Planting Open Education Partnerships with Extension: Digging a Path Forward

Abstract

Cooperative Extension is often an untapped area for open educational practices (OEP) -- use and/or creation of open education resources (OER) and practice of open pedagogy. Both libraries and Cooperative Extension share similar values, such as lifelong learning and equitable access to information. As Land-grant librarians, we partner with Cooperative Extension and share examples of our varied experiences from newly minted agricultural librarians to those firmly established in the field. This posted was presented at the 2026 USAIN Biennial Conference, May 31 - June 3, 2026 in Blacksburg, VA.