If you answered NO to Q1, do you have plans to begin an initiative within

How aware are you of Open Educational Resources (OER)? OER is defined as "teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others." Unlike traditionally copyrighted material, these resources are available for "open" use, which means users can edit, modify, customize, and share them.

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [OER/Open Education Best Practices and Pedagogy]

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [Discovery of OER]

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [Adoption of OER]

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [Creation of OER]

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [Adaptation of OER]

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [Evaluation of OER]

How would you rate your level of confidence with the following aspects of open education resources (OER)? [Open Licensing]

How would you rate your level of confidence advocating for open education with the following stakeholders? [Students]

How would you rate your level of confidence advocating for open education with the following stakeholders? [Faculty]

How would you rate your level of confidence advocating for open education with the following stakeholders? [Librarians]

How would you rate your level of confidence advocating for open education with the following stakeholders? [Senior Adminstrators]

How would you rate your level of confidence advocating for open education with the following stakeholders? [Policy Makers]

How would you rate your level of confidence advocating for open education with the following stakeholders? [Overall]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Librarian/Library Staff Knowledge/Education]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Technology]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Time]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Faculty Awareness]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Concerns regarding OER quality]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Policies at the institutional level to support the creation/adoption of OER]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Policies at the regional level to support the creation/adoption of OER]

Please rate how relevant the following potential barriers to OER adoption are at your institution: [Funding for creation/adoption of OER]

Please note any other potential barriers to OER implementation at your institution not addressed above.

Please rate your feelings regarding the use of OER at your institution [Your institution will benefit from the use of OER materials]

Please rate your feelings regarding the use of OER at your institution [Your institution should adopt more OER as course related materials]

Please rate your feelings regarding the use of OER at your institution [Faculty/Staff at your institution should create and release their books and publications as OER]

Please rate your feelings regarding the use of OER at your institution [There should be more awareness of OER at your institution]

Please rate your feelings regarding the use of OER at your institution [Your institution should have regular education/workshops regarding OER]

Please note any other perceived benefits of OER not addressed above.

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [OER/Open Education concepts and best practices education]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Discovery of OER materials education]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Creation of OER materials education]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Adaptation of OER materials education]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Creative Commons Licensing Education ]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Marketing materials directed at generating faculty awareness]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Marketing materials directed at generating student awareness]

Please rate how beneficial the following forms of support would be for you or your colleagues: [Examples of successful OER initiatives ]

Please note any other desired forms of support not addressed above.

Please indicate your area of library services.

Is your institution considered a Regional/State Comprehensive university?

Please indicate your institution's Carnegie Classification.

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Doctoral/Professional Universities

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Research faculty are not so interested in the teaching side of their role and so they are a tough nut to crack.

Discussion of such issues at forums like faculty senate or the curriculum development committee

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

I am somewhat aware of OER but I am not sure how they can be used

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I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Accessibility of materials? Maybe that fits under technology.

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Nontraditional

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am somewhat aware of OER but I am not sure how they can be used

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Cristina Cortês ccortes@ua.pt

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Not recognized in tenure and promotion policies; not enough available in specific subject areas

OER helps students, keeps costs affordable, day one access, adaptability helps with ADA compliance, enhances access, equity and divsity, social justice, it's the right thing to do!

Promote OER in library schools - share success stories

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Tenure and promotion practices need to be modified to incentivize this type of publishing!

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

3, 5 Completely Confident

3, 5 Completely Confident

Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Our school is already one of the top OER creators in our university system. 8-)

Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Doctoral/Professional Universities

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

Doctoral/Professional Universities

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Senior library administration engagement on this topic

Doctoral/Professional Universities

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral/Professional Universities

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

I am somewhat aware of OER but I am not sure how they can be used

Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

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Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Lack of available, quality OER resources for specific disciplines (e.g. business)

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

teaching faculty misinformation/bias about what OERs are/can do--not just lack of awareness, which advocacy and education could address, but active bias, which requires more diplomacy and persuasion

We need some way to address the ancillary support traditional textbooks provide to overworked TAs/instructors. Instructors are often caught in the middle and even if they wanted to make the switch to OER, they often don't have the bandwidth to create/administer/grade homework, quizzes, and exams outside of whatever online platform the textbook bundle comes with, which automates these functions. Finding a way to create these supplemental materials/platforms for OERs (or if they exist increasing awareness!!) and streamlining as much of the backend work for instructors to make the transition as seamless as possible is crucial.

We have also heard of reluctance from our university's administration to make any OER commitments that could jeopardize revenue that the university receives as a cut of the bookstore's textbook adoptions. I am not sure how we can address this, or if it's in SPARC's purview, but I think this is a significant consideration and barrier to widespread support from the upper levels.

i also think grassroots pressure from students to move to OERs could be very effective--would love to see marketing materials directed at students!

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Campus politics (i.e: bookstore is a revenue generating enterprise for the campus)

Perceptions around student learning/engagement

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral/Professional Universities

Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

We lack an OER committee, we've had a short initiative then nothing.

Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

Lorraine Gess lgess@ccac.edu

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Satisfaction with traditional textbooks

Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

This probably falls under institutional-level policies, but on our campus, the creation of OER materials is not highly valued at the departmental level in terms of tenure and promotion.

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs

Kristin Conlin kconlin@ubalt.edu

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

We are a very small liberal arts college and I am the only person working to raise awareness of OER and encourage OER adoption on campus on top of all of my other duties as a librarian. We are a library with two librarians and one support staff so I do not have much time or support in this regard.

The only reasons I rated two of the benefits above as "disagree" is due to lack of faculty time (we are all stretched pretty thin at the college due to recent layoffs) and the lack of time on my part in getting regular education/workshops set up.

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Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

faculty concerns about academic freedom or OER quality

student retention & general success; students' ability to spend their money on food and other essentials instead of lining the pockets of highly profitable commercial publishers

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Students can keep the material long term. With electronic materials, and things are going electronic, if you don't own it, you can't preserve it. Platforms are going to be decommissioned. Owning a file and the rights to to the file is the only way to be able to keep it into the future for later reference.

Doctoral/Professional Universities

Wrandtke@flvc.org Wilhelmina Randtke

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

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Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

there are workshops in my institution about OER and support for developing OERs including textbooks. this takes place outside of hte library, however. I would say that one of the challenges within the library is a lack of interest, knowledge, support in OERs from a number of librarians

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Library Director trying to quash initiative.

Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Training for how to put all this into practice

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Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

My director has watched several webinars of all that it takes to successfully run an OER implementation--she feels like we do not have the staff or capacity to successfully run such an initiative. She also feels like it is not the library's responsibility to push such an initiative. I have started a "Textbook Project" where we are exploring the ideas around textbook affordability--hopefully this will eventually lead us to OER as a solution, but it is going to take a long time to get us there.
Most of our faculty do not use traditional textbooks, this means that the traditional OERs are not really going to help faculty here.

I think the social justice arguments about textbook affordability also the ability for faculty to control their own content instead of being at the mercy of the publishing industry.

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Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Doctoral/Professional Universities

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

As a university that focuses more on teaching than research, we don't have as much of a culture around publishing tied to tenure. This trickles down to affect things like encouraging faculty to create or customize OER.

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

Faculty use their own authored text

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Jeremy Smith jlsmith@library.umass.edu

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

organization hasn't made it a strategic priority

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

I am aware of OER and some of their use cases

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

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Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Doctoral/Professional Universities

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Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

Katie Beth Ryan, ryank@franklinpierce.edu

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Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional

I am very aware of OER and know how they can be used

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

Public Services (Reference/Instruction)

Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

dcannonrech@georgiasouthern.edu

Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

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Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus