Day/time: May 6, 2025, 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT
Title: Leveraging Student Expertise: Collaborating with Graduate Assistants to Publish Open Educational Resources
Presenters:
- Bailey Lake (she/her), Open Strategies Librarian, Eastern Kentucky University
- Kelly Smith (she/her), Director of Collections & Discovery, Eastern Kentucky University
Description: Graduate assistants (GAs) offer valuable expertise that can enhance open publishing initiatives while fostering their professional growth. In this session, we share our experience working with two GAs—one specializing in coding and another in editing—to develop high-quality, accessible Open Educational Resources (OER).
We will explore strategies for integrating GAs into OER projects that align their expertise with project goals, support institutional priorities, and address common challenges in open publishing workflows. Attendees will gain practical insights into training graduate assistants in OER, incorporating student labor into project management, and creating sustainable frameworks for collaboration that benefit both the students and the institution.
This session provides a roadmap for fostering impactful collaborations w