Amanda Zerangue, manager of digital services and scholarly communication librarian for the TWU Libraries, has been named to the inaugural team of OER (Open Education Resources) Ambassadors with the Texas Digital Library.

Driven by initiatives to increase the adoption of OER from across its consortium of academic libraries, the TDL began the OER Ambassadors program in response to the needs of its members as well as the needs of Texas higher education students to meet their scholarly and financial challenges.

As an OER Ambassador, Zerangue has committed to serve for a minimum of two years, developing a community of practice around OER and becoming a source of expertise for all consortium members. The ambassadors will begin meeting monthly in July after completing the online Open Textbook Network Summer Institute.