SPARC Europe Publishes New Open Education Strategy: Librarians as Agents of Change

From a SPARC Europe:

We are pleased to announce a new Open Education Strategy for 2024-2026, Librarians as Agents of Change. We will support Higher Education policymakers, librarians, ambassadors and facilitators of OE in Europe to implement the UNESCO OER Recommendations using a targeted and action-oriented approach. With this strategy, we aim to make the many connections between Open Science policy and Open Education ever clearer to both policymakers and academic institutions.

Our mission to support these stakeholders also seeks to enable the conditions, foster and catalyse the opportunities presented by Open Access and Open Science to maximise the access to, creation, reuse and adaptation of Open Educational Resources (OER), Practices (OEP), services and infrastructure for all and seek to sustain those. We do this whilst respecting and favouring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to reflect and meet local needs.

Our five goals going forward are to

• Support OE policy development and encourage investment in OE
• Raise awareness of the value of OE, OER and OEP and stimulate action
• Advocate for the recognition and reward of OE
• Build capacity and upskill librarians to become even more effective in supporting OE
• Facilitate DEI-rich OEP across all corners of Europe.

Direct to Full Text Document: Librarians as Agents of Change
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10564737

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