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Applying Lean Six Sigma for Operational Excellence

Contributor: Okrent

Publisher: MSL Academic Endeavors

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This comprehensive textbook covers Lean Six Sigma methodology for achieving operational excellence across various industries. The book provides an in-depth exploration of Lean and Six Sigma principles, tools, and techniques, from foundational concepts to practical applications in manufacturing, healthcare, service industries, and government sectors. It offers a structured learning approach with clear objectives, detailed chapters, and practical insights into process improvement, waste reduction, and continuous organizational transformation.

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Introduction to Criminal Justice: Operations, Obstacles, and Outcomes

Contributor: Koslicki

Publisher: Indigo Koslicki

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Introduction to Criminal Justice: Operations, Obstacles, and Outcomes is an Open Textbook that brings the foundations of the criminal justice system and current events and issues to an accessible format, where readers may interact with multimedia content in addition to traditional text.

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The Most EXCELlent OER Spreadsheets Textbook Published (in 2025)

Contributor: Lacher

Publisher: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

License: CC BY-NC-SA

"The Most Excellent OER Spreadsheets Textbook Ever Published (in 2025)" by Marcus Lacher is a comprehensive and accessible guide designed to empower students and professionals with the skills needed to master Microsoft Excel. This textbook is meticulously crafted to be concise, effective, and cost-efficient, aligning with typical college-level business spreadsheets course outcomes without unnecessary content.

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Bioethics: A Coursebook

Contributors: Kenis, Mertens, Vulliermet, Paleri, Ratajczyk, Moormann, Stadlbauer, Vandeput, Buyst, Meinen, Hens, Devos, Villafuerte, and Struyf

Publisher: Open Book Publishers

License: CC BY-NC

This coursebook offers an expansive exploration of bioethics, an interdisciplinary field examining ethical, social, and legal dilemmas in medicine, life sciences, and beyond. It challenges conventional boundaries, embracing Van Rensselaer Potter’s vision of bioethics as a global, holistic ethics of life—integrating human health, environmental considerations, and transdisciplinary insights.

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Tools for RDS

Contributor: Bjornen

Publisher: Oklahoma State University

License: CC BY

This book was created for people who are new to Research Data Services programs and, as such, covers some basic principles as well as more advanced techniques that can help get an RDS program started at a university library. One of the goals of the “Research as Data-Data as Research” project was creation of a toolkit to provide a step by step guide for libraries, especially those with limited resources, to prioritize needs and create offerings with the assistance of their user communities. This toolkit is a collection of those resources, separated by the phase of the project. It is intended to be an evergreen, open resource. Please feel free to contribute ideas and examples that you think other libraries will benefit from.

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How to do science: a guide to researching human physiology

Contributors: Lexis and Julien

Publisher: La Trobe University

License: CC BY-NC-SA

How to do science: a guide to researching human physiology has been written for students of the life sciences who are actively engaged in the scientific process. A lot of support is available for students learning scientific facts, but we found that it was harder to find resources to support students to become scientists.

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Don’t Cheat Yourself: Scenarios to clarify collusion confusion

Contributor: Seaton

Publisher: La Trobe University

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Ensuring academic integrity in mathematical tasks presents a unique challenge, for university students and for their assessors, and one that hitherto has been under-examined. Drawing on her twenty years of experience in mathematics education, the recent academic integrity research literature, and on what students say about why misconduct occurs, the author examines this issue head-on.

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Making Public Histories: Australian History Beyond the University

Contributors: Vanderbyl, Ellinghaus, and O'Hanlon

Publisher: Council of Australian University Librarians

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book is created for, and ultimately with, students in Making History HIS3MHI. It is used heavily in this capstone history subject to harness the principles and power of open education. This is a book and subject that asks broadly what it means to ‘make history’ – in particular, what history means beyond schools and universities. We ask, what are the different forms and functions of historical knowledge in the modern and contemporary world? What does history mean in the public sphere, in parks, on webpages, in museums, and in people’s homes? What happens when historians operate in the public sphere? How is the past utilised by politicians? How does it bind us (or not) as a nation? How is it used to inform debates about the future both inside and outside universities, in schools, and in the mainstream community? How is history presented in commemorations, films, heritage sites, historical fiction, memorials, museums, re-enactments, and tours? What are the ethical and moral obligations historians have as ‘gatekeepers’ of the past?

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A Guide to Writing in Law School

Contributors: Tudor and Falconer

Publisher: Council of Australian University Librarians

License: CC BY-NC-SA

A Guide to Writing in Law School is intended to help law students to develop their writing skills. Writing clearly and effectively is a vital legal skill. Lawyers use this skill daily. Law graduates need, therefore, to have a solid competency in clear and effective writing. This book aims to help students improve their writing by presenting various pieces of advice, tips, warnings and encouragement. It contains general chapters on planning, clear writing, and acknowledging your sources, as well as dedicated chapters on some of the specific writing tasks that law students undertake: case briefs, legal problem-solving, essays, and law reform submissions. With effort and practice, virtually everyone can improve their writing. A Guide to Writing in Law School is not only for students having particular difficulties. Those who already write well will find ideas here that will help them become even better writers.

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Practical introduction to writing reviews in health research

Contributors: Horey, Buenfil, and Marcucci

Publisher: Council of Australian University Librarians

License: CC BY-NC-SA

This book is a practical guide to writing about health research, which includes elementary reviews of the research literature and simple research reports. The goal is to teach you how to write about research clearly and with confidence.

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