OER - Open Educational Resources

Adopt-an-eBook Program

When the Libraries closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students had limited access to the physical book collections owned by MSMU and other libraries.  To encourage Faculty to use eBooks that are already licensed or subscribed to by the Libraries, we developed the Adopt-an-eBook Program.  We believe that students should have equitable access course readings. 

How it Works

1. Faculty members shall find and select books from MSMU Libraries’ collection (in databases such as JSTOR, ProQuest, EBSCO, Springer, Wiley, Cambridge).  We also encourage adoption of OERs from OpenStax, LibreTexts or the Open Textbook Network).
2. Faculty members inform us of their choices, providing the title and ISBN of the book(s) as well as the course name and number.
3. The libraries will add a notation to its online records marking those books as adopted for a course.  
4. Your name and course will be added to this ALMI guide and you will receive a pdf certificate of participation.

We welcome your help in achieving our goal of delivering course readings directly to students’ hands, saving them time and money, so that their educational experiences continue without interruption!