Track Session Type
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA): Engaging Student Leaders; Inclusion and Diversity in Open Education, OER Community Building, Sustainability: Grant Acquisition & Management, Sustainability, Engaging Student Leaders, OER for Resilience, OER Community Building, OER and Technology
Presentation Type
Panel Presentation
OER Level of Expertise
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Audience
Faculty, Librarian, Administrator, Staff, Other
Open Resources, Open Minds: Building Global Communities with the World Librarians
Session Abstract
World Librarians is a registered student organization at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that connects learners around the world without reliable internet access to open educational resources (OER). What sets the World Librarians apart is our mission to deliver information that our global partners are requesting, without bias or gatekeeping. This panel will be focusing on the World Librarians history, processes, and impact. You'll hear from UMass students, both past and present, about our workflows, the technology we use, and the potential for future collaborations across our campuses and throughout the world.
Objectives of the Session
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Attendees will see a student-led initiative that is centered around OER and open information sharing that could be replicated at other campuses.
Full Description of the Session
The first 15 minutes of the presentation will feature a brief overview of the history of world librarians, our mission to deliver information as requested by our global partners who most commonly reside in the Global South, without bias or gatekeeping, and acknowledging the need for that service as members of the Global North. In the first part of the presentation, we’ll also be covering a brief overview of our technical workflow, and how we are able to support this type of information sharing with limited internet access. In the remaining 20 minutes of our presentation time, faculty advisors will pose questions to our student panel about their experiences, ranging from notable requests they’ve received (responses include questions about making toys out of trash, female genital mutilation, and the Bible) to how their involvement in the club has impacted them in their respective fields. A common theme will be centered around the role of Open in everything from their own reliance on the internet, their education, and global information sharing. Because we hope to expand this model to other campuses, a survey will be shared with attendees to gauge interest in doing so. A final 10 minutes will be devoted to answering questions from the audience.
Presenter Bios
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Presenter 1
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Name: Theresa Dooley
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Email: tdooley@umass.edu
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Bio: Theresa Dooley is the Student Success and Open Education Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the co-Director of the World Librarians.
Publishing Permission
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Start Date
5-4-2024 2:30 PM
End Date
5-4-2024 3:20 PM
Open Resources, Open Minds: Building Global Communities with the World Librarians
The first 15 minutes of the presentation will feature a brief overview of the history of world librarians, our mission to deliver information as requested by our global partners who most commonly reside in the Global South, without bias or gatekeeping, and acknowledging the need for that service as members of the Global North. In the first part of the presentation, we’ll also be covering a brief overview of our technical workflow, and how we are able to support this type of information sharing with limited internet access. In the remaining 20 minutes of our presentation time, faculty advisors will pose questions to our student panel about their experiences, ranging from notable requests they’ve received (responses include questions about making toys out of trash, female genital mutilation, and the Bible) to how their involvement in the club has impacted them in their respective fields. A common theme will be centered around the role of Open in everything from their own reliance on the internet, their education, and global information sharing. Because we hope to expand this model to other campuses, a survey will be shared with attendees to gauge interest in doing so. A final 10 minutes will be devoted to answering questions from the audience.