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Digital Services and Open Education Resources Unit: About Us

DS+OER unit guide to all services and support.

DS +OER Unit

Florida Virtual Campus Library Services'

Digital Services and Open Education Resources Unit

 

Collaborating with public post-secondary education institutions

to create and support Florida libraries' digital archives and collections,

including scholarly journals, electronic theses and dissertations, archival finding aids,

open access textbooks, and education resources.  § F.S. 1006.73 (1) & (2)

 

Team Members

Rebel Cummings-Sauls

Director of Digital Services and Open Education Resources (OER)
M.L.I.S, Florida State University; B.S., Information Studies, Florida State University

 

Elisabeth Ball

Program Manager of Digital Services and OER
B.A in English, Davidson College; M.S. in Library Science, University of North Carolina

 

Simonne Jackson

Digital Services and OER Support Specialist
B.S., Information Technology: Network Systems Operations, University of West Florida; M.S., Cybersecurity, University of South Florida

 

Stephen Szanati

Digital Services and OER Support Specialist
A.S., Graphic Design Technology; A.S., Internet Services Tech; A.A., General Social & Behavior Science, Santa Fe College

 

Kestrel Ward

Digital Services and OER Support Specialist
M.S., Information, Florida State University, M.A. Greece, Rome, and the Near East, Durham University, B.A. Classical Studies, University of Florida

Vision

Shaping lifelong learners in the State of Florida by enhanced and enriched support of the learning experience with cost effective leadership and collaboration with the Florida Libraries' digital community of higher education.

 

Mission

The mission of the Digital Services and Open Educational Resources unit of the Florida Virtual Campus Library Services is to provide high-quality, affordable, and collaborative resources and services for Florida public postsecondary institutions that enhance learning, teaching, and research through facilitated access to a user-centric, open access treasury of unique cultural heritage materials, education resources, textbooks, scholarly communications, and original research.

Consultations

By appointment, digital services consultations are available:

By Email (help@flvc.org)

Or

Online (Teams)

 

Report a Problem or Question

Please feel free to report any issues to help@flvc.org.

Governance

Florida Statute,  § F.S. 1006.73  https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2019/1006.73 

Members Council, https://libraries.flvc.org/members-council, provides input on the suite of services that FLVC  Library Services offers to the students and staff of Florida's public college and university libraries, including the digital services listed above. The Members Council is composed of one presidentially appointed representative from each institution.  All business of the group are governed by the MCLS Operating Procedures.

  • Digital Initiatives Standing Committee, https://flvc.libguides.com/disc, provides recommendations to the Members Council regarding all technical aspects of digital collection building, digitization,and/or digital production, digital curation, and digital services in support of scholarship.  Committee members are appointed by MCLS.  Committee meetings and the listerv are open to all.  
  • The Islandora Sub-group (ISG), https://flvc.libguides.com/disc/isg, of the Digital Initiatives Standing Committee (DISC) of the Members Council on Library Services (MCLS) is a working group that is tasked with the responsibility of working closely with the Islandora Development Team on the implementation of the FLVC Islandora Common Digital Library Platform. 
  • Textbook Affordability and Open Educational Resources (OER) Standing Committee, https://flvc.libguides.com/oersc, of the FLVC Members Council on Library Services works collaboratively with the Digital Initiatives Standing Committee (DISC) and Collection Management and E-resources Standing Committee (CMESC) to use existing digital platforms, initiatives, and e-resources collections in support of textbook affordability and OER.

Input and feedback gathered though the Help Desk and user groups, https://listserv.flvc.org/scripts/wa.exe?HOME.