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E-Pub Task Group. May 3, 2012. Members :. Elizabeth Brown Beth Burns Mary Casserly Charles Lyons Patricia Maxwell Mark McBride Janet Nepkie Mary Jo Orzech (Chair) Pamela O’Sullivan Harry Pence Lisa M. Raposo Lisa A. Stephens Patrice Torcivia Ashley Tyree *
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E-Pub Task Group May 3, 2012
Members: • Elizabeth Brown • Beth Burns • Mary Casserly • Charles Lyons • Patricia Maxwell • Mark McBride • Janet Nepkie • Mary Jo Orzech (Chair) • Pamela O’Sullivan • Harry Pence • Lisa M. Raposo • Lisa A. Stephens • Patrice Torcivia • Ashley Tyree * • Megan Webb-Morgan * • Clare Van Den Blink • Heather White • Bob Yavits *= student members
Recommendations: • Regarding student textbooks • The group supports use of e-content such as (but not limited to) FlatworldKnowledge • The group encourages use of open educational resources (OER) • The group is monitoring projects such as the Cornell and U. of Buffalo initiatives which are piloting alternative ways to provision course content to student more economically. Other: • The group supports the SUNY Learning Commons as a way to build communities of practice related to e-publications. • The group supports continuing dialogue about open access.