January 2017 - Bcoelsteering - lists.bccampus.ca

Job posting for a consultant to build an OER toolkit for Ontario College Libraries
by Flewelling, Debra 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

FYI - in case you know anyone interested in Ontario - https://www.ocls.ca/sites/default/files/attachments/RFQ-%20Consultant%20for… Debra Flewelling Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian T 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193 Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca> [Description: logo_2012_for_email_signature77172]

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Request
by Rosario Passos 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

Hi there everyone, I have a request to make.... I have been invited to speak at the COPPUL meeting on March 2 in the afternoon. The attendance will include mostly Library Directors and Collection Committee reps, as well as some staff. The group is interested to hear about OER initiatives in Canada, what is happening in BC and the West and how libraries are coping with "open" especially from the perspective of data-sharing from the perspective of collections. Because the Collections aspect is so well represented, I thought that it would be great if we could collect the perspectives of Collections Administrators at our libraries as they deal with "open" in a series of short videos. So here is my ask - any chance that you can engage some Collections folks at your respective libraries to do a short video that deals with their own experiences with open? These could be 1 or 2 minute videos and ideally I would get 3 to 5 pieces that I could integrate in my presentation. My plan is that during my presentation, we could show the videos and have an open discussion about the issues that are brought up. I know that Hope Power already said she was going to put the word out. Hope, I can't wait to hear from you! But if some of you could also engage your folks, that would be excellent. Please let me know and I thank you in advance for your support. Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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Future is Open - reschedule March 2
by Lin Brander 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

I wanted to be sure that you all know about this. Date confirmed for Thursday, March 2, at BCIT Downtown Campus. 9-12 with catered lunch to follow and then, for those interested, an ALS meeting in the afternoon.

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Events planned for Open Education Week?
by Rosario Passos 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

Hi there everyone, I have a meeting with the Canada OER group tomorrow, and would like to report on what we are planning to do for Open Education Week in BC. I know Robin DeRosa is coming to speak at KPU and Douglas, right? Any other ideas and/or plans for events that week at your institutions? Also, as you have details, please send them to me as BCcampus will place them on the calendar under Open Education Week, like what we did for Open Access Week. Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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BCLA conference session now posted
by Martin Warkentin 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

Hi, all. The session has been posted, T13 - Thu Apr 20 2017, 1:45 - 2:30 pm: https://proposalspace.com/p/10919/s?key=VvBpK8pnhQ2Jkv7f The sooner we can confirm speakers, the better, and they will update the program accordingly. The location, as many will know, is the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC. -Martin Martin Warkentin Copyright Librarian University of the Fraser Valley 33844 King Road, Abbotsford, BC Canada V2S 7M8 (604) 504-7441 Ext. 4460

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BCOEL next Meeting is Feb. 15th
by Flewelling, Debra 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Hello, The first available date for all who responded to the poll is Feb.15th at 2:00 PM (if that doesn't work, it could also be a 2:30 or 3). So if that is still good for everyone we will meet by Skype then. Please either let me know your agenda items or you can also add them yourself if you want - http://bcoerguides.wikispaces.com/Meeting+Agenda+and+Virtual+Meeting+Room+I… Debra

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Mediawiki session is on
by Rosario Passos 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Hi there everyone, Just to let you know that we have just started the training session on Mediawiki. There are only 2 participants... if you were planning on attending, please join us! Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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FW: BC Library Conference session on OER
by Martin Warkentin 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Hi, all. I got sidetracked Friday afternoon and didn't actually get my request for feedback sent to BCLA. However, I just received the message below. It appears selection committee is interested in the session proposal, but there are a couple of changes they would like to see. -Martin From: Martin Warkentin Sent: January-16-17 1:54 PM To: 'BCLA Executive Director' Subject: RE: BC Library Conference session on OER Annette, Thank you for your comments. As this was a collective proposal, I will forward your message to the other BCOEL steering committee members, and we will discuss how best to make the suggested changes. We will let you know as soon as possible. Thank you again. -Martin Martin Warkentin Copyright Librarian University of the Fraser Valley 33844 King Road, Abbotsford, BC Canada V2S 7M8 (604) 504-7441 Ext. 4460 From: BCLA Executive Director [mailto:execdir(a)bcla.bc.ca] Sent: January-16-17 1:44 PM To: Martin Warkentin Subject: BC Library Conference session on OER Hi Martin My name is Annette DeFaveri and I'm the Executive Director at BCLA. We recently sent you a "no" email suggesting that we weren't interested in your proposal for the BC Library Conference. This is not the case. The Session Selection Committee asked that I get hold of you and see if you would be open to two changes in your proposal. We hope you will be, and that we can then go ahead and mount your session as part of the conference program. Your proposal suggests there would be 7 speakers. We work to keep the number of speakers per session to 3, but take four when necessary. Would you be able to mount the session with a maximum of 4 presenters? The other concern voiced in the selection meeting was about KPU. Several committee members suggested that KPU leads the province in open education adoption and has a strong history with Open Ed. With that in mind they wondered if KPU should be more heavily represented on the panel. Overall the committee was very pleased to receive your session proposal and think the topic is valuable to both the BC Library conference specifically and to the learning in the BC library environment generally. The format for the session is great, starting with Gill Green and then moving to a panel discussion and we hope you want to keep that approach. Would you consider the tweaks to the session? Or perhaps you have another suggestion? Please let me know and I can (hopefully) move forward and add this session to the 2017 program. Thanks for considering this Martin. Best regards, Annette Annette DeFaveri Executive Director British Columbia Library Association 150-900 Howe Street Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2M4 Tel: 604-683-5354 Mark your Calendar! 2017 BC Library Conference April 19th to 21st Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront 1133 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC

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New account creation in Mediawiki
by Rosario Passos 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Hi there everyone, BCcampus has enabled the automatic creation of new accounts for the Mediawiki site. If you need to create an account, please ignore the instructions in my email from yesterday, and go to this link: https://mediawiki.bccampus.ca/index.php/New_Account So, no need to contact the helpdesk anymore! Yay! Not that the helpdesk staff at BCcampus is not absolutely wonderful.... the Yay is more for the sense of self-control! :-) Cheers and have a great weekend everyone. Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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Deadline for submissions for the 2017 Open Textbook Summit is January 20!
by Rosario Passos 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Hi everyone, Just a friendly reminder that the call for proposals for the 5th Open Textbook Summit , May 24-25, 2017 at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) closes on January 20 ! I encourage you all to promote this widely across your networks and also, think about teaming up to present a workshop. You can submit a proposal here: https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-summit-2017-call-for-proposals/ The submission categories are * Paper Presentation Sessions (30 minutes) * Workshop Sessions (60 minutes). Workshop sessions must have a hands-on, practical application component related to one of the Summit topics within the context of Open Textbooks. The confirmed Keynote Speakers for the 2017 Open Textbook Summit are: * [ https://creativecommons.org/author/ryan/ | Ryan Merkley ] , CEO Creative Commons * [ http://commons.bcit.ca/update/2016/01/bcit-welcomes-kory-wilson-as-executiv… | Kory Wilson ] , Executive Director, Aboriginal Initiatives and Partnerships at BCIT I look forward to seeing some proposals from BC! Lots of proposals coming in from abroad, but we would really like to showcase our own! Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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