Research Guides: Textbook Alternatives: Using & Authoring Open Textbooks

Tips on Using Open Texts

Open Attribution Builder
This tool makes it easy to create a proper attribution statement for open materials that you adopt or adapt.
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need To Know
Some open textbooks offer you the right to create a version of the text that will work better for your classes. This short guide provides practical information and tips on modifying open texts.

Might you author an open text?

You may be able to join a collaborative project described on this guide. If publishing an open text on your own, check with your librarian on possible ways the library can support your efforts.

Authoring Open Textbooks
A brief guide for "people who want to make open textbooks."
Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students
"A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources."
Adaptable Open Educational Resources Publishing Agreement
"This document is a starting point for higher education institutions that are looking to contract with their faculty to create OER. It was developed in a way that makes it easy for institutions to edit to meet their own campus intellectual property policy requirements."
Rights Reversion
Info on how to regain your copyright on a text originally published under contract with a publisher, whether out-or-print or not.
Markdown Converter - University of Oklahoma Libraries
"By using the Markdown Converter, well-structured documents can be converted into PDF, HTML, EPUB, and DOCX file formats with an easy-to-use web interface . . ."
Bookdown
Create HTML, PDF, ePub, and Kindle books with "a free and open-source R package built on top of R Markdown to make it really easy to write books and long-form articles/reports."

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