ACRL/EBSS Scholarly Communication Committee

 

The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) of ACRL has compiled a list of resources for identifying Open Educational Resources (OER) in the respective disciplines within EBSS, along with general resources to support professional development and continuing education for library workers who support OER.

 

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/

 

EBSS Specific OER Resources

Education

• ACRL/EBSS Open Education Resources for Teacher Education

 

Communication Studies & Journalism

• Journalism OER

 

Psychology

• Merlot Psychology Community Portal

• MIT Brain & Cognitive Sciences Open Courseware

• NOBA OA Psychology Texts

 

Social Work

• Open Social Work

 

Sociology

• Scholarly Communication in Sociology · Open Sociology

 

Do you know other places for finding EBSS OER? Contact EBSS Chair Amy Minix (alminix@iu.edu) to add additional resources.