<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Please excuse duplication of this message.<br><br></div><b>What:</b> Open Educational Resources (OER) forum with Steven Bell, Temple University<br></div><b>Where:</b> Orlando Convention Center W106<br></div><b>When:</b> Saturday, June 25, 2016<br></div><b>Time:</b> 3pm-4pm<br><br></div>Join us for an open forum on OER lead by Steven Bell on Saturday, June 25, 2016.<br>  <br>What
 is OER?  Steven Bell will describe the program at Temple University, 
including institutional strategies, how to talk to faculty, lessons 
learned, successes, and best practices.<br><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Steven Bell is an <span><span class="">academic</span></span>
 librarian who studies, writes and speaks about higher education, 
leadership, design thinking and user experience, textbook affordability 
and educational
 technology. He’s a co-founder of the Blended <span class="">Librarians</span> Online Learning
 Community. He
</span><span style="color:black">writes at Designing Better <span><span class="">Libraries</span></span>, a blog about design thinking and library user experiences. He authors two columns for Library Journal <span><span class="">Academic</span></span> Newswire, "From the Bell
 Tower" and "Leading From the Library". He is co-author of the book “<span><span class="">Academic</span></span>
 Librarianship by Design” and editor of the recently published “Crucible
 Moments: Inspiring Library Leadership”. For additional information 
about Steven J. Bell point your browser
 to</span><span><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span><a href="http://stevenbell.info/" title="http://stevenbell.info/
Ctrl+Click to follow link" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://stevenbell.info</span></a></span><br clear="all"></span></font><div><br></div><div>Interested
 in the topic -- check out this recent CNI program where Steven Bell 
spoke on institutional strategies for textbook affordability.  <br><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_WizSoIptg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_WizSoIptg</a><br></span></font></span><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">There will be a quick ten-minute or less business meeting prior to the beginning of the forum.<br><br>See you in Orlando!</span></span></font><div class=""><div id=":28p" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></span></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Anne Liebst</span></font></span></span></div></font></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Anne Liebst<br>University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Collections & Archives<br>Technology and Digital Initiatives<br>501.569.3248 | <a href="mailto:caliebst@ualr.edu" target="_blank">caliebst@ualr.edu</a> | <a href="http://ualr.edu/library" target="_blank">http://ualr.edu/library</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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