The Librarian As Essential Key to Connecting Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy in the Academic World

Singh, Nan L. The Librarian As Essential Key to Connecting Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy in the Academic World., 2008 (Unpublished) [Preprint]

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The librarian today, caught up in the growing sea of information, is challenged to rise up and give meaningful direction to the information seeker. The digital divide question goes deeper than the simple description of the problem that pits those who have access to technology against those who don’t. The parameters of the divide must be explored in depth in order to begin to close the divide. The librarian holds key possibilities for helping to close this divide and bridge the gap. This paper will focus on the contributions that Open Educational Resources movement can make towards the development of information literacy from yet another angle, the contribution of the librarian. New opportunities for more effective collaboration between librarians, students and instructors can promote greater engagement of the student, resulting in mastery of the literacy challenges presented by the changing world of technology. The educational climate is experiencing a paradigm shift that is familiar territory to the librarian. The librarian as a key initiator in connecting patrons with resources is in a unique position to give leadership to the Open movement, which includes Open Educational Resources, Open Access and Open Source. This paper will explore the contribution the librarian brings to OER and the Open movement.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: Information literacy, OER Open Educational Resources, Open Courseware
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
Depositing user: Nan L. Singh
Date deposited: 12 Nov 2008
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:13
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/12512

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