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PALS Quarterly Newsletter, May 2023 Update
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PALS Quarterly Newsletter, February 2023 update
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Randi Madisen takes Role as OER Librarian for Minnesota State
Randi Madisen is the new half-time OER Librarian for Minnesota State. She has been a librarian at Century College for the past 15 years. She has become increasingly involved with OER and Z-Degree efforts, completing both the Creative Commons and OER Librarian certificates. In previous incarnations, she worked at the Minnesota State Law Library and the Legislative Reference Library. Her MLIS is from the University of Michigan, and her claim to fame is that she has lived in four states and […]
OER Librarian Workdays 2021
Ignite Affordable Education The focus of day one (October 1, 2021) of the 5th annual OER librarian workdays was on developing an OER toolkit to better support faculty on their OER journey. The schedule was: Introductions in breakout rooms Information on Open Education Network from Tim Anderson (Educational Innovations, System Office) Learning Circles from Karen Pikula (Central Lakes College/System Office) Combatting Misconceptions & Myths Facilitator: Keith Cich (Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College) Panel: Randi Madisen (Century College), Kate […]
RIPL (Reference & Instruction Discussion Group)
Topic: Library involvement in Open Educational Resource (OER) initiatives Does your institution have an OER or Affordable Course Resources initiative? If so… Did you help to spearhead the initiative, or did you come alongside one that a different department started? (either way, what did getting involved initially look like for your library?) What does your ongoing involvement look like? What has worked well? What has been challenging? What recommendations do you have for libraries who would like to be a part of […]
