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Open Access Week 2018

Events and Info for Open Access Week 2018 at the UTEP Library

Wednesday, 10/24/18 | Making Textbooks and Course Readers Affordable​ | Library 204B | 3pm-4pm

Learn about the UT System’s Textbook Affordability Initiative, which aims to reduce course content expenses and incentivize the creation of high quality, free, and open course materials. Discover ways you can leverage existing OER and content at the library to reduce or eliminate the cost of required texts for your students.

Intro Slide Box

Welcome to our workshop

OER in TX

SB 810 added OER to an existing state statute promoting textbook price transparency and awareness of textbook affordability, and also authorized a grant program for OER at public institutions and a feasibility study of a statewide repository.

Benefits of OERs

Develop Your Own OERs

Library Resources = Required Texts

Consider using content the UTEP Library already owns/licenses to build you course reader or instructional text.

Textbook Databases:

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