NCCCLA
North Carolina Community College Library Association
Conference 2023 Update
Conference Announcement: Thursday, January 26, 2023
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are shifting to an online format for the 2023 NCCCLA conference (March 9-10, 2023). If you have already registered or have submitted a session proposal, be on the lookout for email communication from an NCCCLA Conference Planning Committee member by Friday, February 3.
If you have questions or do not receive an email by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 3, please reach out to a conference committee member. Thank you so much for your patience! We are looking forward to connecting with you virtually in March!
Conference Planning Committee:
Shannon Paul, NCCCLA President: slpaul@richmondcc.edu
Lisa Shores, Secretary: lisa.shores@rccc.edu
Alicia Hartley, Treasurer: ahartley@cccti.edu
Retha Hall, Nominating Officer: Retha.Hall@cpcc.edu
Maria Luisa Saldarriaga Osorio, Communications Chair: osoriom@surry.edu
Angela Davis, Webmaster: asdavis688@my.pittcc.edu
Conference Scholarship
The guidelines and application form for the 2023 conference scholarship are now available on the Awards page.
South Piedmont Community College is Making Textbooks More Affordable
Check out this news release about the steps that South Piedmont Community College continues to take to promote textbook affordability and equitable access: SPCC Implements BibliU’s Universal Learning Solution
Blue Ridge Library Wins Grant
Congratulations to Blue Ridge Community College Library for winning a Bright Ideas grant from the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC)! This will allow them to start work on their Blue Ridge Local History Project. Learn more about the award and their project in this blog post from Blue Ridge CC.
OER Community of Practice
The North Carolina Community College System’s OER Community of Practice has announced its Fall 2022 session presenters. The OER Community of Practice is open to anyone (teaching faculty, librarians, staff, etc.) in the NC community college system and meetings are typically held the first Thursday of each month at 11:00 a.m.
Fall 2022 Schedule
September 1 Presentation:
- Practical Steps and Tools for Incorporating Equity and Inclusion into OER Content with Rachel Becker
Rachel Becker is the Copyright & Open Educational Resources Librarian at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, WI. Her professional interests focus on incorporating equity and inclusion into course materials through OER. A recent graduate of SPARC’s Open Educational Leadership fellowship program and leader in providing guidance to state and national OER programs, she serves on several conference planning committees.
October 6, 11:00 a.m. Presenters:
- Andrea Scott: OER Coordinator, Salt Lake Community College
- Ursula Pike: Associate Director of Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex), Texas Association of Community Colleges
November 3. 11:00 a.m. Presenters:
- Una Daly: Director of Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER)
- Michael Mills: Vice President, E-Learning, Innovation and Teaching Excellence, Montgomery College
Join the NCCC System OER Community
If you would like to attend the monthly virtual sessions, join the NCCC System OER Comm. of Practice e-mail list by contacting Elizabeth Simpson: simpsone_ctr@nccommunitycolleges.edu
There is a group for the OER Community of Practice on openNCCC. It is a closed group—simply request to join, and an administrator will approve you.
Librarians on openNCCC
There is also an NCCC OER Librarians group on openNCCC. Once there, click Join this Group to get started. We hope to “see” you there.
Submitted by Angela Davis, Pitt CC
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