Open Access Excellence and Impact Award

Brockport faculty Dr. Kathy Olmstead (Education and Human Development) and Dr. Logan Rath (Drake Memorial Library) received Brockport’s first “Open Access Excellence and Impact Award” for their collaborative project with students in creating an open access literacy handbook based on NYS standards.

Cover of book: Big 6 Handbook: Activities to Support Literacy in New York State Cover of book: Big 6 Handbook: Activities to Support Literacy in New York State

This award recognizes Brockport faculty and staff who promote or contribute to a culture of using free or low-cost academic resources and knowledge sharing. Students in Dr. Olmstead’s literacy classes contributed a variety of literacy activity summaries for inclusion in the work that will be openly available for teachers throughout New York State. In the future, this model may be used as a template for other handbooks highlighting different kinds of literacy such as family literacy, media literacy, etc. This award is sponsored by Drake Memorial Library and the Friends of Drake Library (FODL). Awardees received award certificate and gift cards during the Library Award Luncheon on May 7.

 

Brockport has many faculty champions using Open Educational Resources. Want to know more about Open Educational Resources (OER)? See: https://library.brockport.edu/oer or contact Mary Jo Orzech, morzech@brockport.edu

President Macpherson, Logan Rath, Kathleen Olmstead, Provost Abraham

President Macpherson, Dr. Logan Rath, Dr. Kathleen Olmstead, Provost Abraham