(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) This survey will close on Wednesday, February 28th. Thank you to those that have already completed the survey. On average, this survey takes 3 minutes to complete. The CARLI Collection Management Committee is exploring the availability of Open Access eBooks and their corresponding cataloging records. Open Access eBooks refers to academic…
Category: Open Access
Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies Now Available at UIC Library
(via Carl Lehnen, University of Illinois at Chicago) Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies now available at UIC Library The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Library is pleased to announce that it is now a partner site of the Fortunoff Video Archive of Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University Library. It is one of twelve partner…
Register for CARLI Open Textbook Network Workshops (Closes April 8)
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) Registration is now open! In-Person Workshops from the Open Textbook Network Trainers On April 23, 24, and 26, CARLI will be hosting trainers from the Open Textbook Network (OTN) when they give Train-the-Trainer workshops as part of CARLI? s OTN membership. Locations: April 23: Governors State University April 24: Loyola University…
Reminder: Assistance Needed from CARLI Members to Build OER Website
(via Chris Diaz, Northwestern University) The OER Task Force would like your help with populating a new CARLI website dedicated to sharing information and resources related to open educational resources. We would like to highlight any LibGuides, websites, citations, presentations, or other materials created by CARLI members about OER. Please contribute the content you’d like to highlight…
Assistance Needed From CARLI Members to Build OER Website
(via Chris Diaz, Northwestern University) The OER Task Force would like your help with populating a new CARLI website dedicated to sharing information and resources related to open educational resources. We would like to highlight any LibGuides, websites, citations, presentations, or other materials created by CARLI members about OER. Please contribute the content you’d like…
Call for ALA Annual Panelists on Open Educational Resources (Deadline Dec. 22)
(via Mike Courtney, Indiana University) Are you a distance or online librarian with experience in OER projects? Then we want to hear from you! The Distance Learning Section has teamed up with the CMS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Interest Group and are looking for panelists with OER experience to participate in our co-sponsored…
Call for Proposals: SJSU Open Access Conference 2017 (Deadline Extended to Friday, Sept. 1)
(via Emily Chan, San Jose State University) In celebration of Open Access Week, San Jose State University will be hosting its biennial one-day conference on Monday, October 23. This conference theme invites reflections on where open access is now and how we got here. Topics can explore open access (including OE educational resources) as it relates…
CARLI Joins the Open Textbook Network
(via Margaret Chambers, CARLI) CARLI has joined the Open Textbook Network (OTN), a consortium of colleges and universities working to advance open textbook initiatives. OTN supports the Open Textbook Library, a searchable online catalog of complete textbooks available for faculty and students to freely use, adapt and distribute to best meet the needs of their…
ACRL Releases Updated Scholarly Communication Toolkit
(via Kara Malenfant, Association of College and Research Libraries) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released a new version of its popular Scholarly Communication Toolkit. The Toolkit has been updated with new and revised content and is now hosted through Springshare’s LibGuides. The Toolkit, developed and maintained by the ACRL Research and Scholarly…
Call for Submissions–Special Issue of Journal of Access Services
(via David McCaslin, Caltech Library) What is the role of textbooks in today’s libraries? Like the cost of journal subscriptions, the price for textbooks have been increasing. Unlike with journals, students feel an immediate financial burden when the time comes to purchase their course textbooks. Universities and libraries have recognized this and many are doing…