I hold two positions at the University of Michigan. The first, Copyright Specialist, is at the University of Michigan Library's Copyright Office. At this position I work closely with faculty, staff, and students to provide expertise around copyright matters (publishing, teaching, reuse, etc) but also work with those same individuals to promote and support Open Access Publishing. With my colleagues at the University of Michigan Press (now a part of the library) and the Scholarly Publishing Office I am working to provide greater faculty and researcher support when publishing in Open Access journals and when creating Open Textbooks that are free of charge and remixable by others.
The second position, Open Education Specialist, is where I work for the Open.Michigan initiative to help faculty and students to maximize the potential of their educational content. My time is spent communicating with faculty and student groups on campus where I provide education and assistance to those who want to provide their teaching and learning content as Open Educational Resources (commonly abbreviated as OER). Much of this education and assistance revolves around technical infrastucture (hosting the material) and copyright/other legal issues. These OER materials are made available to the public free of charge and free to reuse and remix.
| Job Title: |
Copyright Specialist, Open Education Specialist |
| Company: |
University of Michigan Library |
| College: |
University of Michigan, MSI, School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI
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| High School: |
Hannibal Senior High School, Hannibal, MO
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| Lives In: |
Ann Arbor |