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How to Plan a OER Lunch: Combining Expertise with a Small Community

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Start Date

10-4-2025 1:40 PM

End Date

10-4-2025 2:00 PM

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In the fall of 2024, the Emory Libraries’ OER Committee had a strong turnout and high participant engagement at its “OER Lunch and Learn” event for faculty. The Lunch and Learn featured an OER petting zoo, an OER presentation, and a hands-on activity in which faculty identified and evaluated OERs in different platforms. In this lightning talk, we will share the nuts and bolts of our event planning and materials as well as strategies for hosting a successful OER Lunch and Learn at your own institution. The Emory Libraries’ OER Committee is made up of librarians from across the Emory Libraries system and from the two Emory campuses. The lightning talk will share the committee's tips for working on shared initiatives across very different campuses, the larger Atlanta campus of Emory and the smaller liberal arts Oxford campus.

Author Bios

  • Jenny Townes:

    • Jenny Townes is the Open Access Librarian at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta. She holds a Master’s of Science in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  • Amber Prentiss:

    • Amber Prentiss is the Sociology and Development Studies Librarian at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta. She holds a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Jennifer Elder:

    • Jennifer Elder is a Social Sciences Librarian at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta. She holds a Master’s in English and American Literature from New York University and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Florida State University.

  • Alexandrea Kord:

    • Alexandrea Kord is a Teaching & Learning Librarian at Emory University's Oxford College Library. She holds a Master’s in Medieval History from the University of Oxford and a Master’s in Information and Library Sciences from the University of Denver.

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Apr 10th, 1:40 PM Apr 10th, 2:00 PM

How to Plan a OER Lunch: Combining Expertise with a Small Community

Teams.

In the fall of 2024, the Emory Libraries’ OER Committee had a strong turnout and high participant engagement at its “OER Lunch and Learn” event for faculty. The Lunch and Learn featured an OER petting zoo, an OER presentation, and a hands-on activity in which faculty identified and evaluated OERs in different platforms. In this lightning talk, we will share the nuts and bolts of our event planning and materials as well as strategies for hosting a successful OER Lunch and Learn at your own institution. The Emory Libraries’ OER Committee is made up of librarians from across the Emory Libraries system and from the two Emory campuses. The lightning talk will share the committee's tips for working on shared initiatives across very different campuses, the larger Atlanta campus of Emory and the smaller liberal arts Oxford campus.