The document discusses the Open Library at Athabasca University, which supports open access and open educational resources. It provides an overview of the open library concept, how it promotes information literacy and benefits the academy. It also describes how the site was developed with a flexible structure and extensive tagging, and the current database that feeds open content back to the library site, such as open access, free, and hybrid materials.

1. The Open Library at AU: Supporting Open
Access and Open Educational Resources
Colin Elliott & Elaine Fabbro

2. Introduction
• Libraries and Open Resources
• Open Library Conceptually
• Information Literacy and Open Resources
• Site Development
• Site Content
• Questions

3. Framing the Problem

4. The Open Library Conceptually
• Principles of access and the
democratization of knowledge
• Benefits across the academy

5. Information Literacy Skills
Development

6. Site Development
• Started alongside re-design of Library site
• Flexible structure
• Extensive tagging
• Low maintenance

7. Current database

8. Website-database

9. Adding Content

10. Open Library-database

11. Site Content
• Open Access not new for AU
• Types of content
– Open Access
– Free
– Hybrid
• Feeds back to Library site as well

18. Colin Elliott, Manager, Web Projects & Services
(coline@athabascau.ca)
Elaine Fabbro, Acting Director
(elainef@athabascau.ca)