Bongiovanni, E. A., & Buljung, B. B. (2020, June), Open Mines: Launching a Mini-grant Program to Incentivize Open Educational Resource Development for STEM Disciplines  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35010

\bibitem{asee_peer_35010}
  Bongiovanni, E. A., \& Buljung, B. B. (2020, June), \emph{Open Mines: Launching a Mini-grant Program to Incentivize Open Educational Resource Development for STEM Disciplines}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--35010

Emily A. Bongiovanni and Brianna B. Buljung.  "Open Mines: Launching a Mini-grant Program to Incentivize Open Educational Resource Development for STEM Disciplines".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/35010 Internet.  19 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_35010}
  Emily A. Bongiovanni and Brianna B. Buljung.
  "Open Mines: Launching a Mini-grant Program to Incentivize Open Educational Resource Development for STEM Disciplines".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/35010 Internet.  19 Apr, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - A common complaint among STEM faculty is the lack of existing Open Educational Resources
(OER) to support upper class and graduate coursework. High-level courses or niche subject areas
such as groundwater engineering or advanced manufacturing lack rigorous OER course material.
Spearheaded by the Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines was awarded an
institutional-level grant by the Colorado Department of Higher Education to establish a
mini-grant program. This program, Open Mines, would incentivize faculty on campus to use OER
in their courses. This paper describes the Library’s role in establishing the university’s mini-grant
program, an assessment of the first year of awards, and lessons learned. The initial grant cycle has
been assessed in various ways, including data on cost savings to students and OER usage on
campus. Lessons learned while administering the first cohort of mini-grants include addressing
accessibility, dissemination, and copyright concerns. This project contributes to the discussion on
the role of OER in STEM curriculum and techniques librarians can use to facilitate OER adoption
at their institutions.
AU  - Emily A. Bongiovanni
AU  - Brianna B. Buljung
CY  - Virtual On line 
DA  - 2020/06/22
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Open Mines: Launching a Mini-grant Program to Incentivize Open Educational Resource Development for STEM Disciplines
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