Walz, Anita R.2015-05-212015-05-212015Walz, A. R., (2015). Open and Editable: Exploring Library Engagement in Open Educational Resource Adoption, Adaptation and Authoring. Virginia Libraries, 61.1086-9751http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52377Open Educational Resources (OER) have saved students millions of dollars in textbook costs and greatly expanded access to a wide variety of educational materials for countless numbers of students and life-long learners. OER have also saved teachers time and effort by allowing them to reuse, modify, and build on materials developed by other teachers. After a brief discussion of OER and foundations of open licensing, this article presents a number of opportunities for libraries, particularly those situated at research universities.9 pagesapplication/pdfen-USCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 United StatesOpen Educational ResourcesOERLibrariesCreative CommonsCopyrightEducational materialsCost of educational materialsCurricular materialsOpen licensesEducational materials evaluationFaculty adoption of OEROER creationInnovationReasons for openly licensingArticle