LibGuides: Open Educational Resources Promotions Guide: Listservs

Listservs are a low-cost way to get the word out about a new resource. To make the most out of notifying listservs of a new open resource, the author or publisher should already be relatively active on it. It might be frowned upon to simply advertise a new resource, rather than actually interacting with community. Authors are best positioned to reach out to listservs popular in their field, while librarians can notify OER and open access focused listservs. For librarians, OER publishers, and authors involved in open education, there are several OER specific listservs.

SPARC Libraries & OER Forum
(LibOER) is a listserv for academic and research libraries interested in open education
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) Google Group
CCCOER was created to connect community college and technical school faculty and staff working to promote open access resource
Open Textbook Network Google Group
The Open Textbook Network Google Group is a very active OER mailing list but is only available to colleges and universities that are part of the Open Textbook Network.

There may also be local OER listservs. For example, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois maintains an OER Mailing list.

Open Illinois Initiative
The CARLI-OER email list is for any CARLI members interested in discussing and learning more about Open Educational Resources. This email list is for those from CARLI member institutions only.