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Open Educational Resources (OER): Resources

Announcements

Our neighbors at the University of Wyoming Libraries have begun publishing an annual Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Check out their first issue.

Open Images

Openverse
Repository of creative commons and public domain images
Pexels
Large collection of free stock photos, royalty free images and videos shared by creators

Diversity and Inclusion Image Repositories

Images of Empowerment
Free images of women’s lives and work, created by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Getty Images; License: CC-BY-NC-4.0
Allgo Plus-Size
Free stock photography collections featuring plus-size people; License: While attribution is not required, please credit.
Disabled And Here
Free stock photography featuring disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color), varied body sizes/types, sexual orientations, and gender identities in the Pacific Northwest; License CC BY 4.0
The Gender Spectrum Collection
Free stock photos of trans and non-binary people, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Nappy
Free high-resolution photos of black and brown people, licensed Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
PICNOI
Free photos of people of color; no attribution required, but can give credit by linking to site
#WOCinTech
Free photos of women and non-binary people of color working in the Tech field; licensed CC BY #WOCinTech
Chat or wocintechchat.com

OER Repositories

Open Textbook Library
A faculty-reviewed clearinghouse of freely downloadable textbooks
OER Commons
Textbooks and many other open resources like labs, assignments, and lesson plans
OpenStax
High quality textbooks in some subject areas.
LibreTexts
Open textbooks and other learning objects such as assignments and simulations
Pressbooks Directory
Index of over 5000 OER texts published using on the Pressbooks open publishing platform
Lumen Learning
A catalog of community-developed OER courses
MERLOT
Curated online learning and support materials
BC Campus OpenEd
A Canadian open textbook initiative
Oasis
Curated collection of open textbooks and other OER managed by State University of New York
OpenALG
Georgia's affordable learning initiative resources and open textbooks
EdTech Books
Books and journals on education and instructional design from BYU

Library-Owned Resources

EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 100,000 eBooks on all subjects
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
All subjects; extensive collection of reference books

OER Task Force Report

OER Task Force Report, 2020/2021

No- and Low-cost Definitions

Defining Zero- and Low-Cost Course Sections