Category: Open Education News
JMU Experts Advance Open Access Initiatives in Library & Information Science
Posted October 22, 2019
Library book and journal costs are growing at an unsustainable rate, inhibiting access to scholarship. Open access (OA) publishing overcomes the barriers of paywalls but is challenging to navigate and include in library collections. This year, JMU librarians provided a […]
Open Access Week events
Posted October 11, 2019
Open Access Week 2019 is October 21-27. “Open Access to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform […]
Statement from Deans and Directors of Virginia Research Libraries on the University of California System’s Termination of Contract with Elsevier
Posted April 10, 2019
This open letter has been prepared and released by the Deans and Directors of the seven research libraries at public doctoral institutions in Virginia. It is part of an ongoing conversation about responsible stewardship of our investments in research. *********** […]
JMU Libraries Faculty Member Awarded VIVA Course Redesign Grant
Posted March 15, 2019
Dr. Christie Liu from JMU Libraries and Dr. Elizabeth Johnson from Geology and Environmental Science were awarded a Course Redesign Grant in the amount of $16,145.00 through Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA). The VIVA Course Redesign Grant’s goal is to make textbook and course […]
Apply for a Course Redesign Grant and transition to affordable and open course materials
Posted December 11, 2018
JMU Faculty and Instructors, Do you want to redesign your course to swap out an expensive textbook for an open, no cost, or library option? Are you looking for funding to create or adapt open educational resource materials for your […]
Movie Screening: Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
Posted November 27, 2018
THE LIBRARIES will be hosting a screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship on Friday, November 30 at noon in Carrier 301. Bring your lunch and join us for this hour-long documentary that focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind […]
Two JMU Library Employees Receive Grant to Explore Open Access Collections in Libraries.
Posted September 19, 2018
Yasmeen Shorish, Data Service Coordinator, and Liz Thompson, Instruction and Educational Resources Coordinator, received an $89,333 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant. In collaboration with the Association of Research Libraries, they will convene a series of national forums to […]
New Incentives & Programs Coming for Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Posted April 30, 2018
Open Educational Resources are: To help jumpstart wider creation and use of these resources, Congress recently approved a $5 million new, competitive federal grant program to “create new open textbooks or expand their use.” The Virginia General Assembly also just […]
OER Week – Exploring Open Educational Resources
Posted March 30, 2017
Open Educational Resources (OER) come in all shapes and sizes. Looking for course content, supplemental materials, quizzes, and more? Check out Lumen Learning and OER Commons. Are you a faculty member and want to learn more about OER? Register for Open Learning: A Connectivist […]
OER Week – Exploring Open Access Books
Posted March 29, 2017
Looking for more than textbooks? Check out scholarly monographs released under Creative Commons licenses, also known as Open Access Books. To find a variety of open access books, visit Knowledge Unlatched, JSTOR Open Access eBooks, OAPEN, and University of Michigan Press.