As post-secondary institutions increasingly emphasize impact and open scholarship/science initiatives, OER publishing programs can consider strategic alignment across collective, local, and institutional spaces. This presentation examines the evolution of an OER publishing program’s support resources developed to support a grassroots consortium of representatives with their own local institutional programs, while also coordinating shared provincial practices and workflows. With organizational changes and new opportunities for creators, we explore how OER workflows and resources have aligned with research and institutional priorities through an Open Education Alberta Institutional Representative Toolkit for launching or reframing OER publishing aligned with centralized workflows while enabling flexible local implementation. It offers practical insights for OER publishing services navigating evolving priorities, and connections to research and education for OER creators.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Consider, adopt, or adapt components of the Open Education Alberta Institutional Representative Toolkit to support or evolve their own local OER publishing services.
- Understand the service model and shared workflows of Open Education Alberta’s Pressbooks-hosted OER publishing program, including how centralized infrastructure supports locally implemented services.
- Reflect on navigating these interconnected spaces between and within education, research, and institutional priorities for OER publishing as service support staff and as creators.
