Open Educational Resources and the Role of Librarians

In modern information era information technologies are rapidly change in all aspects. Now the digital resources are readily available from many sources and those contents are available by the teachers and learners through the internet. For that reason a movement aims to encourage and enable sharing content freely called Open Educational Resources. The idea of free and open sharing in education is not new. In fact, sharing is probably the most basic characteristic of education, education is sharing knowledge, insights and information with others, upon which new knowledge, skills, ideas and understanding can be built. OER have gained increased acceptance because of their potential and promise to obviate educational boundaries and to promote life-long learning and personalized learning. This is a very encouraging trend as librarians who are custodians of information are highly aware of OER even though it is a new concept in the field of library and information science. This paper aims to examine the Role of Librarian in Open Educational Resources