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Hello! Karen Lauritsen

Open Education Network

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What is the OTL?

  • Resource: Online resource for the common good
    • Include any open textbook that meets criteria

  • Strategy: Connect faculty to open options
    • Faculty at member institutions review textbooks as part of an adoption workshop

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open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

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open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

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open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

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Where do the books come from?

  • Funded initiatives
  • Independent authors
  • Discipline collectives
  • Other places

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Coming Soon

  • Inspired by community
  • Publishing Pipeline working group
  • Highlights member publishing programs
  • Available to members in the Hub
  • Potential to connect collaborators...

open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

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Four criteria for inclusion:�

  • Openly licensed to allow for editing
  • Complete textbook in a portable file
  • Institutional or scholarly society affiliation, or used in more than one location
  • Original (unless it’s a major overhaul for a new audience)

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How are criteria developed?

  • With faculty user top of mind
  • Consultation with steering committee
  • Strategic considerations for future
  • … And it evolves

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What’s in the OTL?

  • 1,200+ textbooks with more added weekly
  • Organized by World Library’s Outline of Academic Disciplines
    • Books often cross-listed
  • Menu shows # books per subject

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How do I know what’s in the OTL?

  • Search and filter
  • Live, cumulative MARC and .csv records
  • JSON API
  • RSS
  • WorldCat
  • Alma Community Zone

open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/discovery

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Open Textbook Review Criteria

  • Clarity
  • Comprehensiveness
  • Consistency
  • Content Accuracy
  • Cultural Relevance
  • Grammatical Errors
  • Interface
  • Modularity
  • Organization Structure Flow
  • Relevance Longevity

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74% faculty reviewed�

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A dark archive

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Thank you, Colorado State University Library!

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Questions?

  1. open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/faq
  2. email: open@umn.edu

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