The University of Akron, in partnership with OhioLINK and the Open Textbook Network, has been working to consolidate efforts around textbook / course materials affordability and open education resource adoption. This effort is directly tied to the success of our students, and involves numerous departments on campus.
Start your search at the UA Libaries Catalog.
Enter the phrase "Open Textbook Library" in the keyword search box.
If you are looking for a specific discipline, add it to the search. For example:
"open textbook library" AND physics
View the results:
The Mason OER Metafinder searches seventeen targets in real-time, instantly returning the top several hundred or so relevant hits from each site. Because it is a real-time search, it can take a bit longer than searches of pre-indexed content; however, as compensation the results returned are absolutely up-to-the-minute for each search target. Additional results continue to trickle in as the search continues running and you begin examining your results.
Search the Mason OER Metafinder
Affordable Learning is OhioLINK's series of initiatives to lower the cost of college for Ohio higher education students by assisting our member libraries and campuses in identifying strategies for Open and Affordable Learning textbook and course material adoption, and helping locate statewide shareable library materials as well as open educational resources that are no cost or lower cost to students.
Affordable Learning Ohio website
Affordable Learning Ambassadors
University of Akron's Affordable Learning Initiatives
Ohio OpenEd Collaborative (Create, adopt, and utilize open materials for many of Ohio's high enrollment courses)
Feb. 28, 2020: OpenCon Cleveland 2020
OpenCon Cleveland is an annual event that occurs during or near Open Education Week and celebrates the benefits of open education to student learning. Faculty, students, librarians, instructional designers, and administrators are all welcome to a day of learning and sharing on the CSU campus.
Visit the Open Textbook Network:
The Open Textbook Network (OTN) helps higher education institutions and systems advance the use of open textbooks and practices on their campuses.
The OTN includes a link to the Open Textbook Library.
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