A Tale of Two [Open] Textbooks

Walz, Anita R.; Guimont, Corinne

A Tale of Two [Open] Textbooks

dc.contributor.author	Walz, Anita R.	en
dc.contributor.author	Guimont, Corinne	en
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-15T15:05:31Z	en
dc.date.available	2018-10-15T15:05:31Z	en
dc.date.issued	2018-10-02	en
dc.description.abstract	Successful creation and adaptation of open textbooks relies on mastery of multiple parallel processes: analysis of market gaps and needs, author communication and negotiation, copyright/open licensing practices, funding and procurement, peer review processes, peer review and field-testing of texts, tools/technology for all stages of production and publication, project management, evaluation, and marketing. This presentation compares and contrasts the decisions made throughout these parallel processes and how they were implemented before, during, and after the adaptation, creation, and revision of two open textbooks at our institution: <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961">Fundamentals of Business (2016)</a> and <a href="https://doi.org/10.7294/W4WQ01ZM">Electromagnetics Vol 1 (Beta) (January 2018)</a>, and their subsequent revisions into the <a href="https://doi.org/10.21061/fundamentals-of-business">Pressbooks version</a> and other formats of <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84848">Fundamentals of Business, 2nd edition (2018)</a> and final version of <a href="https://doi.org/10.21061/electromagnetics-vol-1">Electromagnetics Vol 1 (July 2018)</a>. We describe the processes, decisions, and values that were considered in production, as well as the challenges, happy surprises, and lessons learned from these collaborative library projects. Projects were funded by the <a href="https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/grants"> Open Education Faculty Initiative Grants</a> at the University Libraries at Virginia Tech and produced in collaboration with <a href="https://publishing.vt.edu">VT Publishing</a>.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85373	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/	en
dc.subject	open educational resources	en
dc.subject	open textbook	en
dc.subject	library publishing	en
dc.subject	Creative Commons licenses	en
dc.subject	Electromagnetics	en
dc.subject	Electrical and computer engineering	en
dc.subject	Fundamentals of Business	en
dc.subject	Business	en
dc.title	A Tale of Two [Open] Textbooks	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
dc.type	Conference proceeding	en