Session at ALA about open source textbooks
From:
"Alleman, Stephen" <allemans_at_umkc.edu>
*Open Classrooms, Open Libraries: Academic library services supporting
the creation and use of open education resources
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Sunday, June 28th, 8:30-9:30 am
Moscone Convention Center room 236-238 (S)
http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29157
*Speaker:*Sara Faye Cohen, Open Textbook Network
*Title:*The Open Textbook Network: libraries working together to advance
open textbooks
*Description:*Over the last three years, the Open Textbook Library, now
hosting upwards of 175 complete open textbook titles, has built these
titles credibility and increased faculty exposure to open textbooks by
incentivizing textbook reviews by faculty from institutions across the
country. Libraries have been at the core of our outreach and are our
most integral partners in reaching faculty and building capacity on
campuses for open textbooks. At the invitation of our partner
libraries, weve visited dozens of schools to seed and support their
open education programs. As a result, our partner institutions data
shows that over 40% of their faculty attendees to our workshops adopt an
open textbook. This small pilot group of faculty has saved students over
$410,000 in textbook costs in less than three years.
This presentation will introduce attendees to the Open Textbook Network
- a consortium of institutions working to help faculty overcome barriers
to adoption of open textbooks, increase institutional capacity to
support faculty adoption and use of open textbooks, and
collaboratively develop new understandings and best practices of open
textbook adoption and use. Attendees will learn more about whats to
come for the Open Textbook Library, our partners, our data, and why open
textbooks are a sustainable avenue towards initiating and sustaining
open education programming.
*Bio:*Sarah Faye Cohen is the Managing Director of the Open Textbook
Network. Formerly the Associate University Librarian at Cal Poly, San
Luis Obispo, Sarah joined the Open Textbook Network to foster libraries
strategic role in advancing access, discovery, and engagement with open
textbooks. Sarah is a graduate of Smith College and GSLIS at the
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where she was awarded the
Rediger Award for Intellectual Curiosity. She is a two-time award winner
of the Association of College and Research Libraries Excellence in
Academic Libraries Award.*
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*Speaker: *Beth Turtle, Kansas State University
*Title: *The Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative
*Description: *The Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative has been
operating at Kansas State University since 2013. Funding partners
include the Student Governing Association, K-State Libraries and more
recently, central administration. This project awards stipends up to
$5,000 to K-State faculty to develop an alternative to the traditional
print textbook. To date, awards totaling $150,000 have been made. Over
the next year, it is projected that over 12,000 students in 32 courses
will not have to buy textbooks saving students nearly $1,000,000. In
addition, faculty are finding that benefits beyond cost savings include
the use of more relevant, interactive and timely learning materials.
This presentation will cover funding of the project, collaborations
involved in the operation of the initiative, and a look at preliminary
assessment data.
*Bio: *Beth Turtle is the Scholarly Communications librarian at K-State
Libraries. She is a strong advocate for open access at K-State and has
been involved in various OA initiatives including the K-State Open
Access Publishing Fund, New Prairie Press, copyright and author rights
consultation, and the Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative. She holds an
MLIS from Emporia State University and a BS from the University of Kansas.
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ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries
Interest Group co-Chairs
/Chris Bulock/
/Electronic Resources Librarian/
/California State University, Northridge/
/christopher.bulock_at_csun.edu <mailto:christopher.bulock_at_csun.edu>
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/Buddy Pennington/
/Director of Collections and Access Management/
/University of Missouri--Kansas City/
/penningtonb_at_umkc.edu/ <mailto:penningtonb_at_umkc.edu>//
Received on Fri Jun 05 2015 - 12:49:00 EDT