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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">Forrest Johnson is an Assistant
Reference Librarian and <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Michaela Willi Hooper
is</span></strong> the OER and Textbook Affordability Librarian at Linn-Benton
Community College. Please download and read their new article, “iFixit With the
Library: Partnering for Open Pedagogy in Technical Writing,” here: <a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol24/iss3/5/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol24/iss3/5/</a><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">From their article, “As of 2017, 36
percent of full-time faculty at LBCC had adopted or created OER. The </span><span>student savings from the use of OER, library
resources, and other free materials stands at </span><span>over
$3 million dollars (based on new bookstore price) since the campus OER
initiative was </span><span>formalized
through the creation of a Textbook Affordability Steering Committee in 2015</span>….
<span style="line-height:115%">The value of open
education goes beyond simply saving students money. It can also enhance </span><span>student learning by allowing instructors to
customize textbooks to better meet the needs of </span><span>their
students, or even engage students themselves in creating and improving their
course </span><span>materials and other
open content.”<span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%"><font size="2"><span style="line-height:115%">We don’t
have to tell you how amazing this is. Please read on to learn more about this groundbreaking
and exciting, collaborative work being done in Albany, Oregon.<span> </span>Also, please read this before the conference as
there may be a quiz.<span> </span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">
</font><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Thank you,</font></div><div><font size="2">Charles Wood</font></div><div><font size="2">OLA Communications</font><br></div></div>