Many OER programs strive to collect data about OER, textbook costs and affordability. This data is immediately useful to evaluate your OER program, plan internally, and tell stories, but how do you get it in front of decision makers? At UO Libraries, we’ve integrated textbook data into our annual and decennial university-wide program review process by using a flexible data model that lets us create customized dashboards for multiple audiences. By filtering these dashboards by department, we can provide academic leaders with ongoing, relevant, and timely data so they can set goals and monitor progress. Before 2023, the OER team had no role in the program review process. By creating these flexible dashboards, we gained greater buy-in from university admin who integrated us into program reviews; broadening our audience and increasing the visibility of our work as OER professionals.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Reflect on opportunities to incorporate OER data into existing university processes and initiatives
- Describe the best practices for structuring data to support flexible use for different audiences and types of reporting
- Identify strategies for making OER and library textbook affordability labor more visible to institutional leaders
