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Open Educational Resources

Free educational resources

How the Library can help

What Libraries Can Do

Help faculty identify existing OER materials, including alternatives to textbooks
Use advanced search skills to find exactly what faculty need
Give options for ways that students can access resources
Advise on how to make resources more accessible
Advise on issues of copyright and fair dealing
Advise on use of Creative Commons licences

What Libraries (Likely) Cannot Do

Be completely knowledgeable of your subject area
Make the final call on the quality of a resource
Choose your textbook or course material
Interfere with your academic freedom

Attribution:

Text a derivative of “How Libraries can Help”, in CCCOER: Faculty and Librarians Selecting High Quality OER, by Tina Ulrich, licensed under CC BY 4.0 - opens in a new window

WGTC Library Guides

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LibGuides are a content management and information sharing system designed specifically for libraries. The platform allows for easy navigation through and instruction on core and relevant resources in a particular subject field, class, or assignment.
Furthermore, this platform effectively invites collaboration between librarians and instructors to meet the research needs of a particular department, class, or assignment.

Remember, you can link to our Library Guides from your Course Homepages in Blackboard by adding them as a Web Link.
Also review the library guide for your course or program for relevant databases. You can integrate the databases directly into your Blackboard shell.

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