Hello all,
As I mentioned during our last meeting, I approached CPSLD (the association representing post-secondary library directors in B.C.) in February about collaborating with BCOEL on copyright advocacy efforts. Last week CPSLD confirmed that they were keen to jointly author a submission regarding implementation of the copyright term extension.
Under CUSMA (the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement, or 'new NAFTA') the term of copyright in Canada will be extended from life of the creator +50 years, to life +70. This will have a great impact on open educational practice, and higher education more broadly. The government gave stakeholders just one month to submit comments on how the extension should be implemented. The due date for submissions is tomorrow, March 12. The educational sector asked for an extension, but the request was denied by the departments leading the consultation process, Heritage Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
Over the past week, I worked with Darcye to draft the CPSLD/BCOEL submission. It received approval from Trish Rosseel, CPSLD Chair and Director, Learning Resources & Records Management at Douglas College, and one of the association's members who works closely with copyright. It's now with the general CPSLD membership for further comment.
We'd also like to invite members of the BCOEL Steering Committee to review the draft and provide feedback (by noon tomorrow, if possible). Please feel free to insert your comments directly in the Google Doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/110lw-5xu99Jju6vOl7HeUWKgZofsiclnFR-eyOE…>.
We apologize for the quick turnaround, but there were lots of moving parts. The process has been very collaborative, with lots of information sharing and fruitful discussion amongst PSI copyright specialists, higher ed administrators, and professional associations representing PSIs and libraries. In particular, there was debate about whether an 'opt in' registration system for the additional 20 years of copyright protection is feasible in the context of Canada's obligations under various international copyright treaties.
The approach we ultimately suggested aligns with College and Institutes Canada (CICan) and has been endorsed by a number of legal experts/scholars in Canada, including Michael Geist, Howard Knopf, and Meera Nair. A similar model was also proposed the by former Director of the U.S. Copyright Office back in 2013.
We look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Sincerely,
Darcye and Lindsay
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Hello all,
I think it is a great idea to share such data as well Darcye and while unfortunately, I have nothing to offer in terms of sharing back, I would find great benefit in knowing what others are using, as it could significantly help with advocacy and speed up helping others find relevant resources.
It would be amazing if this could be an open database ☺ a project for one day…
While I understand the privacy considerations, I think it is also valuable to know if certain faculty are ok with their names being shared, as this can serve as an extra piece of persuasion for the academic community who might ‘know’ the faculty using OER – it is like a behavioural nudge, if you know that someone you respect is doing this type of work, you might be more likely to do the same. What I want to say is, if a person is comfortable with their name being shared, it may increase the success of advocacy and give credibility to the efforts.
Have a lovely day everyone,
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From: Bcoelsteering <bcoelsteering-bounces(a)lists.bccampus.ca> On Behalf Of Darcye Lovsin
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:27 AM
To: bcoelsteering(a)lists.bccampus.ca
Subject: Re: [Bcoelsteering] Open Textbooks/OER Adoptions
Hi all,
Thank you, Lauri and Debra, for the additional information and links you sent. The Open Oregon link is helpful, but even if we don't have the capacity to do something so formal in BC, I really see the value in sharing the information even within this group. I reviewed the individual institution's blogs and websites, but unfortunately the information tends to be fragmented or missing as the posts serve a different purpose.
One of the number one reasons faculty cite for not adopting OER is the time it takes to find the right materials. We may be able to cut down on that time for some courses by sharing what other related courses are using (we can redact faculty names if need be).
I know we are all very busy right now, so perhaps we can discuss this at our next meeting on March 22. If anyone is willing to share their information before then, it would be much appreciated (no pressure though). At Cap we have a student research assistant collecting our stats right now, but once the document is complete I can share it with anyone who is interested.
Cheers,
Darcye
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From: Flewelling, Debra <flewellingd(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:flewellingd@douglascollege.ca>>
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 6:11 PM
To: Lauri Aesoph <lauri.aesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:lauri.aesoph@bccampus.ca>>; Darcye Lovsin <darcyelovsin(a)capilanou.ca<mailto:darcyelovsin@capilanou.ca>>; bcoelsteering(a)lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca> <bcoelsteering(a)lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca>>
Subject: Re: [Bcoelsteering] Open Textbooks/OER Adoptions
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Hi everyone,
For a long time now I’ve wanted us to share what resources we use just as OpenOregon<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenorego…> does and I specifically asked that and Mary Burgess said that it was a privacy issue. I would find it invaluable to know if someone at another institution is using an OER/library ebook for their course.
Until we can do something like Oregon, perhaps we can figure out a way that we can share a spreadsheet with each other that would just indicates the course and the specific resource used and then at least we can contact each other for more details.
I’d be happy to work on this with anyone who would like to see this happen as well.
Have a good weekend all.
Debra
From: Bcoelsteering <bcoelsteering-bounces(a)lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:bcoelsteering-bounces@lists.bccampus.ca>> on behalf of Lauri Aesoph <lauri.aesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:lauri.aesoph@bccampus.ca>>
Date: Friday, March 5, 2021 at 3:18 PM
To: Darcye Lovsin <darcyelovsin(a)capilanou.ca<mailto:darcyelovsin@capilanou.ca>>, "bcoelsteering(a)lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca>" <bcoelsteering(a)lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca>>
Subject: Re: [Bcoelsteering] Open Textbooks/OER Adoptions
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Hello All,
I'm the keeper of the BCcampus adoption lists. Thus far these lists have not been made public, though we at BCcampus have talked about if this should be done, how the adopting faculty/institutions would feel about it, and what would be the best way to share/display this information (and what would need to be done at our end technically) if this was done.
I do know that some institutions post their adoption information such as Douglas (individual blogs<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopendougl…>), KPU<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkpu.press…>, Langara<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.ta…>, UBC (individual blogs<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.ubc.…>), which I post on these institution's pages in the Post-Secondary Directory. (Let me know if I've missed any.)
I'm happy to participate in this discussion either at a meeting or by listserv.
Lauri
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From: Bcoelsteering <bcoelsteering-bounces(a)lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:bcoelsteering-bounces@lists.bccampus.ca>> on behalf of Darcye Lovsin <darcyelovsin(a)capilanou.ca<mailto:darcyelovsin@capilanou.ca>>
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Subject: [Bcoelsteering] Open Textbooks/OER Adoptions
Hi all,
CapU open education faculty fellows are working with their departments (Kinesiology, STEM, Communications, Psychology) to identify potential open educational resources for key courses in their programs.
Are the lists each of us send to BCcampus for tracking open textbooks publicly available? Has anyone used another institution's list to cross-reference what courses at their institution might use the same resources? Other institution's lists could also help convince departments that are hesitant to using OER, if another BC institution's related faculty are using OER.
Would anyone be willing to share their list? Do we think these documents have a place on the BCOEL OER Commons group (updated once a year)? Some people cite privacy issues with sharing faculty names, but those could be redacted.
Interested to hear people's thoughts and if anyone is willing to share their institution's open resources tracking documents. If people are already doing this, even better!
Cheers,
Darcye
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Hi all,
CapU open education faculty fellows are working with their departments (Kinesiology, STEM, Communications, Psychology) to identify potential open educational resources for key courses in their programs.
Are the lists each of us send to BCcampus for tracking open textbooks publicly available? Has anyone used another institution's list to cross-reference what courses at their institution might use the same resources? Other institution's lists could also help convince departments that are hesitant to using OER, if another BC institution's related faculty are using OER.
Would anyone be willing to share their list? Do we think these documents have a place on the BCOEL OER Commons group (updated once a year)? Some people cite privacy issues with sharing faculty names, but those could be redacted.
Interested to hear people's thoughts and if anyone is willing to share their institution's open resources tracking documents. If people are already doing this, even better!
Cheers,
Darcye
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Darcye Lovsin
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian
Liaison for Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Management
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Hi BCOEL steering committee,
I hope many of you were able to join today's event, or that you can view the recording once it is available from the BCcampus event archives<https://bccampus.ca/events/>. I for one was blown away by the student panelists in particular and left feeling so energized and hopeful!
Please join me in thanking our amazing event planning team, without whom this would not have been possible. They oversaw communications, nominated and invited panelists, secured institutional funding and BCcampus tech support, brainstormed discussion questions, and ensured everything ran smoothly before and during the event. Huge thanks to Amanda Grey, Darcye Lovsin, Donna Langille, Hope Power, Lin Brander, and Urooj Nizami.
Best Regards,
Mia Clarkson
Hi all,
So Senate had a "lively" discussion about VitalSource yesterday. I was unable to watch because I had another commitment, but apparently the VP Finance spoke and apologized multiple times for the lack of consultation and how the announcement was written. He has said that a full committee with students, faculty, and staff will be established to have a consultative process to look at textbook affordability. So, it looks like it's at least on hold.
Brenda
Hi all,
I just attended a session for Fair Dealing Week with Dr. Carys Craig from Osgoode Hall Law School. She highlighted a resource that I thought might be of interest to this group: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources: A Guide for Authors, Adapters & Adopters of Openly Licensed Teaching and Learning Materials<https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/documents/co…> (February 17, 2021). Note that Appendix Three (p. 30~) is authored by Carys and focuses on educational fair dealing in Canada.
Many thanks,
Lindsay
Hello everyone,
Here are the draft minutes from our meeting on Monday, Feb 22nd. Please let me know if you have any edits or additions.
All the best,
Donna
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Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian
UBC Okanagan Library
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Hi all,
As promised during our meeting today, here is a link to the class action lawsuit<https://cbaapps.org/ClassAction/PDF.aspx?id=12292> filed by a former KPU student in September 2020 against McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Cengage regarding their inclusive access model (which, as Karen pointed out, is not inclusive at all).
Best,
Lindsay
Lindsay Tripp
Copyright Librarian
Langara Library
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Hello all,
Our next meeting is scheduled for February 22 at 1pm via Zoom<https://langara.zoom.us/j/66440098209?pwd=ZlhDZzV4aHNHRTIxdkt1NXVXZXkxUT09> (full invite below). My apologies for the late call for agenda items (can I blame it on the long weekend? 😉). Please send any items you would like added to the agenda by noon this Friday (February 19). I'll circulate the agenda shortly thereafter.
I've also attached the draft minutes from our January 18 meeting for you to review. As always, thanks to Donna for recording!
All the best,
Lindsay
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For the past several years UBC Library, the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program, and event sponsors (see below) have organized the Honouring Indigenous Writers Wikipedia Edit-a-thon<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/HonouringIndigenousWriters>. This edit-a-thon event, inspired by Daniel Heath Justice’s<https://fnis.arts.ubc.ca/persons/daniel-justice/> Twitter campaign of the same name, seeks to bring community editors together to work on editing Wikipedia entries for Indigenous authors in an attempt to tackle the systemic bias of Wikipedia while also trying to raise the profile of Indigenous writers.
Instead of the annual in-person event this year the organizing team has put together a schedule of free events and Wikipedia-related activities designed for virtual participation throughout the month of March 2021. The events include:
* Author readings <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> by Smokii Sumac, Richard Van Camp, Tenille Campbell, Marilyn Dumont and more
* Self-paced Weekly Wikipedia Challenges <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/activities> with prize draws
* Wikipedia training and drop-in Zoom sessions<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events>
* <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> A panel discussion<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> from the UBC Vancouver Public Humanities Hub on Wikipedia as public scholarship
* And a social media campaign on Twitter<https://twitter.com/HIW_Wiki>
These events and activities are free and open to anyone to participate. Please join us at our kickoff event and reading with Smokii Sumac on February 24th at 7:00pm PST, and learn more about the other events we have planned! You can also read more at the HIW home page<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/>, and at the HIW Wikipedia Meetup Page<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/HonouringIndigenousWriters/U…>.
We would also appreciate your support of the event by helping to promote it through your listservs, social media accounts, and other spaces to help raise awareness of Indigenous literature and engage in open community knowledge creation.
The event team has developed a number of social media assets in a variety of sizes for ease of sharing. The assets can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JjUP3kuTsogRBLXv4HF7c281MXLu0x_y?us…
Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions and thank you in advance for any support you can give in making this event a success. Thank you to event sponsors, the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies<https://cis.arts.ubc.ca/>, Iron Dog Books<https://irondogbooks.com/>, BCcampus<https://bccampus.ca/>, and the UBC Bookstore<https://bookstore.ubc.ca/>.
Best,
Erin Fields on behalf of the Honouring Indigenous Writers Event Team
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