[Libs-Or] Fwd: [libadmin] Join us for the 5/28 Blended Librarians Webinar "On Becoming Open Education Leaders"

[Diedre Conkling]

This is not the kind of thing I usually post but it sure looks interesting
and I thought maybe some of you in academic libraries would want to know
about it, if you don't already.
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From: "JOHN SHANK" <jds30 at psu.edu>
Date: May 19, 2015 12:22 PM
Subject: [libadmin] Join us for the 5/28 Blended Librarians Webinar "On
Becoming Open Education Leaders"
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*On Becoming Open Education Leaders*
*Date:* Thursday, May 28
*Time*: 3:00 pm EST
*Duration:* 60 min
Join the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community on *Thursday, May
28 at 3:00 pm EST* for a webcast presentation and discussion with Quill
West, an open education advocate, librarian, and educator from Washington
State. Currently Quill is the Open Education Project Manager at Pierce
College. In her webcast, West will speak to the importance of academic
librarians fostering an institutional culture that embraces open education
as their institutions recognize that textbook costs create a significant
barrier to students’ access to education. Librarians in Washington State
are taking a leadership role in college-wide efforts to adopt alternatives
to textbooks by engaging in a Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) Grant
administered by the Washington State Library/Office of the Secretary of
State. In the effort to achieve open education leadership, West and
colleagues have created a course for librarians on how to serve open
education needs. The webcast will address the open education skills that
librarians are developing in order to better serve the open education needs
of our institutions.
Quill West is an open education advocate, librarian, and educator from
Washington state. Currently Quill is the Open Education Project Manager at
Pierce College, where she works with students, faculty, and administrators
to lower student costs for textbooks by adopting open resources. Quill has
worked in open education for five years, and has worked on a project at
Tacoma Community College that successfully saved students over one million
dollars in traditional textbook costs.
This is a free webcast but space is limited so please take a moment to
register on this page:

http://bit.ly/1FeyLY9

Explore & learn more about blended librarianship @
http://www.scoop.it/t/blended-librarianship

John D. Shank
Head of the Boscov-Lakin Information Commons & Thun Library
PENN STATE Berks
P.O. Box 7009, Tulpehocken Road
Reading, PA 19610
(610)-396-6341 <callto:(610)-396-6341>

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