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AtlanticOER is committed to supporting educators across the Atlantic region in developing free, online, accessible learning materials, including textbooks.
AtlanticOER
AtlanticOER is a service that supports the hosting and creation of open educational resources by educators and students in the Atlantic provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. It is funded by the four provincial provinces through the Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training (CAMET).
History

Initially funded by the Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL-CBPA), AtlanticOER began as an Open Textbooks Survey working group in 2017-18. In 2018-19, an Open Textbooks Roadmap working group was formed, and this work was continued in 2020-21 by the OER Repository Implementation Working Group. Finally, 2021 saw the creation of the CAAL-CBPA OER Committee, which has since become the OER Advisory Committee.


The AtlanticOER service was officially launched on February 9th, 2021. In April 2024, AtlanticOER began a 3 year pilot program funded by the four Atlantic provinces through the Council of Atlantic Ministers for Education and Training (CAMET). This pilot will allow for the expansion of the AtlanticOER Service.

Staff
Alexandra Marcaccio
AtlanticOER Lead
atlanticoerlead@caul-cbua.ca
Cynthia Holt
Executive Director, Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL-CBPA)
execdir@caul-cbua.ca
General Inquiries
oer@caul-cbua.ca
OER Advisory Committee
The OER Advisory Committee focuses on advancing CAAL-CBPA’s strategic goals in relation to open educational resources. The OER Advisory Committee coordinates CAAL-CBPA-wide activities relating to open educational resources. The OERAC identifies, analyzes, and facilitates OER innovations, strategies, and trends. It proposes new OER initiatives to the CAAL-CBPA Executive Director as well as communicating with CAAL-CBPA member libraries regarding OER issues and developments.
The OER Committee Members include:

Alexandra Marcaccio, Chair (AtlanticOER Lead)
Andrea Stewart, Board Liaison (Nova Scotia Community College)
Erin Alcock (Memorial University)
Geoffrey Brown (Dalhousie University)
Jasmine Hoover (Cape Breton University)
Lindsey MacCallum (Mount Saint Vincent University)
Lynn MacGregor (Nova Scotia Community College)
Keri McCaffrey (University of Prince Edward Island)
Dan Phillips (Saint Mary's University)
Samantha Read (St. Francis Xavier University)
G Saleski (StudentsNS)
Ann Smith (Acadia University)
Victoria Volkanova (Universite de Moncton)
Alida Zedel (MUN Students' Union/Memorial University)