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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We are pleased to present an open access, library-specific collection of instruction materials created using transparent design principles. Hosted in Pacific University Libraries’
institutional repository, the <a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/collection/f034f7d2-7f3c-4c34-bb4f-7e0c87f1e891">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Transparent Design in Library Instruction</span></a> collection is freely available for use and we encourage others to add their transparently-designed materials to the collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This resource is the result of an Oregon LSTA-funded project that took place over the 2020-2021 academic year. The project focused on applying transparent design principles
to library instruction and included a series of online workshops hosted by librarians across the state along with the repository of materials to adapt and re-use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Included in the collection are the initial train-the-trainer
<a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/work/ns/d9f60362-fd67-4c39-b1e9-86256e2e11ea">
<span style="color:#1155CC">workshop materials (slides and handouts) </span></a>from Melissa Bowles-Terry (UNLV), which can be adapted for use within your own library/organization. Please also note the two ebooks, one a
<a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/work/sc/70c613a3-a4c2-40c1-89c7-f36a95a7d726">
self-paced introduction to transparent design for</a> library instruction (if you missed the workshops!) and the other an
<a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/work/sc/49be573d-ee81-4372-bc4a-a5db56cbcf4d">
application of transparent design principles to library student employment.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thank you to all those who participated in this project, and especially those who have contributed the initial materials in this collection!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Xan Arch & Isaac Gilman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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