January 09, 2023

The Sharing Expertise Committee is beginning to plan for the 2023 WRLC Annual Meeting. Please take a 30-second poll to help us determine the format for this year's meeting!

Please note:

• The Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled to take place sometime during the week of May 22, 2023.

• A fully in-person Annual Meeting would be one full day.

• A fully virtual Annual Meeting would be two or three partial days.

• A split in-person keynote/lunch and online concurrent sessions would take place over two days (keynote/lunch on day 1, concurrent sessions on day 2)

Textbook affordability continues to be a serious concern for our students. What is the result of the unchecked commercial textbook publishing market? Most students will never purchase the required textbook- directly informing student success, retention and equity in the classroom. Open Education Resources (OER) for higher education have made significant progress over the last few decades and peer- reviewed textbooks and instructional material are now routinely and successfully used by instructors at fellow research universities across the country- including your own!

Please join the WRLC's Textbook Affordability Working Group (TAWG) to learn more about the faculty stipend program in which workshop attendees can earn $200 for writing a review of a textbook in the Open Textbook Library.

In addition, the WRLC is excited to launch the Open@WRLC Adopt Grant Call for Applications. The $2,000 OER Adopt grant is intended to support faculty who wish to replace (adopt) a commercial textbook with OER. Those who "adopt" a resource will be using existing resource(s) as-is or with minimal editorial changes. Grantees will be expected to adopt the selected material in Fall 2023. Join us to learn more about this new opportunity and how you can promote OER advocacy on your campus!

Check out our events page for more details about how to register for these events and be sure to contact us at open@wrlc.org if you have any questions.

- Angelique Carson (WRLC)
On behalf of the Textbook Affordability Working Group

As of January 1st, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 have entered the US public domain. These works include the final volume of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories and the first book of Hardy Boys adventures. This allows the works to be shared without permission for free. It also provides what Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain describes as a “wellspring for creativity.” Copyright law protects the rights of the original authors, but allowing copyright to expire ensures that “future authors can legally build on the past—reimagining the books, making them into films, adapting the songs and movies.”

As a fun exercise and just a tiny hint at what’s possible with new works in the public domain, Aaron Krebeck of the Washington Research Library Consortium has “mashed up” the Hardy Boys and one of the most notable stories from the Case-book of Sherlock Holmes. Below is a reimagining of what it might be like if Frank and Joe Hardy were on the case instead of Holmes and Watson. It is important to note that these texts are readily available for re-use because they have been widely preserved as part of our shared cultural heritage. Countless other less-famous works from 1927 and earlier only exist for that same purpose because of the hard work of the librarians and staff at WRLC and shared print organizations like the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance and the Partnership for Shared Book Collections.

THE HARDY BOYS AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAZARIN STONE

Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation Joins the Library Accessibility Alliance

The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation (IPLC) joins the Library Accessibility Alliance (LAA) as a partner to advance accessibility for library electronic resources, with the goal of providing equal access to information for all library users. IPLC is a voluntary union of 13 sovereign academic libraries: Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University, and Yale University. Under the Library Accessibility Alliance umbrella, members of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), Washington Research Library Consortium, and IPLC consortia work together toward improving the accessibility of third-party electronic resource library platforms, enhancing the living document that is the Library Accessibility Toolkit, communicate LAA’s value to membership and prospective members, and collaborate on analyses and training opportunities.

"The Library Accessibility Alliance exemplifies the collaborative, community-driven advocacy I believe we need to support scholars’ use of online resources. With the increasing volume of content available online, it is imperative that these resources are available to all scholars, and the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation is eager to join the Library Accessibility Alliance and improve accessibility of third-party e-resources." - Galadriel Chilton, Director of Collections Initiatives for IPLC

IPLC innovates at scale for the creation of new knowledge and exercises collective action and leadership in helping shape the discourse and outcomes around scholarly communication. IPLC brings strength in numbers of research institutions adapting the model licensing language about accessibility. This mutually beneficial partnership will help shift library culture toward access justice for current and future member libraries.

The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) formed the Library E-Resource Accessibility Group in 2015 to address concerns about the accessibility of library e-resources. Since 2016, BTAA has been conducting third-party evaluations of electronic resource platforms and collections, publicly posting the evaluations for review by vendors and libraries. In 2019, the Association of Southern Research Libraries (ASERL) partnered with the BTAA creating the Library Accessibility Alliance. The group further expanded in 2021 with the addition of the Greater Western Library Alliance and the Washington Research Library Consortium. The LAA engages with library vendors in initiatives to improve usability of online resources for all users.

January Idea of the Month: Display Print and Electronic Inventory in Primo VE Even If Dedup/FRBR is Enabled

Ex Libris hosts the Idea Exchange to enable customers to influence the development of new features and solutions in Ex Libris products. Anyone with an Idea Exchange account is allocated 25 votes to support their favorite ideas. Each month, the WRLC Alma/Primo Advisory Committee (APAC) selects an idea to highlight in the WRLC newsletter. We encourage everyone to vote for APAC’s Idea of the Month in order to raise its visibility in the Idea Exchange.

APAC’s January Idea of the Month recommendation seeks to display all print and electronic inventory available for a record in Primo VE even if dedup/FRBR are enabled. Currently, Primo VE hides the print inventory of other IZs if electronic inventory exists in the owning IZ. This may be difficult to recreate in WRLC consortium catalogs due to login restrictions and other settings in individual IZs.

APAC welcomes nominations for future Ideas of the Month. Anyone can highlight an idea on the WRLC Idea Exchange Basecamp or submit ideas to an APAC representative. And remember, anyone can get an Idea Exchange account. On any Idea Exchange forum (Alma, Primo, etc.) or article, click on "New and returning users may sign in” and then on the “New here? Create an account" link. Enter your email address to start the account creation process.

Jen Fritz (GWL)
On behalf of the Alma/Primo Advisory Committee

ASERL Sponsored Professional Development Activities

ASERL offers a wide variety of webinars at no cost for members and other interested professionals. Follow the linked program title for full details and to register for an event.

NOTE: ASERL’s Code of Conduct is in effect for all webinar participants. See http://www.aserl.org/aserl_code_of_conduct/. ASERL webinars are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Privacy and Learning Analytics: A Data Ethics Workshop for Library Professionals

The Sharing Expertise Committee will host Privacy and Learning Analytics: A Data Ethics Workshop for Library Professionals in-person at UDC on Tuesday, March 7 from 9 am to noon. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please complete and submit this statement of interest by Friday, January 27. Since registration is limited and the SEC would like to ensure representation from all WRLC institutions, not all of those interested may be selected. The SEC will notify those selected to participate on Tuesday, February 7.

A brief description of the workshop:

Libraries are increasingly engaging with learning analytics at their institutions. This workshop will guide participants in exploring learning analytics, privacy theory, privacy-by-design principles, and much more through exercises from the “Privacy Sourcebook” that was created by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Kyle Jones. The “Privacy Sourcebook” enables librarians to document their thinking, reflect on their learning, and guide their practice in implementation. The workshop prepares librarians to engage in campus dialogues and initiatives related to learning analysis and parallel assessment and evaluation practices. The workshop is an offering of Prioritizing Privacy, which is supported by an IMLS National Leadership Grant (https://prioritizingprivacy.org/).

Teaching and Assessment of Metacognition

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)
Cost: Free

The Georgia Library Association Carterette Series Webinars presents
Teaching and Assessment of Metacognition

Metacognition is often an invisible by-product of information literacy. The active reflection and evaluation of what is being learned directly impacts how information literacy skills are understood and applied. This presentation is the result of a research inquiry examining the relationship between metacognition and information literacy. We will discuss how the concept of metacognition intersects with information literacy, why making that connection explicit is essential to the library's mission, and how we as librarians can incorporate specific metacognitive strategies into the library classroom.

About the Presenter:

Erin McCoy is the Coordinator of Library Services at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Massachusetts. Throughout the years, Erin has enjoyed combining her love of teaching and her natural curiosity to help students find what they need at any point in the research cycle that brings them to the library. She recently finished a Master’s degree from UMASS Boston in Critical and Creative Thinking, which allowed her to explore the intersections of information literacy in a variety of practical applications.

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To register for the online event

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1. Click here to register.

2. Complete and submit the form.

3. A URL for the event will be emailed to you immediately after registration.

4. If asked for a password to attend the webinar use 0000.

The session will be recorded and available on the Carterette Series Webinars site approximately 1 week after the live program.

Registration Now Open for Computers in Libraries 2023

Computers in Libraries is finally back in person this coming March. Registration is now open and WRLC members have a 2023 discount code.

As in the past, CIL is offering library groups the opportunity to participate in their Group Discount Program. Our code is: WRLC23

• Link to register: https://secure.infotoday.com/RegForms/ComputersinLibraries/

• Embedded code link (if you prefer): https://secure.infotoday.com/RegForms/ComputersinLibraries/?Priority=WRLC23

• Program (Going live soon): https://computersinlibraries.infotoday.com/2023/Program.aspx

PASSES

This year, the Gold Pass will be available for the group rate of $649 (regular rate is $899). The Full 3-Day Pass will be $379 (regular rate is $599). (No discount rates are available for the pre-conference workshops unless purchased as part of a Gold Pass.) In addition, a discounted price of $619 (regularly $749) on the Library Leaders Summit (includes all three days of CIL), is also available.

• Program Associate, Center for Undergraduate Fellowships & Research - The George Washington University

• China Studies Librarian - The George Washington University

• Scholarly Communication and Copyright Librarian - Georgetown University

• Digital Repository and Preservation Librarian - Georgetown University

• Instructional Technologist - The George Washington University

• Okinawa Collection and Japan Resource Center Librarian - The George Washington University

• Resource Sharing Supervisor - Georgetown University

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