School Librarian Lynn Kleinmeyer Talks Shifting Role of School Librarians

Lynn Kleinmeyer is a Digital Learning Specialist at an education service agency in eastern Iowa called Grant Wood AEA. Her background as a literacy teacher and teacher librarian afford her a unique perspective when it comes to OER and instructional materials. She has quickly become a go-to for many educators in and out of the state of Iowa for her work on OER, copyright and Creative Commons, and a deep understanding of why school librarians are so important. I wanted to talk to Lynn to hear her perspective on how school librarians can help with curation of OER and why they are so critical to curriculum work and professional learning.
If you want to learn more about how to get started with OER, please check out the New America project site called PreK-12 OER in Practice at newamerica.org/prek12oer. Here you’ll find information about how districts are doing this, including a map of districts using OER, as well as resources for getting started in your search, and for professional learning. You’ll also find the  #GoOpen District Launch Packet, which outlines the five most common phases of rolling out this type of work in a district. 
 
Grant Wood AEA’s Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/GrantWoodAEA
Lynn Kleinmeyer’s Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/THLibrariZen