This presentation examines how the Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS, Argentina) has sustained open knowledge exchange through the development of an institutional repository for Open Educational Resources (OER), grounded in a strategic partnership between the Central Library, the Distance Education Directorate, and the Distance Education Advisory Committee. The experience is explicitly aligned with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources, particularly regarding capacity building, supportive policy frameworks, sustainability models, and inter-institutional cooperation. The presentation highlights how governance structures, quality management practices, and national academic networks—namely the Red Interuniversitaria Argentina de Bibliotecas (RedIAB) and the Red Universitaria de Educación a Distancia de Argentina (RUEDA)—contribute to resilient, sustainable, interoperable, and community-driven OER infrastructures. It also discusses how emerging technologies are being leveraged to enhance discoverability and reuse while mitigating risks related to sustainability, ethics, and digital preservation. The case provides transferable insights for institutions seeking to balance openness with long-term resilience.
Ferracutti et al. (Mon,) studied this question.