Introduction made to a panel session on Open Science meets Open Education. Made by SPARC Europe's Vanessa Proudman at the 2019 LIBER Conference

1. 48th LIBER Annual Conference
27 June 2019
Vanessa Proudman, Director, SPARC Europe
Open Science meets Open Education
Libraries as natural partners in
Open Education

2. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
Advancing the Open Agenda
– Open Access to
• Research publications
• Research data
• Educational resources
• Open standards
• Open software
• And more
"Intricate" by Darcie is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Recalling the Wheeler declaration,
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3. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
Open Education and a changing context
The Open Agenda progressively becoming the
norm: policy and practise
The need to increase impact in education
– quality assurance; measuring impact; ROI
Increasing mobility amongst staff
Institutional asset management
– IP, ownership, licensing output/resources
Meeting sustainable development goals
Efficiency and revenue

4. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
Why libraries are natural partners
for change in OEd: Their roles
Often seen as a trusted partner in institution
Highly service-oriented
Facilitate access to knowledge
Roles changing from buyer to
creator, curator, publisher,
legal adviser to knowledge disseminator, etc.
Provide leadership in Open Science
Some already provide e-learning support
Increasing collaborating with other depts

5. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
Why libraries are natural partners
for change in OEd: Applicable activities
Collection management
Information discovery: md, repositories, etc
Quality assurance
Copyright and open licensing
Challenging publishing business models
Advocacy
Information / research literacy training
Makerspaces

6. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
Why should they meet?
OA Publications OA Research Data Open Education
Advocacy xxx xxx xxx
Skills development x xx xx / xxx
Open licensing xx xx xxx
Rewards and
incentives
xxx xxx xxx
Quality
management
xx xx xx / xxx
Sustainability xxx xxx xxx
New business
models
xx / xxx xx xxx
Co-creation x xx xxx

7. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
What we don’t yet know
Which academic HEd libraries in Europe are
offering Open Education services?
Which libraries / academic institutions in
Europe have developed an OE policy?
What good practise collaborations are going
on between libraries and other depts/
faculties in Open Education?
What good synergies exist between Open
Science and Open Education?

8. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
Next steps
Expanding the European Open Education
Librarian Network
– oer@sparceurope.org (please join us)
Survey into Open Education in Europe

9. Libraries as partners in Open Education 29/08/19
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