[OERCommittee] [External] RE: ISL Funding for OER Follow-up

[Craig, Anne]

Hi Lauren and the OER Committee!

Thank you to the OER Committee for your involvement in the Annual Meeting. I thought it went great!

CARLI has provided input to the Secretary's Office about the $3 million in their budget for OER according to the input the committee members, the CARLI Governance Board, CARLI directors, and the ISLAC members have given us. Please know that the program is statutorily the Secretary's responsibility, meaning that the direction of the program-including any involvement from CARLI-is completely at the Secretary's discretion.

I would advise all of you to write directly to Greg (gmccormick at ilsos.gov<mailto:gmccormick at ilsos.gov>). He's very approachable and would I'm sure welcome your perspective. He participated in the OER Talk Table at the Annual Meeting, and I know he heard many concerns.

To your question, CARLI is meeting with the ISL tomorrow to walk them through the application process we used for IL SCOERs. They will decide on what their application process will look like. I promise you we will advocate for the committee's involvement and include the concerns voiced by the committee. How the grant is shaped is their decision. Having said that, I know that they are listening to the academic library's concerns.

I hope this helps! Anne

From: Kosrow, Lauren <kosrowl at cod.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 3:37 PM
To: Craig, Anne <abcraig at uillinois.edu>
Cc: oercommittee at carli.illinois.edu
Subject: Re: [External] RE: ISL Funding for OER Follow-up


Anne,



It was really wonderful to see our OER work highlighted so prominently in the CARLI annual meeting today! Thanks for putting together a great program.



I really appreciated Greg's presentation, which clarified that action was taken at the ISLAC committee to move forward your proposal and that there is a clear timeline about next steps. He mentioned that meetings about the funding application are occurring soon, as early as next week, in order to prepare for an application period opening in January.



Can you share who will be participating in these meetings and how this committee will be included? I'm eager to be a part of these important conversations around how the funding application will be structured, and I'd like to ensure others are given the opportunity to join as well.



Lauren


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Lauren Kosrow, Ed.D.
Digital Content and Open Access Librarian
College of DuPage Library
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
SRC3138 | 630.942.2092 | opencod.org
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Subject: [External] RE: ISL Funding for OER Follow-up

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Absolutely, Lauren! Thank you for this write up and for the feedback today everyone! We will go forward with your comments in hand!!! Anne

From: Kosrow, Lauren <kosrowl at cod.edu<mailto:kosrowl at cod.edu>>
Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:26 PM
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Subject: ISL Funding for OER Follow-up

Anne,

Thank you so much for your leadership on ISLAC and continued advocacy for state funding for OER initiatives. I appreciate you sharing your presentation at the November 1, 2023 ISLAC meeting with us today, in which you proposed how the Illinois State Library could structure the $3M of grant funding to academic libraries for OER initiatives.

In both my current role as co-chair of the CARLI OER committee and as a member, I urge you to advocate for a funding proposal that incorporates the demonstrated need for financial support to build capacity for OER work at the institution level rather than relying solely on a project-based funding model like the SCOERs grant. I believe the funding provided through the Illinois State Library for OER, with the right model, has the potential to build local structures and scale open initiatives rooted in our member libraries across the state in a truly transformative and impactful way.

As CARLI engages in next steps with the Illinois State Library, I encourage you to leverage the expertise of this committee in the process of developing the funding proposal. We can provide critical insight into the diverse needs of member libraries engaged in OER work and the variety of ways the funding can be used to start and scale our current efforts while meeting the data collection needs of the grant.

This is a really exciting and important moment for OER work in the state of Illinois. Thank you again for your work in your role representing our membership and your advocacy on our behalf.

Lauren


Lauren Kosrow, Ed.D.
Digital Content and Open Access Librarian
College of DuPage Library
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
SRC3138 | 630.942.2092 | opencod.org
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