Hello CanadaOER,
I���ve been lurking here for the past few weeks, and wanted to mention that I���ve entered the fray of this discussion list. I���ve posted below a news item we published today, and I wanted to thank
once again the librarians who joined us for an exciting one-day discussion to identify opportunities for action within research libraries.
Lise
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Lise Brin, MLIS
Program Officer / Agente de programme
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Association des biblioth��ques de recherche du Canada
309 rue Cooper Street, Suite 203
Ottawa Ontario K2P 0G5
T 902.318.4485
W www.carl-abrc.ca
@carlabrc
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CARL Brings Together OER Librarian Leaders to Identify Priorities for Action
(http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-brings-together-oer-librarian-leaders-to-identify-priorities-for-action/)
September 10, 2018. ��� On August 22, 2018, a group of librarians committed to advancing open educational resources (OER) came together at York University for a full day of discussion towards enhancing Canadian library and librarian involvement in post-secondary
OER.
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries has been monitoring the development of OER for several years, and in 2014 carried out a survey of its members regarding their involvement in OER, subsequently producing a working paper,
Open Textbooks: Opportunities for Research Libraries.
Four years later, it is clear that library involvement in OER (and open textbooks specifically) has increased substantially. Provincial funding programs and individual projects have been developed across Canada aimed at lowering the cost of student learning
materials while also offering instructors accessible content that they can tailor and develop to suit their evolving pedagogical practices. In 2012 BCcampus launched Canada���s first publicly funded open textbook development project, followed by initiatives
in Alberta, Manitoba, and most recently through Ontario���s eCampusOntario. Individual OER projects aimed at supporting a specific course or area of study have also cropped up at post-secondary educational institutions throughout Canada, often the result of
collaborations involving faculty, librarians, and centres for teaching and learning. Internationally, SPARC has taken a leading role in OER and open education advocacy and training, offering in 2017-2018 a first instance of its in-depth
Open Education Leadership Program for librarians (a second offering is set to launch this month).
To identify needs at the national level related to OER involvement by research libraries, CARL invited ten emerging and established library leaders in OER to a one-day working meeting.
The meeting was hosted by York University Libraries and led by York���s Dean of Libraries, Joy Kirchner, who also sits on CARL���s Advancing Research Committee. Also representing CARL was Lise Brin, Program Officer working primarily in open scholarship. The
invited participants were:
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Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, SPARC
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Dianne Cmor, Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning, Concordia University
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Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Victoria
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Maude Laplante-Dub��, Biblioth��caire-conseil - Diffusion de la recherche, Universit�� Laval
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Ann Ludbrook, Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian, Ryerson University
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Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Simon Fraser University
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Stephanie Quail, Business Librarian, York University
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Lillian Rigling, Program Coordinator, eCampus Ontario
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Ali Versluis, Open Education Librarian, University of Guelph
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Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright Librarian, University of Alberta
Some of the ideas arising from this day of discussion included: creating a ���bootcamp��� for librarian leaders in OER based on a train-the-trainer philosophy, implementing a distributed regional network for increasing capacity for OER advocacy and creation
within libraries, forging stronger relationships with other OER stakeholder groups, and creating a statement that articulates the case for library involvement in OER. These ideas will be brought to CARL���s Advancing Research Committee and Strengthening Capacity
Committee for consideration in the next weeks with a view to confirming next steps into advancing the library involvement in the OER movement in Canada.
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CARL members include Canada���s twenty-nine largest university libraries as well as two national libraries. Enhancing research and higher education are at the heart of its mission. CARL develops the capacity to support this mission, promotes effective and
sustainable scholarly communication, and public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information.
For more information, please contact:
Lise Brin
Program Officer
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
902-318-4485
lise.brin@carl-abrc.ca
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L'ABRC assemble un groupe de biblioth��caires chefs de file en R��L pour identifier les actions prioritaires
(http://www.carl-abrc.ca/fr/nouvelles/abrc-assemble-bibliothecaires-rel/)
10 septembre 2018. ��� Le 22 ao��t 2018, un groupe de biblioth��caires ayant �� c��ur de promouvoir les ressources ��ducatives libres (R��L ou
open educational resources - OER) s'est r��uni pendant toute une journ��e �� York University pour d��terminer comment accro��tre la participation des biblioth��ques et des biblioth��caires canadiens aux
ressources ��ducatives libres au niveau postsecondaire.
L���Association des biblioth��ques de recherche du Canada surveille l�����volution des R��L depuis plusieurs ann��es et a men�� en 2014 un sondage aupr��s de ses membres au sujet de leur int��r��t pour les R��L, produisant par la suite un document
de travail intitul�� Open Textbooks: Opportunities for Research
Libraries.
Quatre ans plus tard, il est clair que l���engouement des biblioth��ques pour les R��L (et plus pr��cis��ment pour les manuels en libre acc��s) a augment�� consid��rablement. Des programmes de financement provinciaux et des projets individuels
ont ��t�� mis sur pied partout au Canada afin de r��duire le co��t des manuels et ressources ��ducatives des ��tudiants tout en offrant aux charg��s de cours et professeurs un contenu accessible qu���ils peuvent adapter et d��velopper en fonction de l�����volution de leurs
pratiques p��dagogiques. En 2012, le BCcampus a lanc�� le premier projet de cr��ation de manuels ouverts financ�� par le secteur public au Canada, et a fait des ��mules en Alberta, au Manitoba et, plus r��cemment en Ontario par l���entremise d���eCampusOntario. Des
projets individuels de R��L visant �� appuyer un cours ou un domaine d�����tudes particulier ont ��galement vu le jour dans des ��tablissements d���enseignement postsecondaire de l���ensemble du Canada, souvent �� la suite de collaborations avec des professeurs, des biblioth��caires
et des centres d���enseignement et d���apprentissage. �� l�����chelle internationale, SPARC a jou�� un r��le de premier plan dans les R��L ainsi que dans la promotion et la formation en ��ducation ouverte, en offrant en 2017-2018 une premi��re mouture de son
programme de leadership en ��ducation ouverte pour les biblioth��caires (une deuxi��me mouture devrait ��tre lanc��e ce mois-ci).
Afin d'identifier les besoins au niveau national quant �� la participation des biblioth��ques de recherches aux R��L, l���ABRC a invit�� dix chefs de file ��mergents et ��tablis dans le domaine des R��L �� une r��union de travail d���une journ��e.
Les participantes ont ��t�� re��ues par les biblioth��ques universitaires de York et par leur doyenne, Joy Kirchner, qui si��ge ��galement au Comit�� sur l���avancement de la recherche de l���ABRC. Lise Brin, agente de programme travaillant principalement
dans le domaine des communications savantes ouvertes, repr��sentait ��galement l���ABRC. Les participantes invit��es ��taient :
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Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, SPARC
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Dianne Cmor, Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning, Concordia University
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Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Victoria
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Maude Laplante-Dub��, Biblioth��caire-conseil - Diffusion de la recherche, Universit�� Laval
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Ann Ludbrook, Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian, Ryerson University
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Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Simon Fraser University
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Stephanie Quail, Business Librarian, York University
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Lillian Rigling, Program Coordinator, eCampus Ontario
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Ali Versluis, Open Education Librarian, University of Guelph
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Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright Librarian, University of Alberta
Parmi les id��es d��coulant de cette journ��e de discussion, citons : cr��er un cours pratique pour les biblioth��caires chefs de file en R��L ax�� sur la formation des formateurs, mettre en place un r��seau r��gional distribu�� pour accro��tre la
capacit�� de plaidoyer et de cr��ation de R��L dans les biblioth��ques, approfondir les relations avec d'autres groupes de parties prenantes en R��L, et cr��er une d��claration qui articule les arguments en faveur de l'implication de la biblioth��que dans les R��L.
Ces id��es seront pr��sent��es au Comit�� sur l'avancement de la recherche et au Comit�� sur le renforcement des capacit��s de l���ABRC au cours des prochaines semaines afin de confirmer les prochaines ��tapes visant �� faire progresser la participation de la biblioth��que
au mouvement des R��L au Canada.
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Les membres de l���ABRC comprennent les vingt-neuf plus grandes biblioth��ques universitaires du Canada ainsi que deux biblioth��ques nationales. L���am��lioration de la recherche et de l���enseignement sup��rieur est au c��ur de sa mission. L���ABRC
d��veloppe la capacit�� d���appuyer cette mission, et favorise l���efficacit�� et la p��rennit�� de la communication savante, ainsi que les politiques publiques qui permettent l���acc��s le plus large possible �� l���information savante.
Pour plus de renseignements, pri��re de communiquer avec :
Lise Brin
Agente de programme
Association des biblioth��ques de recherche du Canada
902-318-4485
lise.brin@carl-abrc.ca
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Lise Brin, MLIS
Program Officer / Agente de programme
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Association des biblioth��ques de recherche du Canada
309 rue Cooper Street, Suite 203
Ottawa Ontario K2P 0G5
T 902.318.4485
W www.carl-abrc.ca
@carlabrc