Organising Institutional Scholarly Publication and eLearning at MIT

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Organising Institutional Scholarly Publication
and eLearning at MIT

• Ann J. Wolpert
• Director of Libraries
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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A mission for the 21st Century

• The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and
  educate students in science, technology, and
  other areas of scholarship that will best serve
  the nation and the world in the 21st century.
• The Institute is committed to generating,
  disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to
  working with others to bring this knowledge to
  bear on the worlds great challenges

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A vision of openness

• OpenCourseWare
• DSpace
• OKI/Sakai
• MIT World
• Etc.

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A strategy for engagement

• An open Internet
• Open source software tools
• Cooperation among institutions
• Collaboration among faculty
• Sharing among libraries

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Results-oriented tactics

• Faculty involvement
• Committed leadership
• Institution
• Departments
• Organizational alignment
• Friends with funds

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Learning worth sharing

• Different facets for different folks
• Policy and practice trump technology
• Make friends before you need them
• Dont declare victory too soon
• Come on in, the water is fine