MSU Library Science faculty member Tracy Stout has been serving on the Summit Steering Committee which is planning the first Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources (A&OER) Summit, which will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from 9:00 to 3:00 at the new State Historical Society of Missouri building, located at 605 Elm Street in Columbia.

Registration is free, but space is limited to 150 participants. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Mark McBride, Library Senior Strategist at the Office of Library and Information Services at SUNY, the State University of New York. 

Sponsors of the Summit include the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development, the University of Missouri System, and the MOBIUS Consortium.