tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625570054504801687.post3320625594614432293..comments2023-05-09T00:52:55.981-07:00Comments on Plain_Gillian - Reflections on Learning: Library CritiqueAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561131794025886958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625570054504801687.post-63165901864044852232010-05-23T14:07:30.968-07:002010-05-23T14:07:30.968-07:00Hi Scott,
Thanks for making these comments. I agre...Hi Scott,<br />Thanks for making these comments. I agree with your definition of OERs implying no restriction. I do not believe my institution actively supports OERs. <br />I think you are probably right on in your suggestion that guidelines are meant to be used for best practice rather than restriction. I was just feeling paranoid :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561131794025886958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625570054504801687.post-63245715367223452552010-05-22T20:11:58.037-07:002010-05-22T20:11:58.037-07:00Had a look at the Northern Lakes College Library a...Had a look at the Northern Lakes College Library and noticed quite a few of the resources required a logon and password which tells me they are restricted to registered students. To me that says “private collection not available without permission.” And that suggest the school still thinks of information not as a common resource but in the traditional notion of privileged resource or a tool of advantage. <br /><br />The Portage College library does the same and I see it as a misuse of information gathered at public expense to put it behind a wall like this. It may be that I’m being too strict in my definition of OER as implying no restrictions to access? Too simplistic? Maybe restriction increases value and protects information from misuse; keeping it close to those best qualified to interpret and explain it? You mentioned referatories attaching guidelines to their available content. Wonder if we need to think of guidelines as laying strict context on top of the material or just suggesting best use? (Still not sure I understand the paradox anyway).<br /><br />In my search I went into the Portage library website as a random public visitor rather than as staff to see what was there. This netted me some interesting resources but I wonder if they’d be considered legitimate because they were so “public”?Scott Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16557119002863457695noreply@blogger.com