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Post-neutrality librarianship
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open educational resources, OERs, liberation, social change, public, Librarians, Ireland.
Abstract
This paper will establish the case for Open Educational Resources (OER) for Liberation for Ireland, and the leveraging of librarians in pursuit of creating a database of Open resources for public good and public liberation within the context of post-neutrality librarianship. The researchers have conducted a literature review of existing OER initiatives and emerging areas of Open Education. The review is underpinned by the philosophical and pedagogical motivations of Open, with a keen focus on equity, access and accessibility. Through this research, it has been found that there is a strong framework available for establishing a national OER initiative, and that librarians have many skills which can be leveraged and utilized in combination with OER in order to facilitate knowledge creation. Further study is proposed to help assess Ireland’s current level of involvement with OER and the feasibility of creating a public OER database for liberation.
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A Case for Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Liberation: Leveraging Librarians and Library Skills
This paper will establish the case for Open Educational Resources (OER) for Liberation for Ireland, and the leveraging of librarians in pursuit of creating a database of Open resources for public good and public liberation within the context of post-neutrality librarianship. The researchers have conducted a literature review of existing OER initiatives and emerging areas of Open Education. The review is underpinned by the philosophical and pedagogical motivations of Open, with a keen focus on equity, access and accessibility. Through this research, it has been found that there is a strong framework available for establishing a national OER initiative, and that librarians have many skills which can be leveraged and utilized in combination with OER in order to facilitate knowledge creation. Further study is proposed to help assess Ireland’s current level of involvement with OER and the feasibility of creating a public OER database for liberation.