VALE - Virtual Academic Library Environment of New Jersey

Executive Committee meeting
2020-02-07 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, 08550, United States
Driving directions to the Mercer County Community College West Windsor Campus:
http://www.mccc.edu/welcome_directions_wwcampus.shtml
Campus map:
http://www.mccc.edu/pdf/map_wwcampus.pdf
The meeting is in SC104, the Student Center, “SC” on the campus map. When you enter the campus from Old Trenton Road, make a left and follow the signs to Security. When you are at the stop sign in front of the FA Building, make a left and then another left into the gated parking lot. The parking lot gate will be up. Then it is a short walk to the Student Center (enter through the doors that say “Welcome Center”). When you come inside, walk past the security desk and make a right into the Student Center and SC104 will be around the corner on the right.

Members Council meeting
2020-02-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, 08550, United States

Executive Committee meeting
2019-12-05 12:30 - 14:30, 2019-10-24 12:30 - 14:30, 2019-07-11 12:30 - 14:30, 2019-04-04 12:30 - 14:30, 2019-03-07 12:30 - 14:30, 2018-12-06 12:30 - 14:30, 2018-10-25 12:30 - 14:30 | Rutgers University Alexander Library, 169 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Purchasing & Licensing Committee meeting
2019-11-14 14:30 - 16:30 | Rutgers University Alexander Library, 169 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

OER Regional Workshop
2019-10-25 09:30 - 14:00 | County College of Morris, 214 Center Grove Rd., Randolph, NJ, 07869
Join the VALE OER Ambassadors and experienced OER administration and faculty to learn about Open Educational Resources and how to integrate them into your institution’s curriculum. Coffee and lunch will be provided. This workshop is intended for faculty, librarians, and staff/administrators.

Registration
Registration is free, but limited to individuals from VALE Member Institutions.

Register online now
Registration deadline: October 17th

Directions & Parking
Directions: Campus Map
Campus Building: Room #CH124, Cohen Hall
Parking: Guests will be parking in Lot 7, and no parking passes are needed.

Agenda & Schedule
9:30am-10am: Registration and Refreshments
10am-10:10am: Welcome
Heather Craven, Dean, Sherman H. Masten Learning Resource Center, County College of Morris
​John Marlin, Vice President of Academic Affairs, County College of Morris
10:10am-10:20am: Overview of VALE’s OER Initiative
Greg Fallon, Associate Dean of Learning Resources, Passaic County Community College
Steve Chudnick, Director of Bankier Library, Brookdale Community College
10:20am–11:30am: Open Educational Resources New Jersey Ambassadors Present:
Why OER?
Janet Marler, College Lecturer II-Library, Ocean County College
What is OER?
Alison Cole, Computing and Information Technology Librarian, Felician University
Where Do I Find OER Resources?
Marilyn Ochoa, Director for Library and Learning Center Services, Middlesex County College
How to Implement an OER Program
Ken Karol, Instructional Technologist and Reference Librarian, Passaic County Community College
11:30am-11:45am:Rutgers University’s Open and Affordable Textbooks Program
Lily Todorinova, Undergraduate Education LIbrarian, Open Educational Research, Douglass Library, Rutgers University
11:45am–12pm: Interactive Activity
12 pm-1pm: Lunch Break
1 pm-2 pm: Panel Discussion, Q&A Session

OER Regional Workshop
2019-10-18 09:30 - 14:00 | Ocean County College, 1 College Dr., Toms River, NJ, 08754, United States
Join the VALE OER Ambassadors and experienced OER administration and faculty to learn about Open Educational Resources and how to integrate them into your institution’s curriculum. Coffee and lunch will be provided. This workshop is intended for faculty, librarians, and staff/administrators.

Registration
Registration is free, but limited to individuals from VALE Member Institutions.

Register online now
Registration deadline: October 10th

Directions & Parking
Directions: Campus Map
Campus Building: Gateway Building, Lecture Hall, 1st floor
Parking: Parking is available in front of the Gateway Building, Building 101, in Parking Lot #4. Additional parking is available in Lot #3. There is accessible parking in front of the building. If any one has special accessibility issues, please contact Janet Marler, to have Security assist them if needed.
The lecture hall is on the first floor of Gateway Building, to the left as you enter from the front.
Lunch: Your attendee name tags will be act as your lunch “ticket.” Attendees will have the option to box their lunches to take them out of Gateway to another building or outdoors.

Agenda & Schedule
9:30am-10am: Registration and Refreshments
10am-10:10am: Welcome
Donna Rosinski-Kauz, Library Director, Ocean County College
Dr. Joseph Konopka, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Ocean County College
10:10am-10:20am: Overview of VALE’s OER Initiative
Greg Fallon, Associate Dean of Learning Resources, Passaic County Community College
10:20am–11:15am: Open Educational Resources New Jersey Ambassadors Present:
Why OER?
Janet Marler, College Lecturer II-Library, Ocean County College
What is OER & Where Do I Find Resources?
Alison Cole, Computing and Information Technology Librarian, Felician University
How to Implement an OER Program
Ken Karol, Instructional Technologist and Reference Librarian, Passaic County Community College
Question and Answer Session
11:15am-11:30am: Implementing a Large Scale OER Initiative
Dr. Sylvia Riviello, Dean of STEM, Ocean County College
11:30am–11:45am: Teaching with OER Materials
Vivian Lynn, Dean of E-Learning, Ocean County College
11:40am-12pm: Interactive Activity
12 pm-1pm: Lunch Break
1 pm-2 pm: Breakout Sessions

Executive Committee meeting
2019-09-27 13:00 - 15:00 | The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ, 08618, United States

Members Council meeting
2019-09-27 09:00 - 12:00 | The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ, 08618, United States

VALE OER Summit
2019-06-13 08:30 - 15:00 | Raritan Valley Community College, 118 Lamington Rd., Branchburg, NJ, 08876, United States
The VALE OER Summit will consist of 45-minute breakout session presentations from individuals and teams who are using OER, are involved in campus OER initiatives, or have other experience/expertise related to OER or z-courses (zero-textbook costs).

Registration

Online registration opens May 16th & closes on June 5th
Registration is $25. Students may attend for free.

SCHEDULE
8:30am-9am Registration & morning refreshments
9am-9:15am Welcome and opening remarks
9:15am-9:45am Overview of OER in NJ institutions – Greg Fallon, PCCC; Megan Dempsey, RVCC (Grand Conference A/B)
9:45am-10:30am Student Experiences with OER Panel – PCCC and RVCC students
10:45am-11:30am Concurrent Breakouts Session 1
11:40am-12:25pm Concurrent Breakouts Session 2
12:30pm-1:15pm Lunch (included in registration fee)
1:20pm-2:05pm Concurrent Breakouts Session 3
2:15pm-3:00pm Concurrent Breakouts Session 4

Program Descriptions
Session 1 – 10:45am-11:30am

Getting Started with OER: Fundamentals, Implementations and Assessment
Khloud Kourani; John Rodrigues; James Sanders III (Passaic County Community College)
Student Engagement and Content Development in the OER Writing Classroom
Alexandra Della Fera (Passaic County Community College)
The Evolution of Rutgers University’s Open and Affordable Textbook (OAT) Program
Matt Bridgeman; Bonnie L, Fong; Laura Palumbo; Lily Todorinova; Zara Wilkinson (Rutgers University)

Session 2 – 11:40am-12:35pm

Students for Student Success: Involving Honors Students in OER Course DevelopmentAjshe Sulejmani; Peace Okoko; Andy Perales (Phi Theta Kappa Honors Students, Passaic County Community College)
Introducing the NERCOMP OER Community of PracticeRobert Harris (William Paterson University)
If You Build it, Will They Come? Grassroots Growth of an OER ProgramMegan Dempsey (Raritan Valley Community College)

Session 3 – 1:20pm-2:05pm

Myth and the Hero, an OER Course
Richard Marranca (Passaic County Community College)
Finding and Working with Students to Promote OER
Kaitlyn Vitez (US PIRG)
Meet Your NJ OER Ambassadors
Alison Cole, Ken Karol, Janet Marler, Marilyn Ochoa

Session 4 – 2:15pm-3:00pm

Do Students Engage More with Course Materials that are Provided to Them Rather Than Purchased by Them?
Kathy Suk (Raritan Valley Community College)
The OER History Course: How Shared Open Resources Can Improve Assessment and Training
Martha Brozyna; Petar Drakulich (Passaic County Community College)
Shrinking the Opportunity Gap with OER: It’s Not as Hard as You Think
Denel Bingel and Julie Mainka, (Raritan Valley Community College)

Directions & Parking
Directions: Campus Map
Parking: the closest parking lots are Lot 1 and Lot 9. No parking permits required.

Executive Committee meeting
2019-06-06 13:00 - 15:00 | New Jersey Institute of Technology, 323 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Newark, NJ, 07102, United States

Members Council meeting
2019-06-06 09:00 - 12:00 | NJIT Central King Building, 100 Summit St., Newark, NJ, NJ, 07103, United States
The meeting will take place at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Central King Building (CKB), Room 116.
See Driving and Public Transportation Directions.

Free parking is available in the NJIT Parking Deck. All participant names have been added to the parking guest list, so if the gate is down, press the call/help button and give them your name.

See campus map with CKB, Parking Deck and Light Rail station circled.

VALE Springshare Webinar
2019-05-21 11:00 - 12:00
New for FY20, VALE will be offering LibApps from Springshare. Join us on Tuesday, May 21st from 11am-12pm for an introductory webinar to the Springshare Suite, which includes all products. The webinar will highlight key features and overall value of their cross capabilities, offer a sneak peek into the backend of the LibApps dashboard, and spotlight the training and support tools Springshare makes available to trial libraries and customers. There will also be a discussion of Springshare’s partnership with VALE and how we’ll work together.
Please register by Friday 5/17.
You will be emailed webinar access information on Monday 5/20.

Virtual Vendor Day
2019-04-08 09:00 - 16:00
Join us for a Virtual Vendor Day, a one-day series of webinars on the new products VALE will be offering for FY20.

9am-10am Infobase – Films On Demand
10:30am-11:30am ProQuest – Safari Online /O’Reilly for Higher Education
1:30pm-2:30pm ProQuest/Alexander Street – AVON (Academic Video Online)
3pm-4pm SAGE Video

Register here for the webinars you would like to attend.
Please register by Thursday, April 4th

Open Textbook Network Training Workshops
2019-03-01 08:30 - 16:00 | Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, 08837, United States
Open Textbook Network Training Workshops

VALE-OTN_Workshop-Agenda

VALE will host training workshops for representatives from member institutions to increase participants’ familiarity with the nuances related to the issues around open textbook adoption; strengthen presentation capacity for future open textbook workshops; and enhance open textbook program development. Run by Open Textbook Network experts, the workshops are intended for:

Library Deans or Directors
Librarians involved in OER initiatives or faculty professional development
Instructional designers or IT professionals who can support open textbook adoptions
Leaders of Centers for Teaching and Learning or other faculty development leaders
Administrators charged with leading OER or affordable learning initiatives

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Attendance is free but registration is required.
Contact your institution’s Library Dean or Director if you are interested in attending.

Two identical full-day workshops will be offered; attendees need only attend one workshop. Registration will be limited to three individuals per campus. Additional attendees will be added to a wait list and contacted if space is available. Individuals from the same campus do not need to attend on the same day.
Each workshop will be an interactive learning environment designed to help attendees:

Explore tools and resources for open textbook programming
Identify strategies for addressing common challenges
Recognize and address obstacles to open textbook adoptions
Develop incentives for successful programs on your local campus
Network and share ideas with OER advocates and leaders from other NJ institutions

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Venue:
Middlesex County College
Crabiel Hall, Brunswick Rooms 1 & 2 (CB 102 & 104)
2600 Woodbridge Avenue
Edison, NJ 08818

Campus Map: https://www.middlesexcc.edu/campus-map

Parking: Guests may park in parking lots 1, 2, or 4 (White Lines). If guests park in Faculty/Staff parking (Green Lines) they may receive a ticket.

Open Textbook Network Training Workshops
2019-02-28 08:30 - 16:00 | Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ, 08837, United States
Open Textbook Network Training Workshops

VALE-OTN_Workshop-Agenda

VALE will host training workshops for representatives from member institutions to increase participants’ familiarity with the nuances related to the issues around open textbook adoption; strengthen presentation capacity for future open textbook workshops; and enhance open textbook program development. Run by Open Textbook Network experts, the workshops are intended for:

Library Deans or Directors
Librarians involved in OER initiatives or faculty professional development
Instructional designers or IT professionals who can support open textbook adoptions
Leaders of Centers for Teaching and Learning or other faculty development leaders
Administrators charged with leading OER or affordable learning initiatives

Attendance is free but registration is required.
Contact your institution’s Library Dean or Director if you are interested in attending – REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Two identical full-day workshops will be offered; attendees need only attend one workshop. Registration will be limited to three individuals per campus. Additional attendees will be added to a wait list and contacted if space is available. Individuals from the same campus do not need to attend on the same day.
Each workshop will be an interactive learning environment designed to help attendees:

Explore tools and resources for open textbook programming
Identify strategies for addressing common challenges
Recognize and address obstacles to open textbook adoptions
Develop incentives for successful programs on your local campus
Network and share ideas with OER advocates and leaders from other NJ institutions

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Venue:
Middlesex County College
Crabiel Hall, Brunswick Rooms 1 & 2 (CB 102 & 104)
2600 Woodbridge Avenue
Edison, NJ 08818

Campus Map: https://www.middlesexcc.edu/campus-map

Parking: Guests may park in parking lots 1, 2, or 4 (White Lines). If guests park in Faculty/Staff parking (Green Lines) they may receive a ticket.

Executive Committee meeting
2019-02-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, 08550, United States

Members Council meeting
2019-02-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, NJ, 08550, United States

Executive Committee meeting
2018-09-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch, NJ, 07764, United States
Monmouth University
Samuel Hays Magill Commons, Rooms 107 &108
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
https://www.monmouth.edu/map/#location/commons-club

Members Council meeting
2018-09-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Monmouth University, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch, NJ, 07764, United States
