Oh, hey, Open Textbook Network Community! Mark Sheaves here, the OTN’s new community manager. And to say that I am thrilled to be here would be an understatement. Wow, what an absolute privilege it is to join this vibrant community Read more…
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”! OTN is holding a series of three Read more…
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (9/25/2017) — 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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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. The first cohort brings Read more…
Supporting expansion of open education at higher education institutions MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (12/10/2017) — Nine higher education institutions are piloting a program to publish new, openly licensed textbooks. The program, called The Publishing Cooperative, was launched by the Open Textbook Network Read more…
The Open Textbook Network (OTN) is committed to providing a variety of affordable, flexible and scalable publishing support. With this in mind, we’re happy to announce a new benefit! OTN member institutions can now take 30% off the cost of Read more…
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. This document is a starting point for higher education institutions that are looking to contract Read more…
Members of the Open Textbook community signed a joint statement today advocating the use of the CC BY license when creating open textbooks. NEWS RELEASE – November 4, 2016, from Rebus Community We, the undersigned, are active in the creation, Read more…