In 2018, CARL identified open education leadership as an important area for capacity building within its institutions. In 2019, CARL issued a Statement on Open Education that describes its commitment to building capacity for open education (OE) within Canadian libraries and advocating for funding for open educational resources (OER.
CARL’s Open Education Working Group is responsible for developing leadership opportunities for librarians around OE.
Key CARL Publications:
- The Time Is Now for Open Educational Resources (2020)
- Environmental Scan of Open Education Service and Support in Canada (2020)
- CARL Statement on Open Education (2019)
- Open Textbooks: Opportunities for Research Libraries (2014)
