Libraries receives IMLS grant for Open Textbook project | NCSU Libraries

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-05-25

Summary:

"As textbook costs continue to rise, universities are exploring ‘open textbooks’ to relieve their students of some expense while leveraging new technologies for learning and teaching. Recognizing leadership in open textbook programs, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded the NCSU Libraries a $49,958 National Leadership Grant for Libraries Programs for the Open Textbook Toolkit project.

The project will explore the need for, and the ideal components of, a subject-specific, simple, flexible, and scalable 'toolkit' for the creation and adoption of open textbooks. Focusing on the subject area of psychology, the Libraries will design and conduct a nationwide survey, as well as a series of targeted focus groups, in consultation with stakeholders such as the American Psychological Association (APA), the University of North Carolina Press, Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG), the Open Textbook Network (OTN), and the new preprint service PsyArXiv. The project will run from July 2017 through the end of June 2018."

Link:

https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/libraries-receives-imls-grant-for-open-textbook-project

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Date tagged:

05/25/2017, 10:18

Date published:

05/25/2017, 06:18