7 Ways Librarians Can Participate in Open Access/Source/Education Communities
Over @ OEDB.org librarian and editor Ellyssa Kroski has created a list of how librarians can contribute to the cause of open access. These are:
Self-Archive Your Work
Donate Your Syllabi
Archive Your Podcasts and Edu Resources
Use a Creative Commons Attribution License
Publish An Open Access Journal
Make Your Applications and Modules Open Source
Share Your Slides
I currently do #4, 6, and 7 and am working on #3 so that’s more than half so I think I’m doing well in this area. (I don’t write syllabi, so there’s no way I can do all seven.)
Michael Sauers is the Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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