Thursday 11/7/13, 4:35 pm

1. MOOCs are a Massive
Opportunity for Libraries
Meredith Schwartz
Senior Editor, News & Features
Library Journal
@Kalendaries
Author of “Massive Open Opportunity:
Supporting MOOCs in Public and Academic
Libraries”

2. Gartner Hype Cycle
Source: www.comindwork.com

3. MOOCbrarian Role #1:
Material Matchmaker
Locating Open Access alternatives
Negotiating permissions
Finding the boundaries of fair use

4. New Developments in Non-OA
Content for MOOCs:

5. New Developments in Non-OA
Content for MOOCs:
• Coursera + Five Publisher Pilot
• Elsevier + edX
• SIPX creates pay-per-view coursepacks for MOOCs

6. Pieces of the Production Puzzle
• Lending video recording
equipment
• Providing a recording studio
and/or editing software
• Check out an audience!

7. MOOCs for Librarianship
• New Librarianship Masterclass
• Hyperlinked Library
• Metadata: Organizing and Discovering
Information

8. MOOCs in the Public Library

9. Libraries Make Their Own MOOCs
Source: New York Public Library’s Sinology 101 MOOC

10. Still to Come
• Assessment
• Preservation
Source: Russell Boyatt, University of Warwick

11. Gartner Hype Cycle
Source: www.comindwork.com

12. The Embedded MOOCbrarian

13. Further Reading
• Emerging Technology Plan: Implementing a MOOC
Club
• Disaggregating the Aggregators: MOOCs as Course
Supplements
• Make Way for SPOCS: Small, Private Online Courses
May Provide What MOOCs Can't

14. “The path to success is
to take massive,
determined action.”
—Tony Robbins

15. Thank you!
Meredith Schwartz
Senior Editor, News & Features
Library Journal
www.libraryjournal.com
mschwartz@mediasourceinc.com