IMLS funded project will allow more faculty to create their own open textbooks
More faculty will be able to create their own open textbooks thanks to a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support a collaborative project led by the Open Textbook Network (OTN), in partnership with Coko.
The OTN welcomes the inaugural cohort to the Certificate in OER Librarianship
The Open Textbook Network is excited to announce the inaugural cohort for the Certificate in OER Librarianship, the first program of its kind to offer professional development in open education and open education programming for librarians.
Portland State University Library releases first book from a member of the OTN Publishing Co-op
Portland State University Library, a founding member of the Open Textbook Network Publishing Cooperative, has published Inferring and Explaining by Jeffery L. Johnson. This is the twentieth open textbook they’ve published through the PDXOpen Publishing Initiative Grant Program and the first textbook from a member of the Co-op!
Open Textbook Network to create open education training program
The Open Textbook Network is creating an Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian Bootcamp. The professional development program will be designed in collaboration with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Creative Commons to create effective open education program leaders throughout the nation.
Open Textbook Network & Library Publishing Coalition Webinar Exchange
To lead into our joint preconference to the Library Publishing Forum (Opening the Classroom: Publishing Open Educational Resources, 5/8/19), the Library Publishing Coalition and the Open Textbook Network are organizing a webinar “exchange”!
Open Textbook Network and Coko join forces to enhance the future of open textbook production
The Open Textbook Network (OTN), an organization focused on improving higher education by supporting the use, publication, and distribution of openly licensed textbooks, and the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (Coko), an organization focused on transforming how knowledge is created, improved, and shared, announce their partnership to broaden the production and distribution of open textbooks.
Open Textbook Network Launches The Publishing Cooperative
Supporting expansion of open education at higher education institutions
Open Textbook Network Members Save 30% on PressbooksEDU
OTN member institutions can now take 30% off the cost of PressbooksEDU Silver and Gold plans.*
Adaptable Open Educational Resources Publishing Agreement
Creative Commons USA, the Rebus Community, and the Open Textbook Network (OTN) have worked together to create an Adaptable Open Educational Resources (OER) Publishing Agreement.