• OER in Tenure and Promotion at Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States Blacksburg, VA, United States

    In June 2026, Virginia Tech added open educational resources (OER) and open source software (OSS) to university-level Tenure and Promotion Guidelines. This session will review this clarification, present ways that Virginia Tech faculty have leveraged OER creation or adaptation in promotion dossiers, and provide a guide to sources of available usage data. This usage data […]

  • Understanding Creative Commons Licenses

    Blacksburg, United States Blacksburg, VA, United States

    Are you curious about Creative Commons licenses? We will discuss what they signify, why they are valuable, what you can do with them -- and how. This session from the Virginia Tech Library is relevant to anyone who works with information (that's you!) and wants to know more about digital citizenship and sharing for the […]