Letha Kay Goger

Job Title: 
Digital Librarian, OER Commons
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Bio: 

Letha is the Digital Librarian for ISKME's OER Commons and supports integration of resources into the library and use of the commons. She is interested in questions around best practice in building Open Educational Resource (OER) repositories, metadata frameworks for education, and vocabulary design and tagging across geographies and cultures. Previously, Letha was Collections Engineer for the National Science Digital Library, Digital Content Coordinator for the California County Educational Technology Consortium (CCETC), and Coordinator of Library & Media Services for Mariposa County Office of Education in California.

M.A., World Cultures/Humanities Computing/Digital Libraries
University of California, Merced (2009)

Master of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University (in process)

What are the biggest opportunities for change in education?: 
The opportunity to use new technologies to build and support systemic change and new educational ecosystems.
What does collaboration mean to you?: 

Talking, sharing, creating the opportunity to look at diverse and multiple perspectives, finding points of common interest or concern, and then being open (together) to explore new ideas and solutions.

What's your most memorable ISKME moment?: 

Sitting around the conference table for the first time with the ISKME Team and hearing about the meaningful work everyone is doing was truly powerful.

Links
Metastreams: Exploring Openness at the Confluence of Ideas and Information
Favorite Educational Website: 
The Silk Road Project
Favorite Educational Website: 
David Rumsey Map Collection
Favorite Educational Website: 
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
Contact
Email: 
letha@iskme.org
Skype: 
metastreams
On Social Networks:
Twitter
LinkedIn

Blog Posts by Letha Kay Goger
School is OPEN! August 23rd, 2011