The Library supports open education practices as a way of reducing costs for students. The Library has access to the Pressbooks publishing platform which allows for the creation, adaptation, and sharing of accessible and interactive Open Educational Resources (OER), including Open Textbooks.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning and teaching materials such as textbooks, courses, images, videos or software which can be freely copied, used, adapted and re-shared. OER are either in the public domain (zero copyright restrictions), or published under open licenses (e.g. Creative Commons) that specify how materials can be used according to specific needs.
Contact our faculty librarian Ms. Lauren Hookham to learn more about OERs and how the Library can assist to create or adapt an open textbook for use in subjects on the Pressbooks platform.