Open Source Religious Resources Blog

Open Access

hessma — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:14:46 +0000

The Boston College libraries have just put out a special issue full of interesting pieces on open access in higher ed.

Great new resource

hessma — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:40:20 +0000

It’s been a while since we’ve posted here, but a great new resource has found its way onto the Feautor site — the “Becoming Liturgy” songbook — and it’s worth downloading. There are other great pieces up there, too — the Advent devotional book produced by the WCC, and “Oracíon de un Alcohólico Anónimo.” The site continues to get close to a 1000 hits a month, so don’t forget to share with your friends how useful it can be to upload their own materials.

Making the case for open access in theological journals

hessma — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:14:43 +0000

An academic paper worth pondering.

Copyright and fair use resources

hessma — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:47:03 +0000

Here’s a lovely compilation of web resources that help people to explain complicated issues of copyright and fair use in the US.

Chris Anderson’s “Free” for free!

hessma — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:41:12 +0000

Here are multiple ways to get Chris Anderson’s new book “Free” for free.

Tutorial on using FeAutor

hessma — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:20:46 +0000

Check this out: one of the frequent contributors to FeAutor has uploaded a short video that explains (and demonstrates) how to upload something to the site.

Best practices for fair use in online video

hessma — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:15:27 +0000

Thanks to Anita for pointing me to this new document which outlines a set of best practices for fair use of online video.

Flash streaming of videos working

hessma — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:23:37 +0000

Great news — we’ve now got flash streaming of uploaded videos working. So people can start to use the site to watch things that have been uploaded, as well as to download them locally.

Cape Town Open Education declaration

hessma — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:00:33 +0000

Take a moment to read the Cape Town Open Education declaration, and determine if perhaps you can sign on to it and participate. I hope that www.feautor.org — the resource many of us have been working to create — might become a concrete platform or resource within which religious communities can participate in sharing open religious education resources. For more on open education resources more generally, this list is also useful.

Libraries and open access

hessma — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:54:43 +0000

First Monday has an interesting article reflecting on libraries in an “open access” age.