Hello,

I thought I would share with you what we do with printed open textbooks in our library collection. We purchase print copies to show faculty the textbook and we use them for displays on open textbooks. However, since some of them do end up in our regular collection, we want to make sure students understand that they are freely available online, so we put a QR code and note on the front of the textbook (see attached).

Also, because some of the open textbooks come directly from OpenStax and some come from BCcampus Open textbooks, we now have a series entry for Open Textbooks and it will apply to any open textbook searched by either title or keyword.

We also now have our first open textbook on Reserve. Some students just like the physical still J

http://orca.douglascollege.ca/record=b1938201~S9

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Debra

Debra Flewelling

Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian

T  604.527.5190  F  604.527.5193

Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca