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Affordable Learning Materials Initiative (ALMI)

Initiative to make course materials more affordable for MSMU students

Electronic Book Providers

If you would like to use a licensed eBook for a course, please contact the Electronic Resources Librarian so she can ensure the license meets your need. 

Fair Use

Creative Commons

Creative Commons licensing allow creators to share their work freely - stipulating their own limitations and requirements for use.

Attribution Attribution (by)

Required by all Creative Commons licenses.  When you use a licensed work, you must give appropriate credit to the creator.  If you want to used the resource without explicitly giving credit, you must request permission from the creator.

ShareAlike ShareAlike (sa)

The work may be copied, distributed, displayed, performed or modified.  The new work must be copyrighted with the same, sharealike terms, so that the work continues to be adopted and adapted .

NonCommercial NonCommercial (nc)

The work may be copied, distributed, displayed, or performed non-commercially.   The work may be modified unless the license terms include "no derivitives."

NoDerivatives NoDerivatives (nd)

The original work may be copied, distributed, displayed or performed. It may not be modified.