Adopt OER

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We have been adopting resources as long as there has been instruction. We adopt a "good-enough" resource that provides valuable information for the students and could potentially become part of a personal reference system. 


Often the adopted resource is only partially applicable to the course.  Sometimes a course is designed around a particular resource and the resource is an "essential textbook" or "required resource". 


With the prevalence of OER, it is relatively easy to find a suitable replacement resource for a non-essential textbook. Checkout the OER by Subject Directory for resource suggestions based on the school and program structure. 

There are a number of places you can find an OER:

BC Campus Open Textbooks – https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/
Open Textbook Library – https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
eCampus Ontario – https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/
OER Commons – https://www.oercommons.org/
Open Stax – https://openstax.org/subjects
Open Textbook Library – https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/


Your liaison librarian is also available to help find an alternate open resource. 

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