts
• Therapeutics I, II, & III – course series in Pharm.D.
curriculum – Phar 190, 191,192
• Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice
48. Subscription Model - APhA’s Pharmacy Library
• Yearly subscription model – through CPHS
• Unlimited access
• Multiple tertiary resources
• Other functionalities
• Active Learning Exercises, NAPLEX review
49. Subscription Model - APhA’s Pharmacy Library
• Professor Wendy Mobley-Buckstein and June Johnson –
Phar 169 “Self Care & Non-Prescription Course”
• Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive
Approach to Self-Care
55. Academic Community Responses to escalating textbook
costs
•Development of Open Textbooks usually with
institutional and/or grant support
•What is an “Open Textbook”: books that are freely
available using some version of an open copyright
license (such as “Creative Commons”). Many allow
for modification of content to suit instructor’s needs.
57. Open SUNY textbooks
• Open SUNY textbooks:
http://opensuny.org/omp/index.php/SUNYOpenTextbooks/catalog
• Open SUNY Textbooks is an open access textbook publishing initiative
established by State University of New York libraries and supported by SUNY
Innovative Instruction Technology Grants. This pilot initiative publishes high-
quality, cost-effective course resources by engaging faculty as authors and
peer-reviewers, and libraries as publishing service and infrastructure. (description from
web site)
• Characteristics:
• Have already published 22 free online textbooks with more planned.
• Had over 15,000 users for 2013-2014
58. Open SUNY continued
• Cost savings example for two classes in Spring 2014:
Title # Students Savings @ avg. cost $83.59 YBP
Natural Resources Biometrics 41 $3,427
User's Guide to Planet Earth 144 $12,037
60. Open Stax
• http://openstaxcollege.org/
• Open Stax College: Offers
• 7 peer-reviewed open-source textbooks online for free (5 more by end of 2014)
• print prices start at $30. Based at Rice University and funded by major foundations (Gates &
Hewlett foundations)
• eventual goal is to create textbooks for 25 of the most-attended college courses in the U.S.
• OpenStax College print titles are currently in more than 3,000 college stores
• Partial list of colleges/universities who have used Open Stax books:
--Arizona State, Arkansas State, Auburn, Ball State, Baylor, Bryn Mawr College, Florida
State, Indiana State, Rice, etc.
62. UNC-Charlotte library project – Case Study: Promoting
eBook collections for course adoption
•UNC-Charlotte Library “E-textbooks at Atkins
Library” FAQ page:
http://library.uncc.edu/et/faq.php
•Developed a database of both already owned
eBook titles, and titles they would agree to
purchase for faculty to adopt for course
“textbooks” or assigned readings
63. UNC-Charlotte library project – Case Study: Promoting eBook
collections for course adoption (cont’d): Criteria employed for
project
“The database is a compilation of eBooks that the library
owns or can purchase for our eBook collection to support
your classes (at no additional cost to the students). All titles
in this database are or can be made available to the entire
campus with unlimited simultaneous users, without Digital
Rights Management (DRM) or proprietary software”
Note: they also only include eBooks for course adoption
that, when purchased, would be available in perpetuity.
64. UNC-Charlotte Project to make eBooks available as
course adopted content:
• Publishers included in project (titles not already owned, but loaded into
database for discovery & eventual purchase if requested):
• Taylor & Francis
• Wiley
• Cambridge University Press
• ABC-Clio
• Elsevier
• Oxford University Press
• *Plus they included titles in this database previously purchased in packages
that met the base requirements (unlimited users, no DRM, perpetual access).
68. Example of Syllabus using eBooks from the library
database (usedwithpermission):
69. Summary of UNC-Charlotte case study
• Project began in August 2013
• Work in cooperation with Campus Bookstore. They are not competing since
most traditional textbooks are not currently available either in an electronic
format, or do not fit the stipulated criteria for inclusion in the database
(unlimited users, No DRM, Perpetual access)
• Favorable campus reception
• Costs: For the Spring semester 2014 they spent $4482/32 titles.
• Next steps: exploring making “traditional” textbooks available, exploring how to
make “Open Source” content more available (one-stop shopping)
70. Cowles is considering developing a similar database for
faculty
•Thoughts? We’ll be coming back for questions
shortly!
72. What can the Library do to help you adopt
alternatives?
• 1. Tutorial on how to embed Library material in BlackBoard:
• https://library.drake.edu/get-help/services-for-faculty/blackboard-
integration/
74. How to use SuperSearch to embed
materials in BB:
• http://researchguides.drake.edu/bb-tools
• Step-by-step instructions on using SuperSearch to capture and link Library
resources.
75. An entire set of Web pages
• http://researchguides.drake.edu/textbooks
76. A call to alternatives?
• Repeat: Drake has no current contractual arrangements that would
preclude any instructor from adapting a “non-traditional” approach to
textbooks!
77. A call to alternatives?
• So, see: http://www.studentpirgs.org/open-textbooks/faculty-statement?id=wi
• Open Textbooks Statement of Intent As faculty members, we affirm that it is our
prerogative and responsibility to select course materials that are pedagogically most
appropriate for our classes. We also affirm that it is consistent with this principle to
seek affordable and accessible course materials for our classes whenever possible.
This includes "open textbooks," which are offered online to students at no cost.