Lori Lysiak is a reference and instruction librarian at the 罗伯特E. Eiche图书馆, Penn State Altoona.
宾州大学公园. — Two 中国博彩平台 Libraries employees have been accepted into the 2022 cohort of professionals seeking an Open Education Network (厄恩) certificate in Open Librarianship.
Lori Lysiak, reference and instruction librarian at the 罗伯特E. Eiche图书馆 at Penn State Altoona, and Elizabeth Nelson, reference and instruction librarian at the Lehigh Valley Campus Library at Penn State Lehigh Valley, began their eight-month training in February.
的 厄恩 is a community dedicated to working together to make higher education more affordable, equitable and accessible. Participants admitted to the certificate in Open Librarianship connect and collaborate with librarians from around the country to implement sustainable and effective open education programs for their local context, 文化和目标. 的se objectives fit well with Penn State’s own 开放的举措, which aim to enable affordable access to education and reduce barriers to the sharing and use of knowledge and information.
By earning the certificate in Open Librarianship, Lysiak and Nelson will be poised to lead and advance the ongoing efforts of the Open and Affordable Education (办公自动化) Working Group and other 办公自动化 advocates, which are focused around enhancing equity of access to high-quality course materials, said Rebecca Miller Waltz, interim associate dean for learning and undergraduate services, 大学图书馆.
“I am grateful to Lori and Elizabeth for committing their time and energy to this program,华尔兹说. “I am excited to leverage the passion and expertise that they bring to this important work, and for the many upcoming 办公自动化 initiatives I know Lori and Elizabeth will help us successfully lead.”
“的 certificate in Open Librarianship is a terrific opportunity to expand my current work in this area,利西亚克说, who is spearheading a two-phase project using e-books as a gateway to 办公自动化. “I hope to develop new ideas on how to energize and excite faculty as well as implement sustainable open education programs.”
Lysiak also hopes to leverage the certificate program as an opportunity to work with the Penn State Altoona Council on Diversity and Inclusion to develop relevant materials and programming. “I enjoy offering workshops on open education to our faculty and other stakeholders and look forward to expanding this work to include affordability and equitable access for students,”她说。.
“I hope this program will help me build a successful and exciting 办公自动化 adoption program for the Lehigh Valley campus,尼尔森说。. “I also want to find ways to help instructors explore open pedagogy and get students engaged with creating and evaluating their own learning materials.”
For more information on 办公自动化 at Penn State, visit the 办公自动化网站 或电子邮件 (电子邮件保护).
