ACRL/EBSS Scholarly Communication Committee

General OER Information

Listservs

• OER Digest: SPARC co-authors this bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders.

• SPARC Libraries & OER Forum
  (LibOER) is a listserv for academic and research libraries interested in open education

• Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) Google Group
  CCCOER was created to connect community college and technical school faculty and staff working to promote open access resource

• Creative Commons Open Education Platform Mailing List
  Creative Commons Open Education Platform Mailing List is an international mailing list for anyone interested in open educational resources, practice, and policy

• Open Textbook Network Google Group 
  The Open Textbook Network Google Group is a very active OER mailing list but is only available to colleges and universities that are part of the Open Textbook Network.

Conferences

• #OpenEd

• OEN Summer Summit

• OE Global

• Regional OER Conferences (Northeast, Florida, etc)

Professional Development Opportunities:

• Open Education Network (OEN) Certificate in OER Librarianship

• OEN YouTube Channel (OEN Summit 2021)

• SPARC Open Education Leadership Program

• Creative Commons Certificate

LibGuides

• University of Maryland Libraries OER Guide: https://lib.guides.umd.edu/oer 

• University of Maryland Libraries Fearless Teaching Institute: https://lib.guides.umd.edu/fearlessteaching

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion OER Resources

• Improving Representation and Diversity in OER Materials Rubric (OpenStax) 

• Links to DEI open image repositories: https://www.cccoer.org/2018/10/09/on-equity-diversity-inclusion-and-open-education/#DEI-Photo

Initiatives 

• Open Education Network: https://open.umn.edu/otn/ 

• U.S. PIRG “Make Higher Education Affordable” Campaign: https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/make-higher-education-affordable

Selected Readings

• Dei, J.Y. & L. Inge Carpenter. (2020). Bad (feminist) librarians: Theories and strategies for OER librarianship. International Journal of Open Educational Resources, 3(1). https://www.ijoer.org/bad-feminist-librarians-theories-and-strategies-for-oer-librarianship/ 

• Schell, D. & Banks, D. (2020) Adapting open educational course materials in undergraduate general psychology: A faculty-librarian-student partnership in Hoffman, K. & Clifton, A. eds. Open Pedagogy Approaches: Faculty, Library, and Student Collaborations. CC-BY 4.0. https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/openpedagogyapproaches/