International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 199

International Journal of Open Educational Resources • Vol. 2, No. 1 • Fall 2019 / Winter 2020
From Soup to Nuts: Expanding Liaison and
Technical Services for OER Development
Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech and Jeffrey M. Mortimore
Georgia Southern University, Georgia
Abstract
This case study highlights an ongoing library collaboration with
faculty recipients of a statewide open educational resource (OER)
textbook grant at a rural public research university in the southeast.
It emphasizes the evolving needs of teaching faculty open to
OER grant writing and development, and the necessity of librarians
to be creative in delivering this support. The authors describe
how they expanded liaison and technical service roles to educate
faculty about the meaning and benefits of OERs, guided selection
of appropriately licensed and pedagogically aligned materials, supported
development of the grant proposal, and supported development
and maintenance of the OER product itself. Central to this
study is how liaison and technical services librarians collaborated
with faculty to open up the LibGuides CMS platform to host OER
materials. This paper provides a comprehensive case study encompassing
service development in support of the grant funding process,
development of the content management infrastructure for
hosting and developing the OER product, next steps, and recommendations
for best practices. Throughout, the authors argue for
the importance of intra-library collaboration and expanding liaison
and technical services roles for effective OER support.
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doi: 10.18278/ijoer.2.1.12