Collection Development and OER Librarian
Jeff Prater
He/him/his
Contact:
Annandale / CFH
8333 Little River Tpke, Annandale, VA 22003
8333 Little River Tpke, Annandale, VA 22003
703.425.0796
About this guide
This guide is for faculty and course designers interested in reducing textbook costs for their students using Open Educational Resources (OER), library-paid resources, or other free online materials.
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OER Summit ActivityThree activities for workshop
Best Places to Start for NOVA Faculty
Interested in making your courses low cost or zero cost? Start with these best bets for finding Open Educational Resources and library-paid resources.
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Creative Commons License ChooserA step-by-step guide to help faculty select the appropriate license for your work.
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Mason OER MetafinderA wide-ranging search engine for open educational resources of all kinds (textbooks, images, archival collections...). Best when you're looking for something very precise or narrow
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OpenStaxOpenStax is part of Rice University, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable corporation. Free and flexible textbooks and resources.
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NOVA Open Publishing-Pressbooks for NOVAAll faculty and staff at NOVA have access to Pressbooks. Visit the Pressbooks Directory and browse thousands of free resources, including open textbooks and H5P interactives.
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VIVA Curriculum Driven Acquisitions eBooksThe Curriculum Driven Acquisitions (CDA) program is a VIVA Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to reduce the cost of course materials for Virginia students by matching titles on bookstore lists to ebooks available for purchase or already held in VIVA shared e-book collections. The licenses for the listed eBooks allow for unlimited simultaneous users, so all NOVA affiliated users should be able to access them.
Search here for OER created, adapted, and adopted by faculty in Virginia.
- See Course Mapping Hub for OERs selected and aligned to high enrollment courses by discipline groups.
- Also visit Virginia OER Adoptions for Collections of Open Educational Resources, including NVCC!
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VIVA Faculty Textbook PortalFind open & library-purchased online textbooks for your classes. Search engine provided by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia.
Please note that the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal will sunset on July 31, 2025 as EBSCO will no longer be supporting the platform. The platform is available for use until this time. See VIVA webpage
NOVA OER Policies
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