Hi All,
Our Collections Librarian has booked a presentation from the EBSCO rep to show us EBSCO
Faculty Select (
https://www.ebsco.com/products/ebsco-faculty-select) The description
states "EBSCO Faculty Select empowers academic libraries to directly support textbook
affordability efforts. Through a single interface, faculty can search and access quality
open textbooks, Open Educational Resources (OER), and request access to unrestricted
library e-books from top academic publishers." The site will "enable
discoverability of open educational resources and DRM-free eBooks".
There isn't much detail on their website beyond general platitudes. I'm very
curious what OER materials the database incorporates and how it does it (Links to external
sites? Full text files that they've pulled from the open repositories?) I'll
also be listening closely to figure out what value EBSCO thinks they are adding compared
to sites like MERLOT or OASIS.
Anyone have any insights about this product or questions I should ask when I see the rep
next week?
Cheers,
Jessica
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Jessica Norman, MLS
eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library
Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation
Specialist in: Distance Education, Open Educational Resources
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