Did you know that it’s Open Education Week! All kinds of things are happening all over the world and it’s your chance to get involved! Check out the official website for more information!… READ MORE
Category: Open Access and OER
Unpaywall
WiLS has just learned about an open source resource that we want to share. Unpaywall is an open database of more that 24 million free scholarly articles. They harvest Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make it easy to find, track, and use. There’s a Chrome browser extension and available integrations into… READ MORE
Call for Proposals: 2019 “E”ffordability Summit
The “E”fforability Summit Planning Committee, has sent out a Call for Presentations for the 2019 “E”ffordability Summit: Be The Change. Please be a part of the movement and consider submitting a presentation proposal. The 2019 Summit will be held at UW-Stout in Menomonie, WI on Wednesday, March 27th and Thursday March 28th. They are excited to announce two great… READ MORE
OpenStax Expected to Save Students $17.4M on Textbooks
Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered with Rice University-based nonprofit publisher OpenStax last summer to encourage the use of freely available learning materials expect to save their students nearly $17.4 million on textbook and materials costs in the coming academic year. Most of the projected savings — $10.7 million — are a result of… READ MORE
WiLSWorld Shorts: Open Educational Resources: The State of the State
Thank you to all who attended, presented at our WiLSWorld Shorts: OER – The State of the State session on Friday, September 7th at 1:00pm! Slides are here and the recording is available here. We hope to see you next time! Open Educational Resources (OER) are on the minds of many librarians across the state as… READ MORE