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Update Schedules for OER: Flexible and Fit-to-purpose

This month’s blog post was contributed by Abbey K. Elder, Open Education Services Librarian at Iowa State University. Textbooks are written, edited, and published for many different reasons. An author might have a genuine interest in…

Promoting OER in the light of Inclusive Access on Campus

By Katelyn Handler, Student Engagement and Instructional Design Librarian, Grand View University The Situation If you work in higher education, you likely realize that the sharply-rising cost of textbooks presents a major challenge for students and…

Manifold: Simpler OER Authoring & Adapting on a Shoestring

by Anne Marie Gruber, University of Northern Iowa (anne.gruber@uni.edu)  While textbook access and affordability continue to be challenges for college students, many institutions don’t have extra library staffing to support instructors who want to adapt/author Open…

January 2026 Resource Highlight: OER Beyond the Gen Ed Curriculum

This month’s blog post was contributed by Abbey K. Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian at Iowa State University. Introduction Because many open education programs focus on saving students money, early OER efforts tended to…