IFLA Division C and SET Call for Proposals – “Librarians Shaping the OER Agenda: Navigating Copyright, OER Advocacy, and Infrastructure solutions”

A Webinar Date: 1 July 2025

On March 2025 The IFLA Division C re-launched a Webinar Series for LIS students that was initiated by the IFLA Division IV – Support of the Profession in spring 2021. These webinars aim to create a place for students to share their projects, research, and ideas about different topics related to libraries.

Each webinar addresses a different theme. All events are held online and are open to everyone (no registration fees).

Please, register here for July’s webinar: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AtbqnekWbkYd40gTx-gLAmH5wD1VwwMWRJAQPEygUgtyO7HrSEsQ~AsMhIF38167nyUaIDvDT5HVbIMDy13hWCSAmTD9sIjXQ-QfyjZ2MYTfwHQ

July’s theme is “Librarians Shaping the OER Agenda: Navigating Copyright, OER Advocacy, and Infrastructure solutions”

Keynote speaker: Nicole Krüger, Open Science Professional in Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University Library (Switzetland). She holds a diploma in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Applied Sciences Hannover and an MA in Philosophy from the Distance University Hagen, Germany. From 2022-2024 Nicole co-chaired the LIBER Educational Resources Working Group.
Contacts at: https://www.zhaw.ch/en/about-us/person/krun

Open educational resources (OER) is a new field which is under development. It needs advocacy and awareness raising amongst teachers and communities. This requires proactive outreach, communication, and collaboration from librarians. OER is a very diverse topic, and touches upon traditional library skills and tasks but needs stepping up and communication at the same time. It needs know-how in the fields of metadata and platforms, copyright and Creative Commons, but also in teaching/ training, project management, outreach, networking, and communication.

We are interested in hearing about your practical experience and research in the dynamic field of open educational resources requiring various learning competences and abilities for independent learning.

The proposal may focus on:

  • How AI changed the OER environment as AI generated content is not copyright protected and can be re-used in OER?
  • How are open textbooks, course materials, videos, quizzes, worksheets, tasks and solutions, experiments, etc. being created and shared online?

 

  • OER and Sustainable Development Goals: how do they support access to education and create synergies for teachers, librarians and library users?

 

  • OER and the application of Creative Commons licenses allowing for OER to be retained, revised, remixed, reused, redistributed.

 

  • Open education and the students as co-creators of teaching- and learning materials.

 

Library and Information Science students who have used OER in their professional activities are encouraged to submit a proposal about the topic. Proposals (in MS Word) must include:

  • Name, title, institution, email of speaker(s);
  • Brief biographical statement about each speaker (maximum 100 words);
  • Title of proposed presentation;
  • Abstract highlighting its relevance to the theme (maximum 400 words).

Submissions

Submit your proposals to Albina Krymskaya ([email protected]), Susanne List-Tretthahn ([email protected]) and Marina Encheva ([email protected]).

Accepted participants will receive a certificate from IFLA SET for presenting at the webinar. Presentations will be delivered online by the presenter, in PowerPoint format. Each presentation will last for 20 minutes, including 5-10 minutes for questions and answers.

Important dates

  • Deadline for submission is June 18, 2025
  • Three proposals will be accepted for presentation and the accepted participants will be notified by June 18, 2025.
  • The webinar will be held online on July 1, 2025.

For further questions, contact: Albina Krymskaya ([email protected]), Susanne List-Tretthahn ([email protected]) and Marina Encheva ([email protected]).