The Open Library at AU: Supporting Open

Access and Open Educational Resources

Colin Elliott & Elaine Fabbro

Introduction• Libraries and Open Resources

• Open Library Conceptually

• Information Literacy and Open Resources

• Site Development

• Site Content

• Questions

Framing the Problem

The Open Library Conceptually• Principles of access and the

democratization of knowledge

• Benefits across the academy

Information Literacy Skills Development

Site Development• Started alongside re-design of Library site

• Flexible structure

• Extensive tagging

• Low maintenance

Current database

Website-database

Adding Content

Open Library-database

Site Content• Open Access not new for AU

• Types of content

– Open Access

– Free

– Hybrid

• Feeds back to Library site as well

Colin Elliott, Manager, Web Projects & Services

(coline@athabascau.ca)

Elaine Fabbro, Acting Director

(elainef@athabascau.ca)