Our small community college library developed a learning object repository to support a cross-institutional, land-based, multidisciplinary academic initiative using the open-source platform Omeka S. Drawing on critical, feminist, and open practices, we document the relational labor, dialogue, and tensions involved with this open education project. This case study shares our experience with tools and processes that may be helpful for other small-scale open education initiatives, including user-centered iterative design, copyright education, metadata design, and user-interface development in Omeka S.
Abstract: "The evolution of the Stanford Health Library Web site from its inception ten years ago to its current form is described. The site, originally intended to function as an additional branch, has evolved into a true virtual branch for the consumer health library. A customer service orientation and a marketing model guided its development. Benefits to the library are discussed, as are structure and content of the current site. The existence of an online branch has allowed the Health Library to expand its patron base, enhance both traditional and virtual services, and integrate more fully its physical branches and parent institution, Stanford University Hospital."
