Unleashing Ideas: An Open Publishing Journey [ID 157]

Unleashing Ideas: An Open Publishing Journey [ID 157]

In this lightning talk, the Open Education Librarian from the University of Canterbury (UC) in New Zealand will outline some key milestones to date on the UC Library’s ongoing journey towards establishing an Open Educational Resources (OER) publication support service for academic staff. This narrative highlights the strategic steps, challenges, successes and progress so far in the journey toward an environment where OER adoption and creation thrive. By sharing experiences, the Open Education Librarian will provide insights and ideas for other institutions seeking to enhance their educational offerings through OER, who may be in the initial stages, or wondering where to start.

This session aims to spark ideas about possible ways to get started by sharing some of the steps UC took to get to their current position (currently around 2-3 on the OER maturity model Growing Up: A Maturity Model for Open Education -) and their plans for the future. What will be covered:

initial advocacy and outreach work
open publishing via the university’s institutional repository
working together with the University Press to publish open texts
setting up a grant program to support authors to publish open texts
establishing a dedicated OER librarian position
participation in the CAUL collective and publishing via Pressbooks
where UC are now, and what’s coming up
Alongside this, participants will also hear about an individual librarian’s learning journey into Open publishing, and the experience of building and developing knowledge and skills in an unfamiliar field and navigating a new role while advancing an Open text publishing support service.

References
Growing Up: A Maturity Model for Open Education | Pressbooks Growing Up: A Maturity Model for Open Education -

Author Keywords
library publishing, open education resources (OER), open textbook publishing


Session Details

:clipboard: Format: Lightning Talk
:busts_in_silhouette: Presenter(s): Rachel Doherty
:clock1: Brisbane Time: November 13, 12:00 PM → 12:15 PM AEST
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:round_pushpin: Room: P1 - workshop
:bookmark: Topic Area: Open Publishing
:link: Sched: View in conference schedule

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