Chelsee Dickson, EdD, MSIT, MLIS

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Professional Bio

Chelsee Dickson, Ed.D is the assistant director for scholarly publishing and research within Kennesaw State University (KSU) Libraries’ Academic Engagement and Instruction Unit. She serves as an advisor to faculty, staff, and students on scholarly communication and all open movements. She is also the managing editor of the diamond open access Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE). Chelsee has a Doctorate of Education in higher education leadership and practice from the University of North Georgia, as well as an MS in Information Technology and an MLIS. Her recent publications can be found in C&RL News and Library Resources & Technical Services.

Education

Georgia College and State University 2012

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Florida State University 2013

Master of Library and Information Studies

Kennesaw State University 2019

Master of Science in Information Technology

University of North Georgia 2025

Doctorate of Education

Awards

2022 GLA Team Award

2023 Nix-Jones Award

Profession

Librarian

Affiliation

Kennesaw State University

U.S. State

Georgia

Authored OER

Dickson, C., & Holm, C. (2022, August 1). Open access publishing biases OER. Digital Commons@Kennesaw State University. https://doi.org/10.32727/27.2022.2

Areas of Expertise

Open access, open education, open educational resources, open scholarship, scholarly publishing, copyright

Open Education Presentation Portfolio

Larson, A., Dickson, C., Clement, K., & Davis, S. (2025, October 28). Charting the Horizon: Developing Community in Open Education Publishing [Presentation]. Open Education Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Dickson, C., Clement, K., Jo, J., Jayeola, O., & Davis, S. (2025, October 30). Grassroots Only Go So Far: Why Your OER Needs a Strategic Marketing and Promotion Plan [Poster]. Open Education Conference, Denver, CO, United States.

Dickson, C., Davis, S., Clement, K., & Jo, J. (2024, October 3). Finding success in OER advocacy: Strategies and resources for creators [Presentation]. Georgia Libraries Conference, Athens, GA, United States.

Dickson, C., Davis, S., Clement, K., & Jo, J. (2024, September 27). OER advocacy in action: Strategies for sustainable and inclusive education [Presentation]. Open Texas, online.

Dickson, C., Davis, S., & Clement, K. (2024, March 8). Success in open educational resource advocacy: Strategies and resources for creators [Presentation]. Open for Student Success Symposium, online.

Goller, C., Sjogren, C., Dickson, C., Cross, W., & Halstead-Nussloch, R. (2022, September 30). OpenEd through connecting universities at their library HIPs (High Impact Processes) [Presentation]. Open Education Conference, online.

Dickson, C. (2022, May 20). Arms wide open: Building an inclusive Open Education Week at a southeastern university [Presentation]. OpenCon 2022 Cleveland, online.

Open Education Research

Dickson, C., & Davis, S. (In press). When to open, when to close: The benefits and risks of open scholarship. In A. Elder, S. M. Smith, & B. Ricupero (Eds.), Open Movements: Recognizing Challenges and Building Connections. Association of College & Research Libraries.

Dickson, C. (2024). Opening up: A global context for local open access initiatives in higher education. Library Resources & Technical Services, 68(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.68n1.8210

Halstead-Nussloch, R., Dickson, C., Greer, K., Siddiqui, S., & Tumuluri, R. (2019). Recursive online class: Advanced web application class prototypes online educational resources. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Southeast Conference (ACM SE '19). ACM Digital Library. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3299815.3314475