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

Jessica Norman, MLS eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation Specialist in: Distance Education, Open Educational Resources Book an appointment Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Stan Grad Centre, MC113 1301 – 16 Avenue NW, Calgary AB, T2M 0L4 (Office) 403.210.4073 jessica.norman@sait.ca Preferred pronoun: She/Hers/Her