(via Kristina Clement, University of Wyoming)<\/p>\n
The International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) will be hosting a fall\/winter special issue on Open Education Resources & Libraries. This issue will be hosted by featured guest editors Samantha Cook and Kristina Clement of the University of Wyoming Libraries.\u00a0<\/span>This special issue of the International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) will focus on librarians, libraries, and Open Educational Resources. Papers may draw from any of the following topics, though authors are encouraged to elaborate on these ideas. This list is meant to be broad, general, and to get your creative juices flowing! If you have another topic of interest that you would like to write about that is not listed here, please send the editors a brief message with your thoughts and ideas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Topics of Interest<\/b><\/p>\n OER Collaborations between Librarians and Faculty<\/p>\n Incorporating Open practices and Open Educational Resources in library instruction<\/p>\n OER grant programs and\/or partnerships<\/p>\n Open Educational Processes<\/p>\n OER Platforms<\/p>\n Copyright and OER<\/p>\n Assessment of OER and\/or OER Grant programs<\/p>\n OER and accessibility<\/p>\n Library support for OER<\/p>\n OER and open pedagogy<\/p>\n OER and institutional repositories<\/p>\n OER and digital scholarship\/digital humanities<\/p>\n OER best practices<\/p>\n OER and collection development<\/p>\n Demonstrating the value of OER<\/p>\n Submitting a Paper Proposal<\/b><\/p>\n Paper proposals should be submitted via\u00a0<\/span>google<\/a> form<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>with all author information, an abstract of no more than 500 words describing your proposed article, and up to five keywords.<\/p>\n Paper proposals are accepted on a rolling basis until\u00a0<\/span>July 3, 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Accepted paper proposals will be invited to submit full articles for peer review.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Full link to the paper proposal submission form:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/forms.gle\/SioYfKMzU8USUoPe7<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Publication Schedule<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Paper Proposal due by July 3rd<\/a><\/p>\n Full Papers due by August 7th<\/a><\/p>\n Peer Review comments returned by September 16th<\/a><\/p>\n Final revised papers due October 25th<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Journal Information<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The aim of\u00a0<\/span>The International Journal of Open Educational Resources<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span>(IJOER)\u00a0<\/span><\/i>is to provide a venue for the publication of quality academic research with an emphasis on representing Open Educational Resources in teaching, learning, scholarship, and policy.\u00a0<\/span>The International Journal of Open Educational Resources<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span>is a bi-annual, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed academic publication sponsored by theAmerican Public University System (APUS)\u00a0<\/span>and the\u00a0<\/span>Policy Studies Organization.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Featured Guest Editors<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Samantha Cook, Instructional Design Librarian,\u00a0<\/span>scook13@uwyo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Kristina Clement, Student Success Librarian,\u00a0<\/span>kclemen8@uwyo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n