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[Nate Hill]

"If you’re a public librarian, on the other hand, you may not even have
heard of them"
Man, cut that. C'mon.
N

On Sunday, May 19, 2013, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] wrote:

>  Colleagues/
>
>   IMHO > Most Excellent !!!
>
>  /Gerry
>
>  1> Massive Open Opportunity: Supporting MOOCs in Public and Academic
> Libraries
>
>  If you’re an academic librarian, you’re probably already awash, at least
> peripherally, in news about MOOCs—massive open online courses have been
> touted as the next big thing in higher ed since they burst on the scene
> about a year ago. If you’re a public librarian, on the other hand, you may
> not even have heard of them. Yet MOOCs are bringing unprecedented
> challenges and opportunities to both kinds of libraries already, and
> they’re only going to grow.
>
>  What is a MOOC
> Why would they need the library?
> CLEARING COPYRIGHTED CONTENT
> Supporting production
> Supporting students
> Measuring a MOOC
> Preservation
> The Library as Content Creator
> MOOCs and the public library
> MOOCs for librarianship
>
>  Source and Full Text Available Via
>
>  [
> http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/05/massive-open-opportunity-supporting.html
>  ]
>
>  2> Librarians: Your Most Valuable MOOC Supporters
>
>
>
>  What about libraries? That’s the question on our minds as the world
> declares its love for massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Libraries are
> a major part of universities, but they’re almost entirely missing from the
> MOOC conversation. That’s a big mistake.
>
>  Libraries offer resources, from research to licensing support, that are
> essential to the future of MOOCs as they grow both in numbers and in
> seriousness. As MOOCs become an increasingly valid and valuable resource,
> it’s clear that they can benefit from another great educational resource:
> librarians.
>
>  The MOOC Library
>
>  [snip]
>
>  The MOOC Challenge
>
>  [snip]
>
>  What MOOC Librarians Can Do
>
>  Take a MOOC
> Become a Part of MOOC Development
> Offer licensing and access support.Develop course research guides.
> Create library MOOCs.
>
>  [snip]
>
>  "We’re at the beginning, not the end,” Proffitt says. MOOCs have a lot
> to offer students and the future of online higher education, and librarians
> are in a great position to help this fledgling resource grow in depth and
> quality. There’s so much librarians can do, and there are many
> opportunities for development.
>
>  Source and Full Text Available Via
>
>  [
> http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/05/librarians-your-most-valuable-mooc.html
>  ]
>
>  Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> and
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University
> 152 Parks Library
> Ames IA 50011
>
>  http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/<http://moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/2013/05/librarians-your-most-valuable-mooc.html>
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