Abstract
Academic institutions around the United States are facing pressure to reduce tuition and fees in order to keep higher education accessible. Open Education Resources (OER) is one attempt by academic institutions to provide high quality education resources at a lower cost to students, by replacing traditional textbooks with freely available or low cost materials. Libraries as information experts play an active role in the implementation of OER. This article looks at the current state of OER and what potential impacts OER will have on libraries.
Keywords
open educational resources, OER, textbooks, affordability, higher education, course materials, library collections
Date of this Version
3-26-2019
DOI
10.1080/01462679.2019.1588181
Recommended Citation
Reed, Jason B. and Jahre, Benjamin, "Reviewing the Current State of Library Support for Open Educational Resources" (2019). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. Paper 219.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2019.1588181
Comments
This is the author accepted manuscript (AAM). The published version is available in Collection Management, a Taylor & Francis journal. DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2019.1588181