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Olivia Chin
Olivia Chin is the Scholarly Communication Librarian at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries. Originally from West Tennessee, she holds a Master of Library Science degree from Texas Woman's University and has worked in academic libraries for over 8 years. In her current role, Olivia provides research support to faculty, staff, and students. Ask her questions about copyright, open access publishing, open access funding, and more!"
Christina Drummond
As Executive Director of the OA Book Usage Data Trust, Christina puts board strategy into practice by leading research and strategic partnerships while supporting staff, subcontractors, and working committees. Her position is hosted by the University of North Texas Library
Session 1: Envisioning an Open Educational Future: The Texas OER Founding Fellows Program
This panel will discuss the work of the THECB's 2024 OER Founding Fellows Program from the perspective of three of its participants, each from different institutions of higher education in Texas. We'll talk about the goals and vision of the program, our individual interests in participating, and how we envision this program helping institutions like ours develop more robust, sustainable, and ethical OER support and leadership. We'll share some of our own journeys in higher education and how we came to work specifically with Open Education and OER in our current roles.
Keynote by Caitlin Carter, Director, HELIOS Open
This talk will showcase the work of the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS Open), its over 100 campus members, and recent senior leadership activities that aim to modernize tenure, promotion, review, and hiring to explicitly reward open scholarship and public access activities.
Caitlin Carter
Caitlin Carter is the Director of HELIOS Open (Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship), a project that emerged from the National Academies Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Scholarship. She manages the work of over 100 colleges and universities that have joined to collectively move forward a more trustworthy and transparent research ecosystem.