(via Dr. Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University) Please save the date for the Illinois Open Education Summit 2024, with the theme “Building an Open Future: Supporting and Expanding Open Education Across Illinois”. The meeting will take place on Friday, November 1, at the Illinois State University Alumni Center in Normal. The Illinois Open Education…
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IACRL Announces Winners of 2024 OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs
(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Forum (IACRL) is excited to announce the winners of this year’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. Thank you to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact for sponsoring this year’s awards! The following teams will each receive a $500…
Library Resources & Technical Services Releases Special Issue on Open Access and Seeks Submissions for Future Issues
(via Dr. Rachel Scott, Illinois State University) The editors of Library Resources & Technical Services are pleased to announce the publication of a special issue on open access, accessible here. From the editorial: “How better to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) becoming fully open access than an issue chock-full…
Registration Open for Free Florida Virtual Campus Library Services Consortium’s OER Summit, Themed “Innovations and Trends”–Online Thurs., May 23, and Fri., May 24
(via Kestrel Ward, Florida Virtual Campus Library Services Consortium) Every year, the Florida Virtual Campus Library Services Consortium holds an OER Summit, and Summit 2024 is nearly upon us. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Innovations and Trends”. Join librarians, educators, instructional designers, and OER professionals from across Florida and the U.S. as we…
Registration Available for All Things Open Week–Online Mon., April 15 – Thurs., April 18, Starting at 12:00 PM CDT Each Day
(via Kristina Clement, Kennesaw State University) We’re familiar with open access resources and open educational resources but wait-there’s more! Join Kennesaw State University Libraries, in collaboration with Texas Tech University Libraries, as we highlight and explore a variety of open scholarship practices at our second annual All Things Open Week 2024. You might be wondering,…
Call for Proposals Extended–IACRL’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs (New Deadline Fri., April 12)
(via Kim Tipton, IACRL Communications Committee Chair) We understand the Illinois State Library OER Grant application is due Monday, April 1, and to ensure that those interested in applying for the OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs, we are extending the application due date to Friday, April 12. Please consider applying! The…
Registration Open for CARLI Webinar Series Get to Know the New, Upcoming Illinois SCOERs Open Educational Resources–Mon., March 4; Wed., March 6; and Thurs., March 7, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM CDT Each Day
Note: HSLI is a project partner. Join CARLI and the Open Educational Resource Committee as we celebrate a series of programs highlighting the upcoming publications of Illinois SCOERs Round Two and Three awardees. The Illinois SCOERs awards are made possible because of a generous grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE)…
Registration Open for Online Panel Discussion with Editor of New OA Journal Imaging Neuroscience–Thurs., Oct. 26, 9:00-10:00 AM CDT
(via Katharine Dunn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Please join MIT Libraries and the MIT Press on Thursday, October 26, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM CDT, for an online panel with the editor of Imaging Neuroscience, a new open access journal that launched after editorial teams from two Elsevier journals left the publisher over disputes around…
Call for Submissions Extended–DLFtoolkit V.4: Critical Digital Literacy (New Deadline Fri., Sept. 15)
(via Mackenzie Salisbury, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) The DLF (Digital Library Federation) Digital Library Pedagogy group (aka #DLFteach) invites contributions to Volume 4 of the #DLFteach Toolkit, an open access resource providing peer-reviewed lesson plans and concrete instructional strategies. Volume 4 of the #DLFteach Toolkit will be a resource for information professionals…
Registration Open for CARLI OER Community Chats on Mon., Sept. 11 (2:00-3:00 PM CDT) and Mon., Oct. 16 (1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Please join the CARLI OER Committee for upcoming informal discussions: OER Community Chats are intended as a space for Illinois libraries to have a conversation, to share current experiences, and to learn from each other. They are not recorded; however, discussion points will be shared afterwards. Please register for each session….