Libraries to head open textbook grant program | Rutgers University Libraries

"The Libraries have been tapped by President Robert Barchi to design and administer a pilot grant program to foster the use of open textbooks at Rutgers.  The program will offer $12,000 in competitive grants to university faculty members to help transition their course materials to an open textbook platform. Open textbooks such as those offered by the Open Textbook Library are peer-reviewed like conventional textbooks but published under open copyright licenses that allow them to be read, downloaded, and printed for free. In addition to cutting costs for students, these textbooks often offer teaching faculty the flexibility to alter or repurpose the material to suit their particular needs ..."