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Uloga biblioteka u inicijativama otvorenih obrazovnih sadržaja na visokoškolskim institucijama
The Role of Libraries in Open Educational Resources Initiatives at Higher Education Institutions

Author(s): Lejla Hajdarpašić, Senada Dizdar, Džejla Khattab
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Library operations and management, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Higher Education , Methodology and research technology
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: open educational resources; open science; academic libraries; information services; University of Sarajevo;

Summary/Abstract: Open educational resources are a significant and justified subject of interest of academic libraries, especially after the emergence of the global pandemic COVID-19, which caused numerous changes in the higher education system, to which academic libraries had to adapt, in order to continue providing the necessary and significant support to scientific research and education process at higher education institutions. In this regard, the goal of this research is to determine the extent to which academic libraries of the University of Sarajevo provide services related to open educational resources, and to determine which, according to librarians, are the advantages of introducing such services and how they can be further improved in a post-pandemic environment. The results of the research indicate that the surveyed libraries offer certain services related to open educational resources, but also that librarians encounter certain obstacles in the introduction of such forms of services, where the safe and long-term storage of open educational resources and the lack of recognition of the important role of higher education librarians in open educational resources initiatives stand out.

  • Issue Year: 64/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-35
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bosnian